Rooster

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ALBUM

Alice in Chains

1992

Rooster by Alice in Chains

Release Date

Tue Sep 29 1992

Performed by

Alice in Chains

Produced by

Alice in Chains & Dave Jerden

Writed by

Jerry Cantrell

About

“Rooster” was the fourth single from Dirt. It was the highest-charting from the album in the US, reaching #7 on the rock chart in 1993.

It was written by Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell for his father Jerry Cantrell Sr., who went by the nickname “Rooster” while serving with the U.S. Army d...

Rooster Lyrics

[Intro]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

[Verse 1: Layne Staley]
Ain't found a way to kill me yet
Eyes burn with stingin' sweat
Seems every path leads me to nowhere, mm-mm
Wife and kids, household pet
Army green was no safe bet
The bullets scream to me from somewhere, mm-mm

[Chorus: Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell]
Here they come to snuff the Rooster, aw, yeah
Yeah, here come the Rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know he ain't gonna die

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus: Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell]
Here they come to snuff the Rooster, aw, yeah
Yeah, here come the Rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know he ain't gonna die

[Verse 2: Layne Staley]
Walkin' tall, machine-gun man
They spit on me in my homeland
Gloria sent me pictures of my boy, mm-mm
Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death
My buddy's breathin' his dyin' breath
Oh, God, please, won't you help me make it through? Mm-mm

[Chorus: Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell]
Here they come to snuff the Rooster, aw yeah
Yeah, here come the Rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, you know he ain't gonna die

[Outro]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

Rooster Q&A

Who wrote Rooster's ?

Rooster was written by Jerry Cantrell.

Who produced Rooster's ?

Rooster was produced by Alice in Chains & Dave Jerden.

When did Alice in Chains release Rooster?

Alice in Chains released Rooster on Tue Sep 29 1992.

When and where was this song recorded?

March–May 1992 at Eldorado Recording Studios, Burbank, California; London Bridge Studio, Seattle, Washington; One on One Studios, Los Angeles, California

What have the artists said about this song?

During a 1992 interview with Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine, in response to the question “Do you feel you communicated with (your father) with this song?”, Cantrell responded:

Yeah. He’s heard this song. He’s only seen us play once, and I played this song for him when we were in this c...

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