| "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | ||||
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 2004 re-issue | ||||
| Single by Arrows | ||||
| B-side | "Broken Down Heart" | |||
| Released | July 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 2:48 | |||
| Label | RAK | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Mickie Most | |||
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| "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" on YouTube | ||||
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is a rock song written by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker and first recorded by the Arrows, a British rock band, in 1975. A 1981 cover version by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, released as the first single from her album of the same name, became Jett's highest-charting hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the No. 3 song for 1982.[1] The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, representing two million units shipped to stores. Jett's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016.[2]
- ^ Cad, Saint (14 October 2012). "10 More Famous Songs With Unknown Originals". Listverse. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ "The Recording Academy Announces 2016 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductees". Recording Academy. 18 November 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.