"Born to Raise Hell" is a song by the heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Motörhead. Originally written by Lemmy for the German band Skew Siskin

Skew Siskin

Skew Siskin are a German hard rock band best known for their 1992 song If The Walls Could Talk, which was a minor hit on MTV.Fronted by Nina C. Alice, Siskin have been through many lineup changes over their career with Jim Voxx being the only other consistent member...

, it plays over the opening credits of the film Airheads

Airheads

Airheads is a 1994 American comedy film written by Rich Wilkes and directed by Michael Lehmann. It stars Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi and Adam Sandler as a band of loser musicians called "The Lone Rangers" who take a radio station hostage, just so that their song would get played on the radio...

 in which Lemmy makes a cameo appearance.

The song was released as a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 in 1994, featuring Lemmy, Ice T

Ice T

Tracy Marrow , better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician and actor.He was born in Newark, New Jersey and moved to the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles when he was in the 7th grade. After graduating from high school he served in the United States Army for four years...

 and Whitfield Crane

Whitfield Crane

William Whitfield Crane IV was born on January 19, 1968 in Palo Alto, California. Whit was a founding member and lead singer of the rock band Ugly Kid Joe, which formed in 1989 and disbanded in 1997...

. The single features a 'Radio Edit', the original Bastards

Bastards (Motörhead album)

Bastards is the eleventh album by the British band Motörhead, and the first studio album they recorded with the short-lived Lemmy, Campbell, Würzel and Mikkey Dee line-up...

album version and a 'Dust Brothers

Dust Brothers

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 Live and Funky Mix'. A special 12" vinyl picture disc pressing was made, using the same picture as the CD single release.

This version was recorded in addition to the previous recordings of "Hellraiser

Hellraiser (song)

Hellraiser is a song written by Ozzy Osbourne, his guitarist Zakk Wylde, and Lemmy Kilmister, the frontman of heavy metal band Motörhead. The song was written for Osbourne's No More Tears album, in 1991, and despite being one of the most well known Ozzy Osbourne songs, Ozzy never released it as a...

" and "Hell on Earth", as a last minute job to play over the end credits of the Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

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film, although it didn't appear on the film's original soundtrack album.

Single track listing

Song by Lemmy

1. "Born to Raise Hell (Radio Edit)" - 4:02
2. "Born to Raise Hell (Album Version)" - 4:56
3. "Born to Raise Hell (Dust Bother Live and Funky Mix)" - 3:52

Personnel

• Guitars - Wurzel and Phil Campbell
• Drums - Mikkey Dee
• Bass, lead vocals - Lemmy
• Vocals - Ice T and Whitfield Crane