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The song reportedly "not only won, but crushed" the other finalist, "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga. [14] It was ranked No. 442 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time". [15] The same magazine also ranked the song number three on their list of the 100 greatest heavy metal songs. [16]
The track "Motorhead" is credited to Lemmy, the B-side, "City Kids", to Duncan Sanderson and Larry Wallis, who had originally recorded the song with their band the Pink Fairies for their album Kings of Oblivion. Motorhead, with Wallis on guitar, had also recorded a version of both songs for shelved 1975 album On Parole.
The original No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith LP includes two songs from their debut album, the title track from 1979's Bomber, five songs from 1979's Overkill, and three songs from Ace of Spades. The track "Motorhead" would be released as a single and become the band's biggest chart hit, reaching number 6 in the UK.
Most of the song's just poker, really - 'I know you've got to see me, read 'em and weep, Dead man's hand again, aces and eights' - that was Wild Bill Hickock's hand when he got shot. To be honest, although "Ace of Spades" is a good song, I'm sick to death of it now. Two decades on, when people think of Motörhead, they think "Ace of Spades."
Lemmy and Took were friends, and Took was the stepfather to Lemmy's son Paul. When his manager informed him that a band by the name of "Bastard" would never get a slot on Top of the Pops, Lemmy changed the band's name to "Motörhead" – the title of the last song he had written for Hawkwind. [22]
It includes 20 of their most popular songs. Track listing. No. Title Original release Length; 1. "Killed by Death" No Remorse: 4:39: 2. "Ace of Spades" Ace of Spades:
Three drummers participated in the making of the March ör Die album: Phil Taylor, who was fired because he did not learn the drum tracks on the song "I Ain't No Nice Guy"; Tommy Aldridge who recorded most of the material on the album; and Mikkey Dee, who recorded "Hellraiser", a song originally written by Lemmy for Ozzy Osbourne's No More ...
All the Aces is a compilation album by the band Motörhead, released in November 1993. [4] It includes 14 of their most popular songs, 2 enhanced multimedia sections and 8 previously unreleased live songs by The Muggers (a band formed by "Fast" Eddie Clarke and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor of Motörhead with John "Speedy" Keen and Billy Rath).