Shooting Shark

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Shooting Shark"
Shooting Shark.jpg
UK 12" single cover
Single by Blue Öyster Cult
from the album The Revölution by Night
ReleasedDecember 1983 (US)
  • February 1984 (UK) [1]
GenrePop rock
Length4:20 (single edit)
7:07 (album version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bruce Fairbairn
Blue Öyster Cult singles chronology
"Take Me Away"
(1983) 		"Shooting Shark"
(1983) 		"Perfect Water"
(1985)
Music video
Shooting Shark on YouTube

"Shooting Shark" is a song by American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, appearing on the band's ninth album The Revölution by Night. Written by guitarist/vocalist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser with lyrics inspired by a Patti Smith poem, the song features a synthesizer-heavy pop sound mixed with rock elements. The song features Randy Jackson, of future American Idol fame, on bass.[2]

"Shooting Shark" was a modest success, peaking at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100,[3] as well as #16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[4]

Reception[]

AllMusic reviewer William Ruhlmann picked the song as an Allmusic reviewer's pick.[5] Errol Somay of Rolling Stone noted the song's saxophone solo, stating it "remind[s] us that Blue Öyster Cult are capable songwriters at both ends of the rock & roll Richter scale".[6]

Track listing[]

American 7" single
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shooting Shark"Roeser, Smith4:20
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dragon Lady"Broadway Blotto, Roeser4:04
American 12" single
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shooting Shark" (Edit)Roeser, Smith4:20
2."Shooting Shark"Roeser, Smith7:07
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take Me Away"Eric Bloom, Aldo Nova4:26
2."Eyes On Fire"Gregg Winter3:54
European 7" single
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shooting Shark"Roeser, Smith4:20
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Feel the Thunder"Bloom5:47
UK 12" single
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shooting Shark" (Extended Version)Roeser, Smith7:07
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dragon Lady"Blotto, Roeser4:04

Charts[]

Chart (1984) Peak
US (Billboard Hot 100) 83[7]
US (Billboard Mainstream Rock) 16[8]
UK (Official Charts Company) 97[9]

Personnel[]

Blue Öyster Cult
Additional musicians

References[]

  1. ^ "Blue Oyster Cult singles".
  2. ^ Randy Jackson is Leaving 'American Idol' After This Season. Retrieved May 5, 2018
  3. ^ "Blue Öyster Cult Shooting Shark Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "Blue Öyster Cult Shooting Shark Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  5. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Blue Öyster Cult The Revolution by Night review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Somay, Errol (1 March 1984). "Album Reviews: Blue Oyster Cult – The Revolution by Night". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-10-13. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  7. ^ "Blue Öyster Cult". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  8. ^ "Blue Öyster Cult". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  9. ^ "shooting shark | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
Retrieved from ""