"Gimme" is a single by

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singer

Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...

, released in 2000. The song appeared on Cooper's album '' Brutal Planet'', and was its first and only single. Its highest chart position was 85 in the UK. The song was written by Cooper and Bob Marlette. The song is about a

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, sung from the point of view of Satan. This is a recurring theme for Cooper, and a motif he uses in songs like "I'm The Coolest" from 1976's '' Alice Cooper Goes to Hell'' and "I Just Wanna Be God" on '' Dragontown'', the follow-up album to ''Brutal Planet''. The lyrics also make a reference to "Nothing's Free" from ''The Last Temptation'', another song with the same theme.

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single.

Album appearances

*'' Brutal Planet'' *'' Alice Cooper: Brutally Live'' *'' Dragontown'' bonus disc *''Frezno Smooth Original Soundtrack'' * ''Live at Montreux 2005''

Personnel

- Vocals *

Ryan Roxie Ryan Roxie (born Ryan Rosowicz, December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist, singer/songwriter best known as a solo artist and for playing guitar with Alice Cooper, Casablanca, Gilby Clarke, and Slash's Snakepit. Roxie is the primary founder o ...

- Guitar *

Phil X Theofilos Xenidis (born March 10, 1966), better known as Phil X, is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Since 2013, he has played lead guitar with Bon Jovi and officially replaced former lead guitarist Richie Sambora in 2016. Career Early ...

. - Guitar *China - Guitar *

Eric Singer Eric Singer (born Eric Doyle Mensinger; May 12, 1958) is an American drummer. Associated with the hard rock band Kiss since 1991, he has also performed with artists such as Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Lita Ford, Badlands, Brian May and Gary ...

- Drums *

Bob Marlette Robert Roy Marlette (born December 7, 1955) is an American record producer, recording engineer, mixer, and songwriter. His production, writing and mixing credits include David Lee Roth, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Sebastian Bach, R ...

- Rhythm guitar, Bass, Keyboards

Charts

References

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