"School's Out" is a song first recorded as the title track of Alice Cooper's fifth album.

[2] Cooper has said he was inspired to write the song when answering the question, "What's the greatest three minutes of your life?".

"School's Out" became Alice Cooper's first major (and highest-charting) hit single, reaching number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart and propelling the album to number two on the Billboard 200 pop albums chart.

Upon the release of the single, Record World said: "Heavy seasonal rocker will have Alice's hordes of fans swinging all summer.

"[8] "School's Out" was ranked number 326 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

[14] The Independent named the song at tenth in the list "Gold Dust: Glam rock's top 10 singles.

"[15] In 2004, the song was also used in a Staples television commercial for the back to school retail period in which Cooper appeared as himself.