Motorhead (song)

"Motorhead"
"Motorhead"
Song

Motörhead is the band's eponymous song. It was released as a 7" vinyl singles in 1977, initially with the 'Map Of Chiswick' label, later it was switched to the 'Big Beat' label and pressed in black, pink, blue, orange and white vinyl. The reverse cover is taken up almost entirely with the song's lyrics, printed in nearly all lower case letters. Lemmy wrote the song while in Hawkwind and it appeared on their album Warrior on the Edge of Time album in 1975.

Single track listing

"Motörhead" (Kilmister)
"City Kids" (Sanserson, Wallis)

Lyrics

sunrise, wrong side of another day,

sky high, and six thousand miles away

don't know how long I been awake

wound up in an amazin' state

can't get enough,

and you know its righteous stuff

goes up like prices at Christmas this -

motorhead, you can call me

motorhead, all right...

brained out, total amnesia

get some, mental anaesthesia

don't move, i'll shut the door and kill the lights

if I, can be wrong I must be right

all good clean fun,

have another stick of gum,

man you look better already -

motorhead, remember me now

motorhead, alright...

fourth day, five day marathon,

we're moving like a parallelogram

don't move, the mornin's not a pretty sight

I guess, i'll see you all on the ice,

I should be tired, and all I am is wired,

ain't felt this good for an hour,

Motorhead, remember me now,

Motorhead, all night...

Special Releases

Chiswick released a special 12" edition limited to 12,500 copies.

Bronze Records released a picture disc in two pressings, black & white, and blue & white.