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"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is a rock and roll song, written in 1975 by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker of The Arrows, who recorded the first released version. The song was later covered by Joan Jett and Britney Spears, who both had international chart success with their versions of the song.

Contents 1 Arrows version 2 Joan Jett version 3 Britney Spears version 3.1 Music video 4 Other cover versions 5 Charts 5.1 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts version 5.2 Britney Spears version 6 Formats and track listings 7 Mixes 8 Notes 9 External links

"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
Single by The Arrows
B-side	"Broken Down Heart" (R. Ferris)
Released	1975
Format	7" single
Recorded	1975
Genre	Rock
Label	RAK Records
Writer	Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker
Producer	Mickie Most
The Arrows singles chronology
"Hard Hearted" (1975) "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (1975) "Once Upon a Time" (1976)

The song was originally recorded and released by the Arrows in 1975 on RAK Records, produced by Mickie Most. This version was first released as a B-side, but was soon flipped to A-side status on a subsequent pressing of the record. Although not a chart hit in its original version as a result of non-existent promotion by the band's label, the song has come to worldwide prominence due to very successful cover versions that have been recorded. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is on the list of top 100 songs of the twentieth century, according to The National Endowment for the Arts. The song was ranked at number 484 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs.

"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
Single by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts from the album I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Released	1982
Format	7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1979, 1982
Genre	Rock
Length	2:52
Label	Boardwalk Records
Writer	Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker
Producer	Richie Cordell, Kenny Laguna
Certification	Platinum
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts singles chronology
"Little Drummer Boy" (1981) "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (1982) "Crimson and Clover" (1982)

Joan Jett saw the Arrows perform "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" on a television show when she was touring England with The Runaways. She first recorded it in 1979 with two of the Sex Pistols: Steve Jones and Paul Cook. This first version was not a hit. In 1982, Jett re-recorded the song, this time with her band, the Blackhearts, and this recording became a U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single for seven weeks, effectively launching Jett's solo career. Its success propelled Jett's I Love Rock 'n' Roll album to number two in the U.S.

"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"'s gritty, black-and-white music video received heavy play from the then-young MTV network. In it Jett and the Blackhearts travel to a small, dingy bar and proceed to excite the drunken crowd by performing the song and yelling out its famous chorus. Jett followed "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" up with another cover — her version of Tommy James & the Shondells' "Crimson and Clover" was a top-ten U.S. hit.

In March 2005, Q magazine placed Jett's version of the song at number 85 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.

A cover version based on the 1982 recording with The Blackhearts was later recorded to appear in the Playstation 2 video game Guitar Hero.

"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
Single by Britney Spears from the album Britney
Released	June 1, 2002 November 4, 2002
Format	CD
Recorded	2001
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:06
Label	Jive
Writer	Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker
Producer	Darkchild
Certification	Gold (Australia)
Britney Spears UK/Australian singles chronology
"Boys (The Co-Ed Remix)" (2001) "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (2002) "Me Against the Music" (2003) Britney Spears European singles chronology "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" (2001) "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (2002) "Anticipating" (2002)

"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is the fourth European single released by dance-pop singer Britney Spears from the album Britney during the second quarter of 2002. The song was used in her 2002 movie Crossroads. Spears performs it in a karaoke bar.

Spears has publicly admitted the original song to be one of her favorites. Spears listened to The Arrows' original Mickie Most-produced version just before she recorded the song, according to her Jive A&R man Steve Lunt. When promoting the single's release she infamously attributed the hit version of the song to Pat Benatar instead of Jett, although she claims this was a remark made in sarcasm rather than a mistake.^[1]

Directed by Chris Applebaum, the music video for "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" features Spears in a tight-fitting leather getup. Straightforward, it features Spears jamming in a large red room, complete with her own band, a stack of speakers, and flashing lights. She crawls along on the floor, and plays air guitar before smashing the speakers with a real guitar. Spears also dances on a rotating motorcycle and gets covered with confetti.

"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" became Spears' biggest commercial failure as the single failed to make the top ten in most countries. However, the track was not a total flop as it made at least top forty placement in most regions. "I Love Rock 'N Roll" was successful in the UK, where it peaked at number thirteen (which is, in fact, her "lowest"-charting single there). The single sold a total of 51,000 copies.^[2] A U.S. release was scheduled, but the plans were eventually scrapped.

"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is an often-covered song, and has been notably recorded by such artists as:

• Joe Piscopo
• Hayseed Dixie
• Five (sampled for "Everybody Get Up")
• Reverend Run sampled the song for his song "Mind on the Road" on his solo project Distortion.
• Ghoti Hook
• Dragon Ash (as "I Love Hip Hop")
• "Weird Al" Yankovic (parody, as "I Love Rocky Road")
• Griva (as "I law Myroslaw")
• The Dresden Dolls
• In Germany:
  • 1995 - Guildo Horn und Die Orthopädischen Strümpfe - Ich find Schlager toll
  • 2001 - Thomas Gottschalk & Die besorgten Väter - What happened to Rock 'n' Roll
• Former Premier of Victoria Joan Kirner covered Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", accompanied on guitar by her former health minister David White who actually did play the guitar, for a spoof segment on The Late Show.
• This song was not covered by AC/DC despite the claims of some P2P networks.
• DJ and noted music promoter Steve Oliver, presenter of 'The Pod', collects cover versions of the song. He blogs and bulletins on this subject on his myspace page.
• Los Berzas, in a parody called "Yo Amo El Jamón" (I Love Jamón.)

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	31
UK Singles Chart	8

"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" became the first Britney song that has charted on the European Singles Chart chart (the chart archive only goes back to 2002 though it exist longer).

Chart (2002)[3]	Peak Position
United World Chart	37
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	13
Austrian Singles Chart	9
Belgian Singles Chart	21
Canadian Singles Chart	33
Dutch Singles Chart	17
European Singles Chart	21
Finnish Singles Chart	19
German Singles Chart	7
Irish Singles Chart	8
Israeli Singles Chart	11
Italian Singles Chart	20
'Tokio Hot 100'	47
Philippine Top Hits	15
Portuguese Airplay Chart	4
Swedish Singles Chart	15
Swiss Singles Chart	15
UK Singles Chart	13

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" (Britney Spears Version)

UK CD Single "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" — 3:06 "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" [Karaoke Version] — 3:04 "Overprotected" [The Darkchild Remix Radio Edit] — 3:06 Enhanced With "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" Video Europe CD Single "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" — 3:06 "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" [Karaoke Version] — 3:04 "Overprotected" [Riprock 'N' Alex G Remix] — 3:24 "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" [Metro Remix] — 5:25 Europe 2-Track CD Single "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" — 3:06 "Overprotected" [The Darkchild Remix] — 3:18

Australia CD Single "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" — 3:06 "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" [Karaoke Version] — 3:04 "Overprotected" [The Darkchild Remix] — 3:18 "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" [Metro Remix] — 5:25 Japan CD Single "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" — 3:06 "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" [Karaoke Version] — 3:04 "Overprotected" [The Darkchild Remix] — 3:18 "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" [Metro Remix] — 5:25 "I'm a Slave 4 U" [Thunderpuss Radio Mix] — 3:18 "I'm a Slave 4 U" [Miguel Migs Petalpusher Vocal] — 5:30 "I'm Not a Girl, Yet Not a Woman" [Spanish Fly Dub Mix] — 6:01

Album Version — 3:06 Karaoke Version — 3:04 Live In Crossroads — 2:42 ^ http://www.geocities.com/lil_rocker_roller/page2.html ^ Britney Spears — I Love Rock 'n' Roll (UK) UKBritney.tv Retrieved on May 22, 2007 ^ Chart peak positions: http://top40-charts.com/songs/full.php?sid=4146&sort=chartid http://www.mariah-charts.com/chartdata/PBritneySpears.htm History of the song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Bill Harry's Rock and Pop Shop Preceded by "Centerfold" by J. Geils Band Billboard Hot 100 number one single (Joan Jett version) March 20, 1982 - May 1, 1982 Succeeded by "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis v • d • e Britney Spears Studio albums …Baby One More Time (1999) · Oops!... I Did It Again (2000) · Britney (2001) · In the Zone (2003) · Blackout (2007) Other albums Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (2004) · B in the Mix: The Remixes (2005) Singles "...Baby One More Time" · "Sometimes" · "(You Drive Me) Crazy" · "Born to Make You Happy" · "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" · "Oops!... I Did It Again" · "Lucky" · "Stronger" · "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" · "I'm a Slave 4 U" · "Overprotected" · "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" · "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" · "Anticipating" · "Boys" · "Me Against the Music" · "Toxic" · "Everytime" · "Outrageous" · "My Prerogative" · "Do Somethin'" · "Someday (I Will Understand)" · "Gimme More" · "Piece of Me" Related topics Discography · Awards · Videography · Tours · Products · Jamie Lynn Spears · Kevin Federline · Crossroads · Jive Records · Unreleased material