Interestingly enough, Zevon himself was surprised when "Werewolves of London" was a huge success. As George Plasketes wrote in Warren Zevon: Desperado of Los Angeles, the song started out as a joke: After watching the 1935 movie Werewolf of London on late-night TV, Phil Everly suggested Zevon write a song inspired by the film. Zevon took the idea to LeRoy Marinell and Waddy Wachtel, both members of his band, and the trio wrote "Werewolves of London" together in a 15-minute session.
"Werewolves of London" (which happens to feature Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on drums and bass, respectively) became Zevon's only top 40 hit, peaking at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2004, BBC Radio 2 listeners ranked the track as having the "best opening song line" of all time:
Warren Zevon thought of 'Werewolves of London' as a sort of 'novelty' song
Years later, Zevon called "Werewolves of London" a novelty song, but "not a novelty the way, say, Steve Martin's 'King Tut' is a novelty."
"People remember it from year to year more — it’s been in movies and it gets trotted out regularly — but it’s not as if it sold four million copies, like a Paula Abdul single, you know what I mean?" Zevon quipped.
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