Dragula (song)

"Dragula"
Single by Rob Zombie
from the album Hellbilly Deluxe
B-side "Super Monster Sex Action",
"Halloween (She Get So Mean)"
Released August 1998
Format CD single,
Vinyl
Recorded 1998 at Chop Shop Hollywood, CA
Genre Industrial metal, hard rock
Length 3:42
Label Geffen
Writer(s) Rob Zombie
Scott Humphrey
Producer Rob Zombie
Scott Humphrey
Rob Zombie singles chronology
"The Great American Nightmare"
(1997)		 "Dragula"
(1998)		 "Living Dead Girl"
(1998)
Hellbilly Deluxe track listing
"Superbeast"
(2)		 "Dragula"
(3)		 "Living Dead Girl"
(4)

"Dragula" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American musician Rob Zombie. It was released in August 1998 as the lead single from his solo debut Hellbilly Deluxe. Since its release it has become Zombie's most recognizable song as a solo artist. It is also his best-selling, and had sold over 717,000 copies in the U.S. by 2010.[1] The song is based on the drag racer "DRAG-U-LA" featured in the sitcom The Munsters. It is also heard in an episode of King of The Hill in 1999.

The audio clip "superstition, fear and jealousy" at the beginning of the song is from the film The City of the Dead, and is spoken by Christopher Lee.

The song also appears on Rob Zombie's Past, Present & Future, the greatest hits album The Best of Rob Zombie. The original single featured a big beat remix of the song, entitled the "Hot Rod Herman" remix (in reference to the Munsters episode), which is contained on American Made Music to Strip By (under the name Si Non Oscillas, Noli Tintinnare Mix), and appears in the movie The Matrix and can be found on its soundtrack. Additionally, it is featured on the soundtracks for the video games Twisted Metal 4, Jet Grind Radio, Sled Storm (1999), and Gran Turismo 2.

Contents

Background and writing

Zombie told Billboard magazine that the title came from "the name of Grandpa Munster's dragster on the old TV show." He goes on to say that it "was a classic show with great comic characters. Strangely enough, 'Dragula' was one of the last songs finished for the record. It fell together really fast and worked, but it could just as easily not [have] been on the record."[2]

Music video

The music video features Rob Zombie riding in the Munster Koach (not the actual Dragula racing car) with various shots of the band members and different scenes from movies. It also prominently featured the killer robot from the old movie chapter serial The Phantom Creeps. It achieved heavy rotation on MTV following the huge success of the album. The video also appears in the film Idle Hands.

Releases

Covers

The song was covered by gothic metalcore band Motionless in White in 2009. It was also covered by Transient for The Electro-Industrial Tribute to Rob Zombie in 2002.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Rock/Alternative 30 1
UK Singles Chart 44
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 27
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 16
Preceded by
"Got the Life" by Korn		 Canadian RPM Rock/Alternative 30 number-one single
November 9, 1998		 Succeeded by
"Do You Wanna Get Heavy?" by Joe Spencer Blues Explosion

References

  1. ^ Chart Watch Extra: Halloween's Greatest Hits - Chart Watch
  2. ^ Billboard, November 21, 1998 - Vol. 110, No. 47, Page 81.

External links

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