When most people think of a date movie their minds move to romantic comedies, but there are people out there that prefer something scary instead. It's an old cliche for a girl to jump into the arms of her boyfriend when startled at the cinema. Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, or Dracula is a song about a girl who only gets in the mood with the help of a good frightening movie, much to the delight of her beau. It's a 1959 doo-wop novelty that could easily have been sung by The Coasters, but was instead sung by Canadian cover band The Diamonds. The late 1950s had people dancing to The Purple People Eater, The Witch Doctor, and the like, so Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, or Dracula was warmly received in dance halls.
Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, or Dracula was released in 1959 as the B-side to Walkin' the Stroll on 7" vinyl by Mercury Records. It was re-released on the 1966 compilation album Best of The Diamonds: The Mercury Years, on the 1993 compilation album The Diamonds' Little Darlin': 25 Greatest Hits, and on the 2007 compilation album The Diamonds' Songbook. On all of these albums the song name remained the same, but some streaming websites use the song name Batman, Wolfman to refer to this song.
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Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, or Dracula lyrics
I love to take my baby to a movie show
So I can try to smooch her while the lights are low
But she won't cuddle to a story of romance
There's only one way I've got a chance
It takes the Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, or Dracula
To put her in the mood for love
It takes the Cat Girl, Dog Boy, Creature from the Black Lagoon
To make her feel like making love
It takes a monster from outer space
To make my baby want my embrace
And when I hold her, she's like a dream
If only she can hear somebody scream
She doesn't go for parking down in Lovers' Lane
And lots of moonlight doesn't drive this girl insane
She thinks that dreamy music really is a bore
But I found out what she's looking for
It takes the Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, or Dracula
To make her tender as can be
It takes the Cat Girl, Dog Boy, Creature from the Black Lagoon
To get her making love with me
If there's a madman whose teeth are curled
Who grows a bedbug that wrecks the world
She gets romantic, it's really great
When all the other women start to faint
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