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"Metal Health", sometimes called "Bang Your Head", is a song by American metal band Quiet Riot on their breakthrough album of the same name. Quiet Riot was an American heavy metal band whose 1983 & 1984 success contributed to launching the 1980s Glam Metal Health was the breakthrough album for the American Heavy metal band Quiet Riot and their first record without deceased legendary guitarist A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Glam metal (also known as pop metal) is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Quiet Riot was an American heavy metal band whose 1983 & 1984 success contributed to launching the 1980s Glam "Cum On Feel the Noize" is a Hard rock song originally released by Slade in 1973. " Mama Weer All Crazee Now " is a popular song originally recorded by the British Glam rock band Slade on their album Slayed?. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Quiet Riot was an American heavy metal band whose 1983 & 1984 success contributed to launching the 1980s Glam Metal Health was the breakthrough album for the American Heavy metal band Quiet Riot and their first record without deceased legendary guitarist The song is their best known hit and received constant MTV music video and radio play. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. "Metal Health" was the bands 2nd top 40 hit, peaking at # 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was ranked #35 on VH1's Top 40 Metal Songs. "Metal Health" is known for its drum rattle at the beginning of the song as well as the famed chorus:

Bang your head! Metal Health'll drive you mad

The song talks about the headbanging subculture. Headbanging is a type of dance which involves violently shaking the head in time with music most commonly Rock music and Heavy metal music. Because of this, the song caught the attention of many heavy metal fans upon its release. The single contained both the studio-recorded version and a live version.

The song is featured on the in-game radio for the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, which takes place in 1984. Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories is a sandbox-style action-adventure Video game developed by Rockstar Leeds in association with It was included in the intro to the movie Crank. Crank is a 2006 action / thriller Film, written and directed by both Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor.

The song is also featured on the PlayStation 2 video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, though it misses the main guitar solo that was replaced by a bridge (a succession of rhythm chords). Guitar Hero Encore Rocks the 80s (titled Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s in Europe is a Music video game and the third installment in the popular An early build of Guitar Hero II that included "Metal Health" as a hidden track shows that the song had been recorded with the solo, but no reason is known as to why it was taken off. [1]

A cover version is the theme song for the video game Showdown: Legends of Wrestling. Showdown Legends of Wrestling is the third part of the Legends of Wrestling video game series developed by Acclaim Entertainment for This song was also played in a Season 1 episode of the television show Supernatural called "Hookman". Supernatural is an American horror television series regarding the Paranormal.

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