Bang Your Head (Metal Health)

~ Recording by Quiet Riot

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
  • US1983-03-11
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)25322
1.1Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
  • US1983-03-11
PashaZK 38443
1.1Metal Health?:??Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
PashaFZT 38443
1.1Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotMetal Health (DADC press)Quiet RiotAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CDEPC 25322
1.7Metal Health5:19Quiet RiotRealistic: Laser RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Realistic51-5004
1.1Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
  • JP1986-07-25
Pasha32DP 451
1.1Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
  • JP1988-09-30
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)25DP 5226
1.1Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 450084 2
1.1Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 450084 2
2.8Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotGiants of Rock: The Metal Decade, Volume 2: 1982-83Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
TELDEC2292-41900-2
1.5Metal Health5:18Quiet RiotWinners Take AllQuiet RiotAlbum + Compilation
CBS Special ProductsA 21626
1.5Metal Health5:18Quiet RiotWinners Take AllQuiet RiotAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-07-07
1.7Metal Health5:18Quiet RiotHard ’n’ Heavy RebelsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 476879 2
1.2Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:18Quiet RiotGreatest HitsQuiet RiotAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-02-20
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), PashaEK 64233
1.2Bang Your Head (Mental Health)5:18Quiet RiotGreatest HitsQuiet RiotAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), PashaEK 64233
1.2Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:18Quiet RiotGreatest Hits (BMG Direct)Quiet RiotAlbum + Compilation
Pasha, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)64233, EK 64233
1.1Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:20Quiet RiotBest of 80's Metal Volume One: Bang Your HeadVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Priority Records (US hip hop)
1.11Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:19Quiet RiotCrank It UpVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Special Markets, Cornerstone PromotionsMSD 2-37123, MSD2-37123
1.10Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:18Quiet RiotFootloose (15th Anniversary Collectors' Edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1998-10-06
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 65781
1.2Metal Health5:20Quiet RiotSuper HitsQuiet RiotAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-05-04
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), PashaEK 65880
1.1Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:19Quiet Riot80s Rock, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-05-18
Platinum Disc Corporation (La Crosse, WI)A 30362
1.15Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:18Quiet RiotVH1 The Big 80's: Big Hair, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-07-20
Rhino (reissue label)R2 74349
1.11Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:20Quiet RiotMonster MadnessVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-04-18
Razor & Tie, Warner Special Products7930189028-2, OPCD-1909
1.5Bang Your Head5:19Quiet RiotThe Best of Crank It UpVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2000-08-23
Absord Music JapanABCP-28
1.1Metal Health5:19Quiet RiotThe CollectionQuiet RiotAlbum + Compilation
Connoisseur Collection
1.1Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
  • US2001-08-28
Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks)EK 85779
1.1Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:17Quiet RiotMetal Health (clean)Quiet RiotAlbum
  • XW2001-08-28
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks)504490 2, 5044902000, EPC 504490 2
2.5Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:17Quiet RiotMullets Rock!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-03-11
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)E2K 86826
3.2Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:17Quiet RiotRockin' 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-02-17
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)A3K 71844
1.3Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:17Quiet RiotMore 80s Hair MetalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Cleopatra Records (US label, predominantly industrial/goth, and low budget compilations)
1.2Metal Health5:16Quiet RiotCrankVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • US2006-08-29
Lakeshore RecordsLKS 33871
3.2Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotThe Heavy Metal BoxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-11-20
Rhino (reissue label)R2 187338
1.2Metal Health5:16Quiet RiotCrank (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records0178286BDM
1.1Bang Your Head (Metal Health)?:??Quiet RiotAmerican ’80s Hair MetalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-01-22
Deadline Music (US rock)CLP 2144-2
2.1Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:16Quiet RiotAmerican ’80s Hair MetalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2008-01-22
Deadline Music (US rock)
1.3Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:16Quiet RiotMullets Rock!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-06-24
Sony BMG Music Entertainment Commercial Music Group
1.3Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:19Quiet Riot80's Mega MetalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Compass Productions (budget compilations), Rhino (reissue label)OPCD-8230M
3.9Bang Your Head (Mental Health)5:17Quiet RiotHard + HeavyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music
1.9Bang Your Head5:17Quiet RiotHard + Heavy: Bang Your HeadVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music20141-2
1.1Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)88697 29665 2
1.1Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:17Quiet RiotPlaylist: The Very Best of Quiet RiotQuiet RiotAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697 84571 2
5.14Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:18Quiet Riot100 Essential Tracks: Rock HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-12-07
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697607542
4.14Bang Your Head5:17Quiet Riot100 Movie HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
4.14Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:19Quiet RiotElokuvien 100 suosituintaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)88697638002
4.14Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:17Quiet RiotElokuvien 100 suosituintaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FI2010-02-08
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)
2.5Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:17Quiet RiotMullets Rock!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
2.3Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:18Quiet RiotPure… Guitar HeroesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2010-12-06
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697753152
2.3Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:17Quiet RiotPure… Guitar Heroes (non US)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2010-12-10
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1Metal Health5:16Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
  • US2011-03-15
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks)EK 85779
1.49Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:17Quiet Riot80s 100 Hits, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2011-08-04
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP)
1.1Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:17Quiet RiotPlaylist: The Very Best of Quiet RiotQuiet RiotAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2012-08-08
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)SICP 3607
1.1Metal Health5:18Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
  • GB2012-09-17
Rock Candy (UK reissue label)CANDY145
1.12Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:18Quiet RiotHaynes Rock: Ultimate Guide to Classic AnthemsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2013-05-20
Haynes Owner’s Workshop Manuals, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88883723092
2.1Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:17Quiet RiotPure… MetalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014-09-01
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
2.1Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:17Quiet RiotPure… MetalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2014-09-01
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88875006252
2.4Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:16Quiet RiotMullets Rock!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014-12-13
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
2.1Metal Health (Bang Your Head)5:17Quiet RiotOriginal Album ClassicsQuiet RiotAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2015-09-04
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88875063652
3.11Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:18Quiet RiotUltimate RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2015-09-25
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88875085792
3.18Metal Health5:18Quiet RiotThe 80s U.S. PlaylistVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-06-02
Crimson (UK budget comps; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.)CRIMCD598
2.5Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:17Quiet RiotThe Classic Rock CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88985440442
1.4Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:18Quiet RiotHead Banging MetalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
PashaFZ 38443
Bootleg
1.35Metal Health5:18Quiet Riot40 Greatest Metal SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2006
(unknown)
1.1Metal Health5:17Quiet RiotMetal HealthQuiet RiotAlbum
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)25AP 2643
1.2Bang Your Head (Metal Health)5:18Quiet RiotGreatest HitsQuiet RiotAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 483926 2

Relationships

engineer:Duane Baron
producer:Spencer Proffer
drums (drum set):Frankie Banali (US drummer)
electric bass guitar:Chuck Wright
electric guitar:Carlos Cavazo
keyboard:Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
lead vocals:Kevin DuBrow
phonographic copyright (℗) by:CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1983)
produced for:Pasha
recorded at and mixed at:Pasha Music House in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 66) (order: 66)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/2Lnz86t4b4cwEXnRG517sf [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/6iixnpyJM2Zqjuu7aY29Rv [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/83111436 [info]
streaming page:https://tidal.com/track/33240889 [info]
recording of:Metal Health (Bang Your Head)

Related works

Metal Health (Bang Your Head)

writer:Frankie Banali (US drummer)
Carlos Cavazo
Tony Cavazo
Kevin DuBrow
publisher:Embassy Music Corporation
sub-publisher:ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
referred to in medleys:Hooked on Polkas (order: 11)