<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Official audio </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from the band's 1976 album Agents of Fortune . The song, written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, deals with eternal love and the inevitability of death . Dharma wrote the song while picturing an early death for himself . </P> <P> Released as an edited single (omitting the slow building interlude in the original), the song was Blue Öyster Cult's highest chart success, reaching #7 in Cash Box and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1976 . Critical reception was mainly positive, and in 2004, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" was listed at number 405 on the Rolling Stone list of the top 500 songs of all time . </P>

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