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The Best Of Warrant
''The Best of Warrant'' is the first greatest hits compilation album by the American rock band Warrant, released in 1996. It features the band's greatest tracks (singles) from their first three studio albums, " Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich", "Cherry Pie" and " Dog Eat Dog". It does not contain any material from the band's 1995 album ''Ultraphobic''. Track information The album includes two bonus tracks: "Thin Disguise" which is a B-side from the Cherry Pie single (not included on any studio album) and " We Will Rock You" which is a cover of the Queen song of the same name and was released on the soundtrack to the 1992 film ''Gladiator'' starring Cuba Gooding Jr. The Warrant version of "We Will Rock You" charted at number 83 on The Billboard Hot 100. The version of I Saw Red is the acoustic version previously released as a B-side from the single of the same song. The acoustic version features a music video and was also released as a single in its own right. Track listin ...
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Warrant (American Band)
Warrant is an American glam metal band formed in 1984 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, that experienced success from 1989 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. The band first came into the national spotlight with their double platinum debut album ''Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich'' and one of its singles, "Heaven (Warrant song), Heaven", which reached No. 1 in ''Rolling Stone'' and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The band's success continued in the early 1990s with the double platinum album ''Cherry Pie (album), Cherry Pie'', which provided the Cherry Pie (Warrant song), hit song of the same name. Following the critically acclaimed gold album ''Dog Eat Dog (Warrant album), Dog Eat Dog'' the band started to experience frequent changes to the line-up and despite the drop in popularity with the arrival of grunge, they released ''Ultraphobic'' in 1995 and a successful The Best Of Warrant (Warra ...
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Gladiator (1992 Film)
''Gladiator'' is a 1992 American sports drama film directed by Rowdy Herrington, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., James Marshall, Brian Dennehy, and Robert Loggia. The film tells the story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. The second is fighting for the money to get out of the ghetto. While being exploited by a boxing promoter, the two teens become friends. Plot Tommy Riley and his father have just moved to start a new life. Tommy's father has accumulated many gambling debts but has found a new job that requires him to travel extensively, leaving his son alone at home. Tommy also has a hard time fitting in at school, having crossed gang members. He takes a job at a local diner and enters into a romantic relationship with Dawn, the daughter of the owner, but is jumped by the gang members outside the restaurant. Seeing how well Tommy is able to fight, a local boxing promoter by th ...
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Machine Gun (Warrant Song)
Machine Gun is a song by American rock band Warrant. The song was released in 1992 as the first single from Warrant's third album '' Dog Eat Dog''. The song reached No. 36 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Background "Machine Gun" was Warrant‘s heaviest single to this point and features a music video of the band performing in front of a metal corrugated wall. Clips of a woman being tattooed with the band animated on her body. Critical reception Larry Flick Larry Flick is an American journalist, former dance music columnist, single reviewer, and Senior Talent Editor for ''Billboard'' magazine, where he worked for 14 years. Now he produces and hosts Sirius XM radio shows. Flick started in the music ..., '' Billboard's'' reviewer, named this track as "their most aggressive single in some time". He wrote: "Producer Michael Wagener tightly weaves together intricate guitar leads, rumbling rhythm chords, and a well-shaded vocal by Jani Lane. May be too hard for f ...
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I Saw Red (Warrant Song)
"I Saw Red" is a power ballad by American glam metal band Warrant. It was released in December 1990 as the second single from Warrant's second album ''Cherry Pie''. The song was one of Warrant's most successful singles, reaching number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in February 1991, number 14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 36 on the Australian charts and spawning two music videos. Background The song was inspired by a true story of betrayal. It was written after Warrant lead vocalist Jani Lane had walked in on his girlfriend in bed with his best friend, resulting in Lane's nervous breakdown and the delayed release of the band's first record '' Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich''. Acoustic The Acoustic version of "I Saw Red" was released as the B-side from the single and features a music video with Jani Lane performing on his own. The acoustic version was released as a single in its own right and featured on the band's first compilation album The Best of Wa ...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (song)
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is a song by American glam metal band Warrant. It was released in April 1991 as the third single from Warrant's second album '' Cherry Pie''. The song charted at #78 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #19 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. In Australia, the single peaked at #85 on the ARIA singles chart in May 1991. A music video was made for the song, and later the song was re-visited by the band in 1999 on their '' Greatest & Latest'' album. Background According to frontman Jani Lane, the original working title for the song was "I Know a Secret". Prior to the writing of the song "Cherry Pie", the album's title and first single was to have been "Uncle Tom's Cabin", a track which foreshadowed the kind of imaginative song writing which would later be more fully revealed on the '' Dog Eat Dog'' record. Although named after the classic novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American a ...
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Cherry Pie (Warrant Song)
"Cherry Pie" is a song by the American glam metal band Warrant. It was released in September 1990, as the lead single from the album of the same name. It preceded the album's release by three days. The song became a Top Ten hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching number 10 and also reached number 19 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. The song has been cited by many as a "hair metal" anthem. Background and writing "Cherry Pie" was a very late inclusion on the band's second album, originally the album was going to be called ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''. The president of Columbia Records, Don Ienner, wanted a rock anthem, so he called frontman Jani Lane (according to Lane, he wanted a song reminiscent of Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator"), who wrote the song in about fifteen minutes. Allen stated that "the whole marketing and everything for that record changed. It was definitely driven by the label and not the band." The song, which was inspired by Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me, ...
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Sometimes She Cries
Sometimes She Cries is a song by United States, American glam metal band Warrant (American band), Warrant. A power ballad, it was released in 1989 as the fourth single from Warrant's debut album ''Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich''. The song charted at number 11 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Background "Sometimes She Cries" is the 2nd power ballad released from their debut album following the hit single Heaven (Warrant song), Heaven; together, the two ballads sold the album to a wider, largely female audience. The song is a mix of gospel and classic rock. The music video is about a woman who has a child and her husband leaves her, Jani Lane sits on a wooden table and sings before being joined by the band behind him. Tracklisting Chart positions References

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Heaven (Warrant Song)
Heaven is a power ballad by American glam metal band Warrant. It was released in July 1989, as the second single from Warrant's debut album ''Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich''. The song is Warrant's most commercially successful single, spending two weeks at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number three on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The track's commercial success has led it to becoming one of the best known songs by the band. Background "Heaven" took Warrant's record company by surprise. Indeed, once the widespread appeal of the song became apparent, the band was instructed to re-record the track to lend it a "bigger radio sound". The first 250,000 copies of the record featured the original version while later pressings featured a new version. The song had previously been recorded by Jani Lane and Steven Sweet's old band Plain Jane. Music video The music video starred Scottish model Tracy Allan. It was filmed during a live concert at Sandstone Amphitheater ...
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Down Boys
"Down Boys" is the first single by the United States, American rock music, rock band Warrant (American band), Warrant. It was released in 1989 in music, 1989 from Warrant's first album, ''Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich''. The song reached #27 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and #13 on the Mainstream Rock (chart), Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Music video "Down Boys", which became the band's nickname, featured the band's debut music video. The video was placed on ''The New York Times'' list of the "15 Essential Hair-Metal Videos". Review The song has been described as "one of the toughest, heaviest songs in [Warrant's] catalog, and certainly at the top of both categories in terms of their hit singles". The song was re-recorded by the band in 1999 on its ''Greatest & Latest (Warrant album), Greatest & Latest'' album. Charts References

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Music Video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of Music Recording, music recordings. Although the origins of music videos date back to musical short, musical short films that first appeared, they again came into prominence when Paramount Global's MTV based its format around the medium. These kinds of videos were described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip" or simply "video". Music videos use a wide range of styles and contemporary video-making techniques, including animation, live action, live-action, documentary film, documentary, and non-narrative approaches such as Non-narrative film, abstract fi ...
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I Saw Red
"I Saw Red" is a power ballad by United States, American glam metal band Warrant (American band), Warrant. It was released in December 1990 as the second single from Warrant's second album ''Cherry Pie (album), Cherry Pie''. The song was one of Warrant's most successful singles, reaching number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in February 1991, number 14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 36 on the Australian charts and spawning two music videos. Background The song was inspired by a true story of betrayal. It was written after Warrant lead vocalist Jani Lane had walked in on his girlfriend in bed with his best friend, resulting in Lane's nervous breakdown and the delayed release of the band's first record ''Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich''. Acoustic The Acoustic version of "I Saw Red" was released as the B-side from the single and features a music video with Jani Lane performing on his own. The acoustic version was released as a single in its ow ...
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