| "Godzilla" | ||||
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.jpg) Japan single picture sleeve | ||||
| Single byBlue Öyster Cult | ||||
| from the albumSpectres | ||||
| B-side | "Nosferatu" | |||
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| Recorded | 1977 | |||
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| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter | Donald Roesera.k.a.Buck Dharma | |||
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"Godzilla" is a single by U.S.hard rock bandBlue Öyster Cult, the first track on the band's fifth studio albumSpectres. The lyrics are atongue-in-cheek tribute to the popularmovie monster of the same name. The single release had apicture sleeve featuring a promotional still from the movieGodzilla vs. the Sea Monster.[4] Despite its failure to chart, the song received significant airplay on rock radio stations[5] and soon became asleeper hit. The song, along with "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and "Burnin' for You," is one of the band's best-known songs and has become a staple of its live performances. It has beencovered by bands such asmoe.,Racer X,Fu Manchu,The Smashing Pumpkins,Sebastian Bach,Double Experience andFighting Gravity.[6] It was the walk up song forNew York Yankees sluggerHideki Matsui from 2003 to 2009.
Cash Box called it "a clever rocker tale of Godzilla...with a strong, catchy hook, excellent guitar and special effects."[7]
In 2019, a cover of the song, sung bySerj Tankian, was featured in the credits ofGodzilla: King of the Monsters, marking the first usage of the song in a Godzilla film.
In response to the song's absence from the 1998Godzilla soundtrack, Blue Öyster Cult members Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma created their own parody called "NoZilla",[8] released only to radio stations.
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[9] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Meanwhile, Blue Oyster Cult released two of the decade's hard rock favorites: "Don't Fear the Reaper" and "Godzilla.
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