I'm Eighteen
Alice Cooper | Artist Essentials
First released: 1970 (year verified)
Original 1970 Alice Cooper band studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The original single introduces the band before the 1971 album sequence.
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First released: 1970 (year verified)
Year precision reflects the reviewed original release program. Reissues, remasters, later single campaigns and annual-list placement do not reset the original recording year.
Recording: Original 1970 Alice Cooper band studio recording
Credit: Alice Cooper
Role in this collection: Original band
Original single: I'm Eighteen
I'm Eighteen - original-year distinction in official archive
The artist's archive explicitly identifies I'm Eighteen as a 1970 song while discussing a later 1979 concert performance. Read alongside the Love It to Death page, which says the original single preceded the 1971 album, this supports 1970 at year precision. The later live performance is not the selected recording. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
Love It to Death - official album archive
The official album page lists the original Love It to Death track program and identifies the release year as 1971. Band albums through 1973 and solo albums beginning in 1975 are distinguished. Earlier single releases are separately scoped, and later live performances and rerecordings are excluded. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
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The reviewed original title, stated recording credit and documented version have no retained annual or focused-collection candidate under the reviewed title variants. Other performers and similarly titled recordings are not inferred as matches.
I'm Eighteen - original-year distinction in official archive
The artist's archive explicitly identifies I'm Eighteen as a 1970 song while discussing a later 1979 concert performance. Read alongside the Love It to Death page, which says the original single preceded the 1971 album, this supports 1970 at year precision. The later live performance is not the selected recording. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
Love It to Death - official album archive
The official album page lists the original Love It to Death track program and identifies the release year as 1971. Band albums through 1973 and solo albums beginning in 1975 are distinguished. Earlier single releases are separately scoped, and later live performances and rerecordings are excluded. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
About Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper began as the name of a rock band formed in Phoenix, with a stage style drawing on horror films and theatrical spectacle. Working with Bob Ezrin, the group reached a wider audience through Love It to Death and the albums that followed. The singer then carried the Alice Cooper name into a solo career, beginning with Welcome to My Nightmare in 1975. Later records moved between ballads, concept albums and hard rock, including the 1989 album Trash. The original band and solo recordings represent distinct career phases.
Artist background sources
Alice Cooper - official career biography
The official biography distinguishes the high-school band formed in Phoenix, its work with Bob Ezrin and the 1971 breakthrough, from the singer's solo career beginning with Welcome to My Nightmare in 1975. Its later account covers the 1989 Trash album. Current touring claims and incidental movie dates are not used. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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