Lola Montez (song)

"Lola Montez"
Single by Volbeat
from the album Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies
Released14 June 2013
Length
  • 4:28 (album version)
  • 3:57 (radio edit)
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)Michael Poulsen
Producer(s)
Volbeat singles chronology
"The Hangman's Body Count"
(2013)
"Lola Montez"
(2013)
"The Nameless One"
(2013)

"Lola Montez" is a song by Danish rock band Volbeat. The song was released as the third single from the band's fifth studio album Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies. The song is about the famous dancer and Countess of Landsfeld, Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, with the lyrics referencing the spider dance and an incident with Henry Seekamp.

"Lola Montez" is the band's second straight single, and fourth overall, to peak at number one on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart in the United States.