Question: when did don't fear the reaper come out
Answer: `` ( Do n't Fear ) The Reaper '' Single by Blue Öyster Cult from the album Agents of Fortune B - side `` Tattoo Vampire '' Released July 1976 Format 7 - inch single Recorded 1976 Genre Hard rock psychedelic rock Length 3 : 45 ( single edit ) 5 : 08 ( album version ) Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Donald `` Buck Dharma '' Roeser Producer ( s ) David Lucas Murray Krugman Sandy Pearlman Blue Öyster Cult singles chronology `` Then Came the Last Days of May '' ( 1975 ) `` ( Do n't Fear ) The Reaper '' ( 1976 ) `` This Ai n't the Summer of Love '' ( 1976 ) `` Then Came the Last Days of May '' ( 1975 ) `` Do n't Fear the Reaper '' ( 1976 ) `` This Ai n