Primal Scream (song)

"Primal Scream"
Single by Mötley Crüe
from the album Decade of Decadence 81-91
Released	August 1991 [1]
Recorded	1991
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal
Length	4:47
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Nikki Sixx
Producer(s)	Bob Rock
Mötley Crüe singles chronology
"Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)" (1990) "Primal Scream" (1991) "Home Sweet Home '91" (1991)

"Primal Scream" is a song by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. The single was released on the 1991 album Decade of Decadence 81-91, which was the band's first of many greatest hits compilations. The song charted at No. 63 on Billboard Hot 100 and No. 21 on the Mainstream rock charts.^[2] Decade of Decadence was released on October 19, 1991, and "Primal Scream" was one of three newly recorded songs for the album, the other two being "Angela" and "Anarchy in the U.K.".

Background

The uncensored version of a "Primal Scream" music video contained full-frontal nudity of a female dancing at the end, but that scene was edited for heavy rotation when shown on television.

The song was said by Nikki Sixx himself in an AskSixx session on Twitter in October 2015, to be about Arthur Janov's 1970 book The Primal Scream. Primal Therapy: A Cure For Neurosis, as well as his own childhood.^{[citation needed]}

Decade of Decadence also included another single, the remix version of "Home Sweet Home" which was the band's eighth and final Top 40 hit in 1991, reaching No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100. The original 1985 version only reached No. 89 on the same chart.^[3]

Personnel

• Vince Neil – vocals
• Mick Mars – guitar
• Nikki Sixx – bass guitar
• Tommy Lee – drums

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[4]	26
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	63
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[6]	21
Australia (ARIA)[7]	29
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8]	30

References

1. "Motley Crue singles".
2. "Allmusic (Motley Crue charts & awards) Billboard singles".
3. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th ed, Billboard Publications, Inc. 1996.
4. "Motley Crue: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
5. "Motley Crue Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
6. "Motley Crue Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
7. "Motley Crue – Primal Scream". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
8. "Motley Crue – Primal Scream". Top 40 Singles.