Halo of Flies (song)

"Halo of Flies"
Single by Alice Cooper
from the album Killer
B-side	"Under My Wheels"
Released	1973
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock
Length	8:21
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith
Producer	Bob Ezrin
Alice Cooper singles chronology
"Billion Dollar Babies" (1973) "Halo of Flies" (1973) "Teenage Lament '74" (1973)

"Halo of Flies" is a 1973 single by rock band Alice Cooper taken from their 1971 album Killer. The single was only released in the Netherlands. The song was, according to Cooper's liner notes in the compilation The Definitive Alice Cooper, an attempt by the band to prove that they could perform King Crimson-like progressive rock suites, and was supposedly about a spy organisation.

The song was a top 10 hit in the Netherlands.

The noise rock band Halo of Flies named themselves after this song. Jello Biafra and The Melvins covered the song on their release Sieg Howdy!

It featured a B-side, "Under My Wheels", which the band had released 2 years before. Both of the songs were featured on the album Killer (released in 1971), but "Halo of Flies" was not released as a single until 1973.

Tracklisting

1. "Halo of Flies" (Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith) - 8:22
2. "Under My Wheels" (Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Bob Ezrin) - 2:51

Personnel

• Alice Cooper - vocals
• Glen Buxton - lead guitar
• Michael Bruce - rhythm guitar, keyboards
• Dennis Dunaway - bass guitar
• Neal Smith - drums

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak Chart Position
1973	Dutch Singles Chart	5