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1978 single by Alice Cooper
"How You Gonna See Me Now"
Side-A label by Warner Bros. RecordsSide A of the US single
Single by Alice Cooper
from the album From the Inside
B-side"No Tricks"
ReleasedOctober 9, 1978
GenreSoft rock
Length3:45
LabelWarner Bros. Records 8695
Songwriter(s)Alice Cooper, Bernie Taupin, Dick Wagner
Producer(s)David Foster
Alice Cooper singles chronology
"School's Out (Live)"
(1977)
"How You Gonna See Me Now"
(1978)
"From the Inside"
(1979)

"How You Gonna See Me Now" is a song written by Alice Cooper, Bernie Taupin, and Dick Wagner, performed by Cooper and produced by David Foster. It was released on Cooper’s album, From the Inside.

The song reached number nine in Australia and the Netherlands. In the U.S., it reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song was a regular part of Cooper’s setlist on the ‘Madhouse Rocks Tour’ supporting From the Inside, but despite its success as a single, “How You Gonna See Me Now” has never been performed live since 1980.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1978-1979) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 12
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 22
U.S. Cashbox Top 100 16
Canadian RPM 16
UK Singles (OCC) 61
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 9
Australia (Kent Music Report) 9
New Zealand (RIANZ) 19

Year-end charts

Chart (1979) Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report) 97
Canada 161
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) 85
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard) 87

References

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  17. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  18. "1979 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 51. December 22, 1979. p. TIA-10.

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