I saw him dancin' there by the record machine I knew he must a been about seventeen The beat was goin' strong Playin' my favorite song An' I could tell it wouldn't be long Till he was with me, yeah me, An' I could tell it wouldn't be long singin' I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me Whao He smiled so I got up and' asked for his name That don't matter, he said, 'Cause it's all the same Said can I take you home where we can be alone An' next we were movin' on He was with me, yeah me Next we were movin' on He was with me, yeah me, singin' I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me Whao Said can I take you home where we can be alone Next we were movin' on He was with me, yeah me, An we'll be movin' on An' singin' that same old song Yeah with me, singin' I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me
I saw him dancin' there by the record machine I knew he must a been about seventeen The beat was goin' strong Playin' my favorite song An' I could tell it wouldn't be long Till he was with me, yeah me, An' I could tell it wouldn't be long singin' I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me Whao He smiled so I got up and' asked for his name That don't matter, he said, 'Cause it's all the same Said can I take you home where we can be alone An' next we were movin' on He was with me, yeah me Next we were movin' on He was with me, yeah me, singin' I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me Whao Said can I take you home where we can be alone Next we were movin' on He was with me, yeah me, An we'll be movin' on An' singin' that same old song Yeah with me, singin' I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me
A canção foi originalmente escrita por Alan Merrill e Jake Hooker para a banda britânica The Arrows, que a gravou e lançou como single independente em 1975.
Joan Jett regravou a música com sua banda recém‑formada, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, e a lançou como single em 20 de janeiro de 1982, alcançando o número‑um na Billboard Hot 100 por sete semanas, o único número‑um da carreira da banda.
Em 2005, a revista Q posicionou “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll” em 85º lugar na lista dos “100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever!”.
A faixa ficou em 56º lugar na lista de “Greatest Songs of All Time” da Billboard, publicada em 2008.
O Rolling Stone incluiu a música nas edições de 2004 e 2010 da lista “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”, ocupando as posições 484 e 491, e a classificou em 97º lugar na lista de “The 200 Best Songs of The 1980s” de 2023.
A versão de Joan Jett foi introduzida no Grammy Hall of Fame em 2016.
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