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"Shout at the Devil" is a song by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Written by bassist Nikki Sixx, the song is the title track of their album of the same name. The song charted at No. 30 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart. It was also controversial, as were many other heavy metal songs, due to allegations that it encouraged devil worship.[2]

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"Shout at the Devil"
Song by Mötley Crüe
from the album Shout at the Devil
Released	September 26, 1983
Recorded	1983
Studio	Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, hair metal[1]
Length	4:29 (counting with the intro "In the Beginning")
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Nikki Sixx
Producer(s)	Tom Werman
Mötley Crüe singles chronology
"Live Wire" (1982) "Shout at the Devil" (1983) "Looks That Kill" (1983)

The song was re-recorded by the band for their 1997 album Generation Swine, titled "Shout at the Devil '97".

"Shout at the Devil '97"
Song by Mötley Crüe
from the album Generation Swine
Released	1997
Recorded	1996
Length	3:43
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Nikki Sixx
Producer(s)	Scott Humphrey

Demo version

In 1982, the band recorded a demo version of "Shout at the Devil". It was not released for many years until the 2003 remastered edition of the Shout at the Devil album. The demo version features a different intro and has slightly different lyrics.

In other media

• A cover version appears in Guitar Hero II while the master recording appears in Guitar Hero Smash Hits.
• The song also appears in Rocksmith 2014, along with four other songs from the band's career.
• It was used as the entrance song for Brock Lesnar, who used to have the song during his stint in the UFC, and New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain.
• It appears in the TV shows My Name Is Earl and Knight Rider in addition to the film Idle Hands.
• It is one of two Mötley Crüe songs that appears in the videogame Saints Row: The Third, the other being "Live Wire".
• It is used in the Hardee's/Carl's Jr. commercial to promote the El Diablo Thickburger.
• It is played at the Halloween party scene on "Trick or Treat, Freak", a Halloween episode of the second season of Stranger Things.

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[3]	30
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[4]	23

References

На других языках

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- [en] Shout at the Devil (song)

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[es] Shout at the Devil (canción)

«Shout at the Devil» es una canción de la banda estadounidense de hard rock Mötley Crüe. Escrito por el bajista Nikki Sixx, la canción es la canción principal de su álbum Shout at the Devil.

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