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{{Short description|1975 single by Ohio Players}}
{{Infobox Song <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
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| Name = Love Rollercoaster
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| Caption =
| Type =
| name = Love Rollercoaster
| Artist = [[The Ohio Players]]
| cover = Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players.jpg
| alt Artist =
| type = single
| Album = [[Honey (Ohio Players album)|Honey]]
| artist = [[Ohio Players]]
| album = [[Honey (Ohio Players album)|Honey]]
| Published =
| B-side = It's All Over
| Released = [[1975]]
| released = November 9, 1975
| genre = {{hlist|[[Funk]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_rb-funk.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925122615/https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_rb-funk.html |title=100 Greatest Funk Songs |website=Digital Dream Door |date=August 7, 2008 |archive-date=September 25, 2010 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>|[[disco]]<ref>{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2022/10/funk-gave-70s-pop-a-new-groove|title=Give Up the Funk Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=October 15, 2022|access-date=October 31, 2022}}</ref>}}
| track_no = 6
| length = {{unbulleted list|2:52 ([[Radio edit|single version]])|4:50 (album version)}}
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Funk]]
| label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| writer = {{hlist|James Williams|Clarence Satchell|[[Leroy Bonner]]|Marshall Jones|Ralph Middlebrooks|Marvin Pierce|[[Billy Beck (musician)|William Beck]]}}
| Length = 2:57
| Writer =
| producer = Ohio Players
| prev_title = [[Sweet Sticky Thing]]
| Composer =
| prev_year = 1975
| Label = [[Mercury Records]]
| Producer =
| next_title = Fopp
| Chart position =
| next_year = 1976
| Tracks =
| prev = "Sweet Sticky Thing"
| prev_no = 5
| next = "Alone"
| next_no = 7
| Misc =
}}
}}

"'''Love Rollercoaster'''" is a song by [[United States|American]] [[funk music|funk]]/[[R&B]] band [[The Ohio Players]], originally featured on their 1975 album ''[[Honey (Ohio Players album)|Honey]]''. The song was a hit upon its initial release, reaching the top of both the R&B and pop charts, and still sees wide airplay on classic funk and R&B stations. The song uses the [[roller coaster]], a common [[theme park]] attraction, as a metaphor for the ups and downs of [[dating]] and romantic relationships.
"'''Love Rollercoaster'''", sometimes rendered as "Love Roller Coaster",<ref name=RPMtop/><!-- Shown on the cover art that way too. --> is a song by American [[funk music|funk]]/[[R&B]] band [[Ohio Players]], originally featured on their 1975 album ''[[Honey (Ohio Players album)|Honey]]''. It was composed by William Beck, [[Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner|Leroy Bonner]], Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell, and James Williams.<ref>{{cite web|first=Alex |last=Henderson |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/honey-mw0000262958 |title=Honey - Ohio Players &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 2, 2016}}</ref> It was a number-one U.S. hit in January 1976, and was [[Certified Gold|certified gold]]. In Canada, the song spent two weeks at number two.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4081a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=g14snaqsk0codbtqdhq9c01l31 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=February 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227092823/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4081a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=g14snaqsk0codbtqdhq9c01l31 |archive-date=February 27, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Love Rollercoaster" was covered by American rock band [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] for the soundtrack of the 1996 animated movie ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head Do America]].''


==Urban legend==
==Urban legend==
The song has been the subject of a persistent [[urban legend]] since its release. A primal scream is heard in the background fairly early in the song (between 1:24 and 1:28 on the single version, or between 2:32 and 2:36 on the album version). According to the most common legend, it was the voice of an individual being murdered live while the tape was rolling. Jimmy "Diamond" Williams described the innocent nature of the scream:
While the song is known within the music community for its distinctive and influential sound, within the popular imagination it remains best identified with a persistent urban legend. During an instrumental portion of the song, a high-pitched scream is heard (between 2:32 and 2:36 on the single version); this is the scream of [[Billy Beck (musician)|Billy Beck]], but according to the most common legend, the "victim's" identity varies greatly depending on the version.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} The supposed sources of the scream have included an individual who was killed at some prior time, his scream inexplicably recorded and looped into the track, or a rabbit being killed outside the studio whose scream was accidentally picked up by the band's recording equipment (of all the explanations, this is the least plausible — professional recording studios are soundproof). Also there was another high-pitch earlier at 1:27, which was the real cause of the myth, and that scream was also said to be the scream of the "victim", but actually it was a scream of a woman on a roller coaster ride, which they recorded it and looped in the song.
<blockquote>There is a part in the song where there's a breakdown. It's guitars and it's right before the second verse and Billy Beck does one of those inhaling-type screeches like [[Minnie Riperton]] did to reach her high note or [[Mariah Carey]] does to go octaves above. The DJ made this crack and it swept the country. People were asking us, "Did you kill this girl in the studio?" The band took a vow of silence because you sell more records that way.<ref name="Billboard">{{Cite book |last1=White, Adam |title=The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits |last2=Bronson, Fred |publisher=Billboard Books |year=1993 |isbn=0823082857 |pages=188 |name-list-style=&}}</ref></blockquote>


The legend appears to have evolved from an incidental comment made by an unidentified [[Berkeley, California]] [[disc jockey]] during a radio broadcast, probably in late 1975 or early 1976.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 18, 2003 |title=Years after its '70s heyday, band still riding a 'Love Rollercoaster'|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/lifestyle/2003/05/18/years-after-its-70s-heyday/50341302007/|access-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 25, 2003|title=Ohio Players recount career roller coaster|url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/music/article/Ohio-Players-recount-career-roller-coaster-2116686.php|access-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref> It spread and mutated in several variations, probably as a result of [[Casey Kasem]] having repeated it on the nationally syndicated radio show [[American Top 40]] in early 1976.<ref name="Graff">Graff, Gary, and Durchholz, Daniel. Rock 'n' Roll Myths: The True Stories Behind the Most Infamous Legends, p. 50-51. United States, Voyageur Press, 2012.</ref> The most common version of the legend was that the scream was from Ester Corbet, a model who appeared on the cover of the album (''Honey'') purportedly stabbed by a band member, manager or engineer during the recording sessions.<ref name="Graff"/> Subsequent variations included an elaborate backstory involving the artwork on the album cover as a motive for the stabbing.<ref name="Graff"/> Less common variations identified the "victim" as a band member's girlfriend or cleaning woman.<ref name="Graff"/>
The most widespread version of the myth, however, tells that [[Ester Cordet]], who appeared nude on the ''[[Honey (Ohio Players album)|Honey]]'' album cover, had suffered permanent disfigurement due to the substance used to replicate honey for the photo; she interrupted the band's recording session, so the story says, at which point she was stabbed to death. Another version is that she was in the booth next door doing the photo shoot for the cover and was on top of fibre glass, when she poured the honey on herself the honey fused with the fibre glass and her legs sticking her to the floor, as she tried to get up the skin got ripped off her legs, thus the scream, this put an end to her modeling career she then said that she would sue the band for everything they had, at this point the band manager stabbed her to death. However this is also highly improbable as Ester Cordet is still alive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/music/hidden/roller.asp|
title=The Ohio Slayers|
work=Urban Legends|
author=Snopes.com}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:9rc8b5p4fsqh|
title=Love Rollercoaster|
work=Review|
author=Allmusic.com}}</ref> [[Ester Cordet]], however, did not make any answers about this.


The 1998 film [[Urban Legend (film)|''Urban Legend'']] mentions the legend of this song.
[[Casey Kasem]] reported the urban myth of the girl being killed in the studio recording booth while the song was being reported on his radio show, [[American Top 40]] when the song was on the charts in 1976.


==Charts==
Jimmy "Diamond" Williams explained that the scream was nothing eerie or disturbing:
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===Weekly charts===
{{cquote|There is a part in the song where there's a breakdown. It's guitars and it's right before the second verse and Billy Beck does one of those inhaling-type screeches like Minnie Ripperton did to reach her high note or Mariah Carey does to go octaves above. The DJ made this crack and it swept the country. People were asking us, 'Did you kill this girl in the studio?' The band took a vow of silence because that makes you sell more records.}}
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|-
!Chart (1975–1976)
!Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref name=RPMtop>{{cite magazine |date=February 21, 1976 |title=RPM Top Singles |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4081a.pdf |magazine=RPM |access-date=March 21, 2016 }}</ref>
|2
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|1
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Soul Singles]] (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=437}}</ref>
|1
|}
{{col-2}}


===Year-end charts===
==Red Hot Chili Peppers cover==
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{{Infobox Single |
|-
| Name = Love Rollercoaster
!Chart (1976)
| Cover = Loverollercoaster.jpg
!Rank
| Artist = [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
|-
| from Album = [[Beavis and Butt-Head Do America#Soundtrack|Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Soundtrack]]
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5173a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=do7ku3tiidn8p01tm5l6km1i23 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=February 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227091616/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5173a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=do7ku3tiidn8p01tm5l6km1i23 |archive-date=February 27, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| Released = [[1996]]
|39
| Format = [[CD]]
|-
| Recorded = 1996
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1976.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=February 2, 2016}}</ref>
| Genre = [[Funk rock]]
|30
| Producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
|}
| Last single = "[[Shallow Be Thy Game]]"<br />(1996)
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| This single = "'''Love Rollercoaster'''"<br />(1996)

| Next single = "[[Scar Tissue]]"<br />(1999)
==Red Hot Chili Peppers version==
| Misc = {{Extra tracklisting
{{Infobox song
| Album = [[Beavis and Butthead Do America#Soundtrack|Beavis and Butthead Do America Soundtrack]]
| Type = soundtrack
| name = Love Rollercoaster
| cover = Loverollercoaster.jpg
| prev_track ="Two Cool Guys"
| prev_no = 1
| type = single
| this_track = "[[Love Rollercoaster]]"
| artist = [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
| album = [[Beavis and Butt-Head Do America#Soundtrack|Beavis and Butt-Head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]
| track_no = 2
| next_track = "[[Ain't Nobody]]"
| released = November 1996
| next_no = 3
| recorded =
| genre =
* [[Funk rock]]
* [[alternative rock]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2016/08/96-best-alternative-rock-songs-1996/|title=The 96 Best Alternative Rock Songs Of 1996|date=August 31, 2016|access-date=February 23, 2022|website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520051218/https://www.spin.com/2016/08/96-best-alternative-rock-songs-1996/|archive-date=May 20, 2017}}</ref>
| length =
* 4:37 (album version)
* 3:31 (single version)
| label = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| writer =
* James Williams
* Clarence Satchell
* [[Leroy Bonner]]
* Marshall Jones
* Ralph Middlebrooks
* Marvin Pierce
* [[Billy Beck (musician)|William Beck]]
| producer =
* [[Sylvia Massy]]
* Red Hot Chili Peppers
| prev_title = Coffee Shop
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = [[Scar Tissue]]
| next_year = 1999
}}
}}
}}
"'''Love Rollercoaster'''" was [[cover version|cover]]ed by the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] in 1996, with lead singer [[Anthony Kiedis]] adding a [[rap]] to the song, and the horn section replaced with an approximation played on [[kazoo]]s. Their version appeared on the soundtrack of the animated film ''[[Beavis and Butt-head Do America]]''. There was also an animated music video that was made for the song, featuring [[Beavis]], [[Butt-head]], and the band riding an [[amusement park]] roller coaster, intercut with scenes from the film. The song is played early in the movie itself, when Beavis and Butt-head arrive in Las Vegas. In the dance hall scense, a fictional funk band is shown performing the song live (the one appearing on the background of the single cover).


"Love Rollercoaster" was covered by American rock band [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] for the soundtrack of the 1996 animated movie ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head Do America]]'', based on the iconic [[MTV]] [[Adult animation|adult animated]] series ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'', so it had a lot of diffusion on the channel in that time. It was released as a single in November 1996 through [[Geffen Records]], being particularly successful in the UK.
===Track listing===
;CD Single 1
# "Love Rollercoaster"
# "Lesbian Seagull - Engelbert Humperdinck"


For this version, an animated music video was made directed by Kevin Lofton. In the video, the members of the band are shown performing the song and riding together with other characters on a gigantic [[roller coaster]], while playing some scenes from the film.
;CD Single 2
# "Love Rollercoaster" (Clean Edit)
# "Love Rollercoaster" (Rock Rollercoaster Mix)
# "Love Rollercoaster" (LP Version)


==In the media==
===Charts===
====Weekly charts====
The song was featured briefly in the film ''[[Urban Legend (film)|Urban Legend]]'', where a reference is made to the myth associated with it.
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|-
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|-
!scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2949779#page/n1/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (9.1. '97 – 15.1. '97)|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=16|date=January 10, 1997|access-date=October 2, 2019}}</ref>
|3
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|24|song=Love Rollercoaster|rowheader=true|access-date=July 18, 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|35|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers / Engelbert Humperdinck|song=Love Rollercoaster / Lesbian Seagull|rowheader=true|access-date=November 20, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|6|date=19970614|rowheader=true|access-date=February 2, 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|7|date=19970614|rowheader=true|access-date=February 2, 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardradiosongs|40|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|14|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true|access-date=November 20, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|22|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true|access-date=November 20, 2016}}
|}


====Year-end charts====
It makes a more prominent appearance in the [[Final Destination 3|third ''Final Destination'' film]], where the song is played as death stalks and manifests itself to kill two naked teenage girls tanning in a tanning salon. This use is a dual reference used as a "sign" in the film citing the metaphoric legend of that song is known for, and the literal rollercoaster which plays an important deadly role in the film.
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!scope="col"|Chart (1997)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1997/singles-chart|title=1997 ARIA Singles Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|access-date=September 20, 2020}}</ref>
|83
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Rock/Alternative (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3415&URLjpg=https%3a%2f%2ffanyv88.com%3a443%2fhttp%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3415.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3415|title=RPM '97 Year End Top 50 Alternative Tracks|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=February 2, 2019}}</ref>
|45
|-
!scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2963913?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/2up/|title=Árslistinn 1997 – Íslenski Listinn – 100 Vinsælustu Lögin|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=25|date=January 2, 1998|access-date=February 16, 2020}}</ref>
|94
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201997.html|title=Najlepsze single na UK Top 40–1997|language=pl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604144848/http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201997.html|archive-date=June 4, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref>
|119
|}


===Release history===
The song was also featured in the movie ''[[After the Sunset|After The Sunset]]''. The song was played during a point when an FBI agent was locked in his car and the "villans" were flooding the car with sleeping gas.
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!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|United States
|November 1996
|Radio
|rowspan="2"|[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
|
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|June 2, 1997
|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}
|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=33|date=May 31, 1997}}</ref>
|}


==In other media==
This song was used in the Nickelodeon series ''[[The Adventures of Pete & Pete]]'' during a band scene.
The song was used, amongst other uses, in an advert for the [[Suzuki Jimny]] [[Mini sport utility vehicle|mini-SUV]] automobile,<ref>TV Ad https://www.tvadmusic.co.uk/2007/10/archive-q-to-z/</ref> in the 2020 film ''[[Birds of Prey (2020 film)|Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey]]'', and in a promo for the [[Epcot|Disney Epcot]] ride ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind]]'' ahead of its opening in 2022; the song, although not played outright, is also referenced to on ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'', serving as the title for the show's 11th episode of its pilot season. It was also used in the 2006 horror movie ''[[Final Destination 3]]'', and was also used in 2004 action-adventure video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' as song for radio station Bounce FM.


==See also==
The song was also in an episode of the Bernie Mac show during the scene where Jordan was having his party and the kids were passing germs along the way.
* [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 1976 (United States)]]


This song was featured in popular video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'', played on the game radio station Bounce FM.
The DJ for the radio station Bounce FM comes on when the song ends asking if the listeners had heard the woman screaming, he claims that he caused her to scream after exposing himself to her.

A cover version of the song, based on the Red Hot Chili Peppers version, is featured in the [[Wii|Nintendo Wii]] game ''[[Boogie (video game)|Boogie]]''. Some of the more sexually suggestive lyrics were changed.

The song was sampled by [[Rodney O & Joe Cooley]] in their 1991 song ''Get Ready to Roll''.

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| years = [[January 31]] [[1976]]
| after = "[[50 Ways to Leave Your Lover]]" by [[Paul Simon]]
}}
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| before = "[[Full of Fire (song)|Full of Fire]]" by [[Al Green]]
| title = [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Billboard's Hot Soul Singles]] [[List of number-one R&B hits (United States)|number one single]] (Ohio Players version)
| years = [[December 25]], [[1975]]
| after = "[[Walk Away From Love]]" by [[David Ruffin]]
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== See also ==
* [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 1976 (United States)]]
==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:46, 16 October 2024

For The Cleveland Show episode, see Love Rollercoaster (The Cleveland Show). For the Mims song, see Guilt (album).

"Love Rollercoaster"
Single by Ohio Players
from the album Honey
B-side"It's All Over"
ReleasedNovember 9, 1975
Genre
Length
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ohio Players
Ohio Players singles chronology
"Sweet Sticky Thing"
(1975) 		"Love Rollercoaster"
(1975) 		"Fopp"
(1976)

"Love Rollercoaster", sometimes rendered as "Love Roller Coaster",[3] is a song by American funk/R&B band Ohio Players, originally featured on their 1975 album Honey. It was composed by William Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell, and James Williams.[4] It was a number-one U.S. hit in January 1976, and was certified gold. In Canada, the song spent two weeks at number two.[5] "Love Rollercoaster" was covered by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers for the soundtrack of the 1996 animated movie Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.

Urban legend

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The song has been the subject of a persistent urban legend since its release. A primal scream is heard in the background fairly early in the song (between 1:24 and 1:28 on the single version, or between 2:32 and 2:36 on the album version). According to the most common legend, it was the voice of an individual being murdered live while the tape was rolling. Jimmy "Diamond" Williams described the innocent nature of the scream:

There is a part in the song where there's a breakdown. It's guitars and it's right before the second verse and Billy Beck does one of those inhaling-type screeches like Minnie Riperton did to reach her high note or Mariah Carey does to go octaves above. The DJ made this crack and it swept the country. People were asking us, "Did you kill this girl in the studio?" The band took a vow of silence because you sell more records that way.[6]

The legend appears to have evolved from an incidental comment made by an unidentified Berkeley, California disc jockey during a radio broadcast, probably in late 1975 or early 1976.[7][8] It spread and mutated in several variations, probably as a result of Casey Kasem having repeated it on the nationally syndicated radio show American Top 40 in early 1976.[9] The most common version of the legend was that the scream was from Ester Corbet, a model who appeared on the cover of the album (Honey) purportedly stabbed by a band member, manager or engineer during the recording sessions.[9] Subsequent variations included an elaborate backstory involving the artwork on the album cover as a motive for the stabbing.[9] Less common variations identified the "victim" as a band member's girlfriend or cleaning woman.[9]

The 1998 film Urban Legend mentions the legend of this song.

Charts

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Red Hot Chili Peppers version

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"Love Rollercoaster"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album Beavis and Butt-Head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
ReleasedNovember 1996
Genre
Length
  • 4:37 (album version)
  • 3:31 (single version)
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
"Coffee Shop"
(1996) 		"Love Rollercoaster"
(1996) 		"Scar Tissue"
(1999)

"Love Rollercoaster" was covered by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers for the soundtrack of the 1996 animated movie Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, based on the iconic MTV adult animated series Beavis and Butt-Head, so it had a lot of diffusion on the channel in that time. It was released as a single in November 1996 through Geffen Records, being particularly successful in the UK.

For this version, an animated music video was made directed by Kevin Lofton. In the video, the members of the band are shown performing the song and riding together with other characters on a gigantic roller coaster, while playing some scenes from the film.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1996–1997) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[14] 19
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[15] 10
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[16] 49
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[17] 3
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[18] 3
Ireland (IRMA)[19] 24
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[20] 35
Scotland (OCC)[21] 6
UK Singles (OCC)[22] 7
US Radio Songs (Billboard)[23] 40
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[24] 14
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[25] 22

Year-end charts

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Chart (1997) Position
Australia (ARIA)[26] 83
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[27] 45
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[28] 94
UK Singles (OCC)[29] 119

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States November 1996 Radio Geffen
United Kingdom June 2, 1997
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
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In other media

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The song was used, amongst other uses, in an advert for the Suzuki Jimny mini-SUV automobile,[31] in the 2020 film Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey, and in a promo for the Disney Epcot ride Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ahead of its opening in 2022; the song, although not played outright, is also referenced to on The Cleveland Show, serving as the title for the show's 11th episode of its pilot season. It was also used in the 2006 horror movie Final Destination 3, and was also used in 2004 action-adventure video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as song for radio station Bounce FM.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "100 Greatest Funk Songs". Digital Dream Door. August 7, 2008. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Molanphy, Chris (October 15, 2022). "Give Up the Funk Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "RPM Top Singles" (PDF). RPM. February 21, 1976. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Honey - Ohio Players | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  6. ^ White, Adam & Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books. p. 188. ISBN 0823082857.
  7. ^ "Years after its '70s heyday, band still riding a 'Love Rollercoaster'". May 18, 2003. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  8. ^ "Ohio Players recount career roller coaster". May 25, 2003. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d Graff, Gary, and Durchholz, Daniel. Rock 'n' Roll Myths: The True Stories Behind the Most Infamous Legends, p. 50-51. United States, Voyageur Press, 2012.
  10. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 437.
  11. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  12. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  13. ^ "The 96 Best Alternative Rock Songs Of 1996". Spin. August 31, 2016. Archived from the original on May 20, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  14. ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers / Engelbert Humperdinck – Love Rollercoaster / Lesbian Seagull". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  15. ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers – Love Rollercoaster" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  16. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 9792." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  17. ^ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 9795." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  18. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (9.1. '97 – 15.1. '97)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). January 10, 1997. p. 16. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  19. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Love Rollercoaster". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
  20. ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers / Engelbert Humperdinck – Love Rollercoaster / Lesbian Seagull". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  21. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  22. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  23. ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  24. ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  25. ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  26. ^ "1997 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  27. ^ "RPM '97 Year End Top 50 Alternative Tracks". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  28. ^ "Árslistinn 1997 – Íslenski Listinn – 100 Vinsælustu Lögin". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). January 2, 1998. p. 25. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  29. ^ "Najlepsze single na UK Top 40–1997" (in Polish). Archived from the original on June 4, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  30. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. May 31, 1997. p. 33.
  31. ^ TV Ad https://www.tvadmusic.co.uk/2007/10/archive-q-to-z/
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