<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Blue Öyster Cult </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Agents of Fortune </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> B - side </Th> <Td> "Tattoo Vampire" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> July 1976 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Format </Th> <Td> 7 - inch single </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Recorded </Th> <Td> 1976 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Hard rock </Li> <Li> psychedelic rock </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 3: 45 (single edit) 5: 08 (album version) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Columbia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> David Lucas </Li> <Li> Murray Krugman </Li> <Li> Sandy Pearlman </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Blue Öyster Cult singles chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "Then Came the Last Days of May" (1975) </Td> <Td> "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (1976) </Td> <Td> "This Ain't the Summer of Love" (1976) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "Then Came the Last Days of May" (1975) </Td> <Td> "Don't Fear the Reaper" (1976) </Td> <Td> "This Ain't the Summer of Love" (1976) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" </Th> </Tr>

When did don't fear the reaper come out