Cherry Bomb (The Runaways song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = Cherry Bomb

| cover = Cherry Bomb (cover).jpg

| alt =

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = the Runaways

| album = The Runaways

| B-side = Blackmail

| released = {{start date|1976|03|16}} {{small|(US)}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-19 |title=The Runaways - Cherry Bomb |url=https://radiofloratm.com/qtvideo/the-runaways-cherry-bomb/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Radio Flora TM |language=en}}
June 1976 {{small|(Canada)}}{{cite web |url=https://www.45cat.com/record/73819c |access-date=2024-03-26 |title=The Runaways - Cherry Bomb }}
September 1976 {{small|(France, Spain)}}{{Cite web |title=The Runaways - Cherry Bomb |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Runaways&titel=Cherry+Bomb&cat=s |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=dutchcharts.nl}}
{{start date|1976|09|17}} {{small|(UK, Austria)}}{{cite web |url=https://www.45cat.com/record/6167392 |access-date=2024-03-26 |title=The Runaways - Cherry Bomb }}
1976 {{small|(Japan)}}{{cite web |url=https://www.45cat.com/record/sfl2121 |access-date=2024-03-26 |title=The Runaways - Cherry Bomb }}

| recorded = February 1976

| studio = * Fidelity Recorders (Studio City)

| venue =

| genre = Hard rock

| label = Mercury

| writer = Joan Jett, Kim Fowley

| producer = Kim Fowley

| misc = {{external music video|{{YouTube|_EBvXpjudf8}}}}

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"Cherry Bomb" is the debut single by the all-female band The Runaways from their self-titled debut album, released on March 16, 1976 through Mercury Records. "Cherry Bomb" was ranked 52nd on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs[http://music.spreadit.org/vh1-top-100-hard-rock-songs/ 52nd Greatest Hard Rock Song] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212180319/http://music.spreadit.org/vh1-top-100-hard-rock-songs/ |date=February 12, 2009 }} and peaked at number 106 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.