School's Out (song)
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Female pop duo Daphne & Celeste, released a cover of the song in 2000. The chorus is based on Alice Cooper's hit of the same name, and some other elements of that song have been retained, although much of the song is "original", in a pop-rap style. The single is remixed from the version released on their album We Didn't Say That!
We Didn't Say That!
-Track listing:# "Roll Call"# "Ooh Stick You"# "Love Your Sushi"# "Peek-A-Boo"# "Spy Girl"# "Never Been To Memphis"# "School's Out"# "Star Club"# "U.G.L.Y."# "Hey Boy"...

, removing a prominent synth line from the chorus, among other more minor changes. The B-Side, 'Camp Song', is the only non-album D&C track available.
  • Track listing
  1. School’s Out
  2. The Camp Song
  3. School’s Out (Gridlock Mix)
  4. School’s Out Video

Gwar version

"School's Out" was also covered by the band Gwar
Gwar
Gwar is a satirical heavy metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia, United States, in 1984. The band is best known for its elaborate science fiction/horror film inspired costumes, obscene lyrics and graphic stage performances, which feature humorous enactments of politically and morally taboo...

. It was the first release from their 2006 album Beyond Hell
Beyond Hell
Beyond Hell is the tenth studio album by Gwar. It was released on August 29, 2006, the album was originally announced through the band's official website on February 23, 2006...

. It was released as a digital download through services such as iTunes and eMusic, and as a promotional CD sent to radio stations. The band has stated in several interviews that they had not intended on recording a cover song for Beyond Hell, but the record company insisted that they do a cover that might get some airplay, and would be accessible to a wider audience than their first choice for a single, "Eighth Lock".

Other covers

  • 45 Grave
    45 Grave
    45 Grave are an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1979. The original group broke up in 1985 but vocalist Dinah Cancer subsequently revived the band. 45 Grave are noted as one of the first bands to mix punk rock with horror-themed lyrics, thereby positioning them as...

     in 1981, on the single Partytime (song)
  • Anthrax
    Anthrax
    Anthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Most forms of the disease are lethal, and it affects both humans and other animals...

     in 1983, on the album Fistful of Metal
    Fistful of Metal
    -Personnel:*Neil Turbin – Vocals*Dan Spitz – Lead guitar*Scott Ian – Rhythm guitar*Danny Lilker – Bass*Charlie Benante – Drums...

  • Toyah on the album "Minx" in 1985
  • Grave Digger
    Grave Digger (band)
    Grave Digger are a German heavy metal/power metal band formed in 1980. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s.-Band history:...

     in 1985, on the album Witch Hunter
    Witch Hunter
    Witch Hunter is the second studio album of Grave Digger. It was released in May, 1985 by Noise Records.The song "School's Out" is an Alice Cooper cover that was originally released on the School's Out album.-Track listing:...

  • Cretu and Thiers in 1988, a single by Michael Cretu
    Michael Cretu
    Michael Cretu is a Romanian musician. He is known also as Curly, MC or Curly M.C. because of his fair curled hair . His peak musical activity was with the Enigma project, which was mainly based in Germany....

     of Engima
    Enigma (musical project)
    Enigma is an electronic musical project founded in Germany by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. The Romanian-born Cretu conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but has based his recording studio A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, since the early 1990s until May...

     fame
  • The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
  • Demons and Wizards
  • Kirka in 1986, on the album R.O.C.K.
  • Krokus
    Krokus (band)
    Krokus is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Switzerland. They enjoyed moderate success in North America during the 1980s.Krokus was founded in Solothurn in 1974 by bassist Chris von Rohr and guitarist Tommy Kiefer...

     in 1986, on the album Change of Address
    Change of Address
    Change of Address is Krokus' ninth album, and is largely seen to be their least successful. It has been described as "plainly one of the worst efforts" from Krokus, and the band's website claims that they and their musical style were put under too much pressure from their record company...

  • Soul Asylum
    Soul Asylum
    Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983.The band originally formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with the original line-up consisting of Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley. The latter was replaced by Grant Young in...

     in 1998 for the movie The Faculty
    The Faculty
    The Faculty is a 1998 science fiction horror film written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Robert Rodriguez...

  • Dave Mustaine
    Dave Mustaine
    David Scott "Dave" Mustaine is the founder, main songwriter, guitarist, and lead vocalist for the American heavy metal band Megadeth. Prior to Megadeth, Mustaine was the first lead guitarist and a co-songwriter of the heavy metal band Metallica until he was fired from the band in 1983. In 2009, he...

    , Marty Friedman
    Marty Friedman (guitarist)
    Marty Friedman is a guitarist, well known for his tenure as the lead/rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth, which lasted almost a decade...

    , Bob Kulick
    Bob Kulick
    Bob Kulick is an American guitarist and Grammy Award-winning record producer, best known for his studio work with Kiss. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and is the older brother of former Kiss lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, whom he suggested Kiss hire....

    , Bob Daisley
    Bob Daisley
    Robert John "Bob" Daisley is an Australian musician, bassist and lyricist who has performed in genres of rock, blues, R&B, hard rock and metal.-Early career:...

    , Eric Singer
    Eric Singer
    Eric Doyle Mensinger , better known as Eric Singer, is a hard rock and heavy metal drummer for the rock band Kiss and formerly for singer Alice Cooper...

     and Paul Taylor
    Paul Taylor (Winger)
    Paul Taylor , formerly credited as Paul Howorwitz, is an American musician, who is best known as the guitarist/keyboardist with the 1980s and early 90s glam metal band, Winger...

     in 1999 for the tribute album Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper
  • Sevendust
    Sevendust
    Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...

     on the Licking Cream
    Licking Cream
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    Single.
  • The Last Hard Men in 2001
  • Mr. Bumpy during Karaoke Café on Bump in the night. The song was also sung briefly a few times by both Mr. Bumpy and The Boy in the episode Not A Peep.
  • A*Teens in 2002, on the albums Pop 'Til You Drop
    Pop 'Til You Drop
    Pop 'til You Drop! is the second studio album by Swedish pop group A*Teens, released in 2002.Recorded between 2001 and 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden, Pop 'til You Drop! provide a more American-driven sound rather than just Europop...

    and New Arrival
    New Arrival
    New Arrival is the third and final studio album and fourth album overall by the A*Teens, released in 2003. It is the third album in several countries and the fourth in others, this is the European edition of the album Pop 'Til You Drop....

    - their version was a duet with Alice Cooper
  • Rob Zombie
    Rob Zombie
    Rob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...

     and Slash
    Slash (musician)
    Saul Hudson , known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N'...

    , live with Alice Cooper at the 2007 Scream Awards
  • Jay Anderson Band in 2007, on the Laosy Lao LP
  • A cover of School's Out is a playable track in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
    Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
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  • Emily Estefan. In 2008, Gloria Estefan
    Gloria Estefan
    Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

    's daughter Emily made a cover of this song for her mother's tour
    90 Millas World Tour
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     in Europe
    Europe
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    .
  • The Donnas
    The Donnas
    The Donnas are an American all-female rock band from Palo Alto, California. They draw inspiration from The Ramones, The Runaways, AC/DC, Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Kiss. Rolling Stone has stated that "the Donnas offer a guileless take on adolescent alienation; they traffic in kicks, not...

     in 2001 , on the album The Donnas Turn 21
    The Donnas Turn 21
    The Donnas Turn 21 is the fourth studio album by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2001 on Lookout!. Their last release on Lookout!, the album marks their transition away from their previous pop punk sound and towards a more hard rock sound.-Track listing:All songs by The Donnas,...

    .(Japanese bonus track)
  • Alien Sex Fiend
    Alien Sex Fiend
    Alien Sex Fiend is a deathrock band from the UK, composed of the married couple Nik Fiend and Mrs. Fiend . Currently, the band is based in Cardiff, Wales.-History:...

     on the album "The Legendary Batcave Tapes"
  • Foo Fighters
    Foo Fighters
    Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...

    , live with Alice Cooper at their 2011 Milton Keynes show
  • Ke$ha covered it in Oslo and was joined by Alice Cooper during her performance.

Chart Performance

Chart (1972) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7
Canadian RPM
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

Top Singles Chart
3
Germany Singles Chart 5
UK Singles Chart 1
Austrian Singles Chart 12
Norwegian Singles Chart 6
Ireland Singles Chart 2
Dutch Singles Chart 9
Australian Singles Chart 22
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