Entered the UK Singles Chart at number 61spending 3 weeks on the chart.
It was the lead single from his 1986 album "Constrictor" was released and served as the theme song for the motion picture "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives."
The song features the famous "ki-ki-ki ma-ma-ma" commonly misheard as "ch-ch-ch, ha-ha-ha") sound effect, a hallmark of the Friday the 13th series. The song is also described as celebrating the return of the series antagonist, Jason Voorhees, who was killed off in the fourth film Friday 13th: The Final (1984), and appeared in flash and hallucinations the fifth installment, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985).
"He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" achieved minor chart success and garnered popularity among fans of Cooper's later work as well as slasher film enthusiasts. It has been noted to "perfectly encapsulate the Friday the 13th films and the era in they came to prominence."
The 7" single featured a "live" version of Billion Dollar Babies" as its B. The 12" single included "Billion Dollar (Recorded Live)" along with a haunting "live" version of "I'm Eighteen". Both versions were originally recorded in the studio for the Alice Cooper a Paris TV special in 1981 during the Special Forces era, and were remixed in 198 with crowd to resemble "live" recordings.
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