![]() The music video for "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" received heavy play by the fledgling MTV network. This recording became a US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single for seven weeks, being the only one for the band. ![]() In 1981, Jett re-recorded the song, this time with her band, the Blackhearts. This first version was released on vinyl in 1979 on Vertigo records as a B-side to " You Don't Own Me". She first recorded the song in 1979 with two of the Sex Pistols, Steve Jones and Paul Cook. Joan Jett saw the Arrows perform "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" on their weekly UK television series Arrows while she was touring England with the Runaways in 1976. Arrows performed the song in 1975 on the Muriel Young-produced show 45, after which Young offered Arrows a weekly UK television series, Arrows, which was broadcast on ITV starting in March 1976. This version was first released as a B-side, but was soon re-recorded and flipped to A-side status on a subsequent pressing of the record. In an interview with Songfacts, Merrill said he wrote the song as "a knee-jerk response to the Rolling Stones' ' It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)'." He gave a co-writer credit to Hooker as part of settling a debt. Merrill wrote both the music and lyrics, whilst living in London at Nell Gwynn House in Chelsea. The song was originally recorded and released by Arrows in 1975 on Rak Records, with Merrill on lead vocals and guitar and Mickie Most producing. ![]() 4 Alex Gaudino and Jason Rooney version.3.1 Background, release and composition.
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