| "Night of the Living Dead" | ||||
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| Single by the Misfits | ||||
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| Released | October 31, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | June 1979 | |||
| Genre | Horror punk | |||
| Length | 5:43 | |||
| Label | Plan 9 (PL 1011) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Glenn Danzig | |||
| Producer(s) | Danny Zelonky, The Misfits | |||
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"Night of the Living Dead" is the fourth single by the horror punk band the Misfits. It was released on October 31, 1979, on singer Glenn Danzig's label Plan 9 Records. 2,000 copies of the single were pressed on black 7" vinyl.[1][2] The night of its release the band performed at Irving Plaza in New York City and sold the single at the door.[2]
"Night of the Living Dead" is titled after the 1968 horror film of the same name, and the song's lyrics address the zombie plot of the film: "You think you're a zombie, you think it's a scene/from some monster magazine/Open your eyes too late/This ain't no fantasy boy".[1] A re-recording of the song was later included on the band's debut album, Walk Among Us. "Where Eagles Dare" shares its title with a 1968 war film. "Rat Fink" is a cover of a song by Allan Sherman from his 1963 album My Son, the Nut, which itself is a parody of "Rag Mop". It was the only cover song that the Misfits recorded during their early era, though it was credited on the single itself, and on later releases, to Danzig.[1]
- ^ a b c Von, Eerie (1996). The Misfits box set (Box set liner notes). The Misfits. New York City: Caroline Records. CAR 7529-2.
- ^ a b "Misfits discography". Misfits.com. Retrieved 2008-11-27.