I Love Rock 'n' Roll#Alex Gaudino and Jason Rooney version

{{Short description|1975 single by the Arrows}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = I Love Rock 'n' Roll

| cover = Arrows I Love Rock n Roll.jpg

| alt =

| caption = 2004 re-issue

| type = single

| artist = Arrows

| album =

| B-side = Broken Down Heart

| released = July 1975

| recorded = 1975

| studio =

| genre = Hard rock

| length = 2:48

| label = RAK

| writer = {{hlist|Alan Merrill|Jake Hooker}}

| producer = Mickie Most

| prev_title = Hard Hearted

| prev_year = 1975

| next_title = Once Upon a Time

| next_year = 1976

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Ak5xWekNfSo|"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

"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.{{cite web|last=Cad|first=Saint|title=10 More Famous Songs With Unknown Originals|url=http://listverse.com/2012/10/14/10-more-famous-songs-with-unknown-originals/|work=Listverse|date=14 October 2012|access-date=21 June 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/the-recording-academy-announces-2016-grammy-hall-of-fame-inductees|title=The Recording Academy Announces 2016 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductees|work=Recording Academy|date=18 November 2015|access-date=6 February 2016|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043641/https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/the-recording-academy-announces-2016-grammy-hall-of-fame-inductees|url-status=dead}}

Arrows original version

The song was originally recorded and released by the Arrows in 1975 on Rak Records, with Merrill on lead vocals and guitar and Mickie Most producing. Merrill wrote both the music and lyrics, whilst living in London at Nell Gwynn House in Chelsea. He gave a co-writer credit to Hooker as part of settling a debt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/alan-merrill-tells-the-story-of-i-love-rock-n-roll-in-his-final-guitar-world-interview|title=Alan Merrill tells the story of I Love Rock 'n' Roll in his final Guitar World interview|date=31 March 2020}} 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)'."{{cite web|title=Outsight Radio Hours interview, 12 February 2012|url=https://archive.org/details/AlanMerrillOnOutsightRadioHours|access-date=18 March 2012}}{{cite web

|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/joan-jett/i-love-rock-and-roll

|title=I Love Rock And Roll by Joan Jett

|work=SongFacts

|access-date=17 April 2022

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226214725/http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2422

|archive-date=26 February 2017 }}

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. 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.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29568083 "Ten hits you may not know were cover versions"]. BBC News. Retrieved 14 October 2014

Joan Jett version

{{Infobox song

| name = I Love Rock 'n Roll

| cover = File:I Love Rock n Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackheads US vinyl single.png

| alt =

| caption = US and Australian picture sleeve

| type = single

| artist = Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

| album = I Love Rock 'n Roll

| B-side = "You Don't Know What You've Got" or "Love is Pain"

| released = January 1982

| recorded = 1981

| studio = Kingdom Sound (Long Island)

| genre = Hard rock{{cite web|url= https://www.allmusic.com/song/i-love-rock-n-roll-mt0010368331 |first= Steve |last= Huey |title= I Love Rock N' Roll – Song Review |work= AllMusic |access-date= 20 February 2014}}{{cite book|title= Rock Obituaries – Knocking on Heaven's Door |first= Nick |last= Talevski |publisher= Omnibus Press |quote= Cordell joined Kenny Laguna, his former session player and then manager of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, to co-produce the group's chart-topping hard-rock anthem 'I Love Rock 'N Roll'. |year= 2006 |page= 100 |isbn= 978-1-8460-9091-2}}

| length = 2:55 (LP version)
2:45 (U.S. single edit)

| label = Boardwalk

| writer = {{hlist|Alan Merrill|Jake Hooker}}

| producer = {{hlist|Ritchie Cordell|Kenny Laguna}}

| prev_title = Bad Reputation

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Crimson and Clover

| next_year = 1982

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|wMsazR6Tnf8|"I Love Rock 'n Roll"}}}}

}}

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. The Runaways' producer and manager Kim Fowley had the band learn the song in the summer of 1977, during the brief period when Vicki Blue had replaced Jackie Fox as bass player and Cherie Currie was still the group's vocalist.{{cite journal |last1=Robertson |first1=Sandy |title=Kim Fowley: The Dorian Gray of Rock'n'Roll |journal=Sounds |date=6 August 1977 |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/kim-fowley-the-dorian-gray-of-rocknroll |access-date=15 September 2023 |publisher=United Newspapers |location=London |format=Online |url-access=subscription}}

Jett first recorded the song in 1979 with two of the Sex Pistols, Steve Jones and Paul Cook. This first version was released on vinyl in 1979 on Vertigo records as a B-side to "You Don't Own Me". In 1981, Jett re-recorded the song, this time with her band, the Blackhearts. This single was released in late 1981 in Australia and New Zealand by Liberation Records, and by Boardwalk Entertainment in Canada. This recording became a US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single for seven weeks, being the only one for the band.Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 322.

Record World said it "has anthem qualities and heroic lead guitar riffs."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=February 13, 1982|page=1|accessdate=2023-03-02|title=Hits of the Week|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/82/Record-World-1982-02-13.pdf}}

=Music video=

The music video for "I Love Rock 'n Roll" produced by Barry Ralbag, received heavy play by the fledgling MTV network. It featured Jett and the Blackhearts traveling to a small, dingy bar and then exciting the drunken crowd by performing the song and yelling out its chorus. A snippet of Jett's 1981 hit "Bad Reputation" can be heard at the beginning of the video. The video was originally in colour, but it was converted to black and white because Jett hated the look of her red leather jumpsuit.{{Citation|title=Joan Jett & the Blackhearts: I Love Rock 'n Roll (Video 1982)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6973600/trivia|access-date=22 December 2018}}

In 1993 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts made another music video for the song as part of the Wayne's World 2 soundtrack. The video consisted of scenes from the movie, with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, mixed with footage of Jett and her band in a faux concert filmed at Irving Plaza in New York City. The song was again released as a single by Warner/Reprise with "Activity Grrrl" as the B-side.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Joan-Jett-And-The-Blackhearts-I-Love-Rock-Roll/master/717326|title=Joan Jett and the Blackhearts* – I Love Rock & Roll|website=Discogs|year=1994 |language=en|access-date=22 December 2018}}

=Popularity=

Jett's version has received many rankings, including:

  • No. 85 in Q magazine's March 2005 "100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever!" list.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm#Guitar%20Tracks|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060224054627/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm#Guitar%20Tracks|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 February 2006|title=Rocklist.net...Q Magazine Lists..|website=www.rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=22 December 2018}}
  • No. 491 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" (2010) and No. 484 (2004).{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/|title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time|date=7 April 2011|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=22 December 2018}}
  • No. 56 in Billboard{{'}}s "Greatest Songs of All Time".[https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-60.shtml] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930202246/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-60.shtml|date=30 September 2008}}

=Personnel=

  • Joan Jett – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Ricky Byrd – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Gary Ryan – bass, backing vocals
  • Lee Crystal – drums, backing vocals

=Charts=

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==Weekly charts==

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Chart (1982)

!Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web |url= http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus80.htm |title= Australia n°1 Hits – 80's |publisher= Worldcharts.co.uk |access-date=12 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110520060413/http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus80.htm |archive-date=20 May 2011}}

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{{single chart|Austria|4|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|song=I Love Rock'n Roll}}
{{single chart|Flanders|2|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|song=I Love Rock'n Roll}}
Canada Top Singles (RPM)Lwin, Nanda. Top 40 Hits: the essential chart guide (2000).

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Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=116|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin – 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|page=116|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=28 June 2022|language=fi}}

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France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_J.php |title=I love rock'n'roll in French Chart |access-date=12 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920072658/http://infodisc.fr/Bilan_J.php |archive-date=20 September 2013}} You have to use the index at the top of the page and search "Joan Jett & the Blackhearts"

| style="text-align:center;"|4

{{single chart|Ireland2|2|artist=Joan Jett and the Blackhearts}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|1|year=1982|week=19}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|song=I Love Rock'n Roll}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|song=I Love Rock'n Roll}}
South Africa (Springbok Radio){{cite web |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(J).html |title= I love rock'n'roll in South African Chart |author= John Samson |access-date= 12 June 2013}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

{{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|song=I Love Rock'n Roll}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|song=I Love Rock'n Roll}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|4|artist=Joan Jett & the Blackhearts}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Joan Jett the Blackhearts}}
{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|31|artist=Joan Jett the Blackhearts}}
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|1|artist=Joan Jett the Blackhearts}}
US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19820327.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 3/27/82|website=tropicalglen.com|access-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603094214/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19820327.html|archive-date=3 June 2015|url-status=dead}}

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{{single chart|West Germany|6|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|song=I Love Rock'n Roll|songid=826}}

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Chart (2021)

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position

{{single chart|Poland|54|chartid=3667|year=2021|access-date=22 February 2021}}

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==Year-end charts==

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1982)

!Position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1982 |publisher= Kent Music Report |via= Imgur |issue= 445 |date= January 3, 1983 |access-date= January 22, 2023 |url= https://i.imgur.com/iP7HHqt.jpg}}{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|title-link=Kent Music Report}}

| style="text-align:center;"|7

Belgium (Ultratop){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1982|title=Jaaroverzichten 1982|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=5 February 2022}}

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Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6167&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062|title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada|work=collectionscanada.gc.ca|access-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811145442/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6167&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062|archive-date=11 August 2016|url-status=dead}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1982|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1982|publisher=Stichting Nederlandse Top 40|website=Top40.nl}}

| style="text-align:center;"|25

Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1982&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1982|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=5 February 2022}}

| style="text-align:center;"|22

New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1982-12-31|title=Top Selling Singles of 1982 – The Official New Zealand Music Chart}}

| style="text-align:center;"|7

South Africa (Springbok Radio){{cite web|title=Top 20 Hit Singles of 1982|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1982.html|access-date=26 December 2018}}

|align="center"|7

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1982.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982|website=Music Outfitters}}

| style="text-align:center;"|3

US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1982YESP.html|title=Cash Box YE Pop Singles – 1982|website=tropicalglen.com|access-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711062300/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1982YESP.html|archive-date=11 July 2018|url-status=dead}}

| style="text-align:center;"|5

West Germany (Media Control){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1982|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1982|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=5 February 2022}}

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=All-time charts=

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Chart (1958–2018)

! Position

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=10 December 2018}}

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=Certifications=

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Australia|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|title=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|award=Platinum|relyear=1981|certyear=1982|certref={{cite web|title= Platinum and Gold Singles 1982 |publisher= Kent Music Report |issue= 453 |via= Imgur |date= 28 February 1983 |access-date= 12 November 2021 |url= https://i.imgur.com/totLqGG.jpg}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Joan Jett and the Blackhearts|title=I Love Rock 'n Roll|award=Gold|relyear=1981|certyear=2011|digital=true|note=Digital Download|access-date=8 November 2021|refname=CAN}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Joan Jett and the Blackhearts|title=I Love Rock 'n Roll|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1981|certyear=1982|certmonth=6|relmonth=11|note=Physical|access-date=11 August 2023|refname=CAN1}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Joan Jett & the Blackhearts|title=I Love Rock'n Roll|award=Gold|relyear=1981|certyear=20245|id=15247|access-date=9 April 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|title=I Love Rock 'n Roll|award=Silver|relyear=1981|certyear=1982|source=infodisc|access-date=8 November 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|title=I Love Rock 'N' Roll|award=Gold|relyear=1981|certyear=2024|access-date=3 May 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|title=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|award=Gold|relyear=1981|certyear=2023|id=10994|access-date=11 August 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=2024|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|title=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|title=I Love Rock 'n Roll|award=Gold|relyear=2018|certyear=2023|id=19358-6508-1|access-date=13 October 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Joan Jett & The Blackhearts|title=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|award=Platinum|relyear=1982|certyear=1982|note=Physical|access-date=8 November 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Joan Jett|title=I love Rock|nocert=true|relyear=1982|salesamount=1,808,784|note=Digital|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.defjampromo.com/files/2009/10/BB-Digital-Songs-Chart-Wk.-Ending-6-23-16.pdf|publisher=Nielsen Soundscan|title=Chart: Digital Songs|date=23 June 2016|access-date=8 November 2021}}}}

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Britney Spears version

{{Infobox song

| name = I Love Rock 'n' Roll

| cover = Britney Rock n Roll.png

| alt =

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = Britney Spears

| album = Britney

| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2002|05|27}}

| recorded = 2001

| studio = {{ubl|The Record Plant (Los Angeles)|Hit Factory Criteria (Miami)}}

| genre = Pop rock

| length = {{duration|m=3|s=06}}

| label = Jive

| writer = {{hlist|Jake Hooker|Alan Merrill}}

| producer = Rodney Jerkins

| chronology = Britney Spears

| prev_title = I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Boys

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|ITuOddPeYoc|"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"}}}}

}}

=Background, release and composition=

"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is the fourth European single from American pop singer Britney Spears' third studio album, Britney (2001), released on 27 May 2002. The song was used in her 2002 film Crossroads, in which Spears' character Lucy performs it in a karaoke bar. Spears said of the song, "They asked me to sing karaoke in the movie Crossroads and I've actually sung 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' in a lot of clubs that I've been to."{{cite news|last=Dingwall|first=John|title=OTR..Off the Record: Your Time Is Up, Jacko; Britney Wants Album Top Slot|newspaper=Daily Record|location=Scotland|date=5 November 2001|page=19}} Spears has publicly stated that the original song is one of her favorites. She listened to the original Arrows Mickie Most-produced version just before she recorded the song, according to Jive A&R representative Steve Lunt. The scratches performed on this version were performed by Corey Chase at The Hit Factory Criteria studios in Miami. When promoting the single's release, Spears mistakenly attributed the hit version of the song to Pat Benatar instead of Joan Jett.{{cite web|url=http://www.suntimes.com/output/rock/sho-sunday-britney04.html|title=What Britney said, or should have|author=Jim DeRogatis|date=4 November 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011116135611/http://www.suntimes.com/output/rock/sho-sunday-britney04.html|archive-date=16 November 2001|work=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=26 February 2012|author-link=Jim DeRogatis|url-status=dead}}

=Critical reception=

Spears' cover was met with mostly favorable reviews. NME{{'}}s Ted Kessler wrote that she "still works best when making a good pop cheese and dance sandwich: there's the ace Rodney Jerkins-produced version of Joan Jett's 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll', which does exactly what it says on the tin."{{cite news|last=Kessler|first=Ted|title=Britney Spears : Britney|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-5783-338289|access-date=17 April 2022|newspaper=NME|date=30 October 2001}} Rolling Stone{{'}}s Barry Walters wrote that "producer Rodney Jerkins' hip-hop blaspheming of Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" doesn't go as far as it should (is a Limp Bizkit remix in its future?), but it certainly beats what her earlier studio architects did to those Sonny and Cher ("The Beat Goes On" on ...Baby One More Time) and Stones ("(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" on Oops!... I Did It Again) songs."{{cite magazine |author=Barry Walters | title=Britney|magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/britney-252189/ |date=22 November 2001 |access-date=17 April 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070212133054/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/225846/britney |archive-date=12 February 2007}} Another positive reception came from PopMatters' editor Nikki Tranter, who enjoyed that the song is "different from the average run-of-the-mill pop offering," and praised that "she does strange justice to the tune, vamping up her vocals and turning out something, that while silly and camp, is actually a fun listen."{{cite news|last=Tranter|first=Nikki|title=Britney Spears: Britney |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/spearsbritney-britney|access-date=2 January 2012|newspaper=PopMatters|date=5 November 2001}} In contrast, David Browne wrote for Entertainment Weekly that "her remake is neither imaginative (it simply xeroxes Joan Jett's arrangement) nor all that believable."{{cite magazine |last1=Browne |first1=David |title=Britney |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/11/12/britney/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=17 April 2022 |date=12 November 2001}}

=Chart performance=

"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" charted moderately upon release, reaching the top 20 in most regions. The song was moderately successful in the UK, where it peaked at number 13 (which, at the time, was Spears' lowest peak for a single released there, until "If U Seek Amy" only managed to reach number 20 in 2009. It was certified gold in Australia.

=Promotion=

Directed by Chris Applebaum, the music video for "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" shows Spears with her own band, a stack of speakers and flashing lights. The video begins in black and white and switches to and from colour throughout. It was shot at The Inn, a bar in Long Beach, New York. The video was ranked at number two on the 100 Best Videos of 2002 list during MTV Latin America's countdown. A director's cut version of the video was later leaked, containing previously unseen scenes.

The song was performed live during Spears' Dream Within a Dream Tour (2001–02). In 2016, it was added to the revamped set list of her Las Vegas residency show, Britney: Piece of Me (2016–17), marking the first time Spears performed the song in 14 years. During the performance, Spears rode a mechanical electric guitar, which simulated a mechanical bull, as it rotated on stage. The same prop electric guitar had been used during her Femme Fatale Tour (2011) for a segment in which she covered the song "Burning Up" by Madonna. At the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, the song was performed as part of a medley.

=Track listings=

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  • European 2-track CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= I Love Rock 'n' Roll|others=Britney Spears|year=2002|type=European 2 tracks CD Single liner notes|publisher=Jive Records|id=9253609}}
  1. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) – 3:06
  2. "Overprotected" (Darkchild Remix) – 3:18
  • European/Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= I Love Rock 'n' Roll|others=Britney Spears|year=2002|type=European CD Single liner notes|publisher=Jive Records|id=9253602}}{{cite AV media notes|title= I Love Rock 'n' Roll|others=Britney Spears|year=2002|type=Australian CD Single liner notes|publisher=Jive Records|id=9253602}}
  1. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) – 3:08
  2. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke Version) – 3:06
  3. "Overprotected" (Darkchild Remix) – 3:20
  4. "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Metro Remix) – 5:26
  • German 2 tracks CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= I Love Rock 'n' Roll|others=Britney Spears|year=2002|type=German 2 tracks CD Single liner notes|publisher=Jive Records|id=9253639}}
  1. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) – 3:07
  2. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke Version) – 3:05
  • German CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= I Love Rock 'n' Roll|others=Britney Spears|year=2002|type=German CD Single liner notes|publisher=Jive Records|id=9253632}}
  1. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) – 3:07
  2. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke Version) – 3:05
  3. "Overprotected" (Riprock 'N Alex G Remix) – 3:25
  4. "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Metro Remix) – 5:24

{{col-2}}

  • Japanese CD maxi single{{cite AV media notes|title= I Love Rock 'n' Roll|others=Britney Spears|year=2002|type=Japanese CD Maxi Single liner notes|publisher=Jive Records|id=ZJCI-30016}}
  1. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) – 3:06
  2. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke Version) – 3:04
  3. "Overprotected" (Darkchild Remix) – 3:20
  4. "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Metro Remix) – 5:25
  5. "I'm a Slave 4 U" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) – 3:18
  6. "I'm a Slave 4 U" (Miguel Migs Petalpusher Vocal) – 5:30
  7. "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Spanish Fly Dub Mix) – 5:55
  • UK CD maxi single{{cite AV media notes|title= I Love Rock 'n' Roll|others=Britney Spears|year=2002|type=UK CD Maxi Single liner notes|publisher=Jive Records|id=9254222}}
  1. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) – 3:06
  2. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke Version) – 3:04
  3. "Overprotected (Darkchild Remix Radio Edit)" – 3:06
  4. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Video) – 3:06
  • Cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title= I Love Rock 'n' Roll|others=Britney Spears|year=2002|type=Cassette Single liner notes|publisher=Jive Records|id=9254204}}
  1. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) – 3:06
  2. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke Version) – 3:04
  3. "Overprotected" (Darkchild Remix Edit) – 3:06
  • Digital download (Digital 45){{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7DPdEJlhG3snP5qgRvUN5k|title=I Love Rock n Roll (Digital 45) – Britney Spears|publisher=Spotify (US)|date=2009|access-date=1 July 2020}}
  1. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" – 3:07
  2. "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Metro Remix Radio Edit) – 3:29

{{col-end}}

=Charts=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

==Weekly charts==

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

! scope="col"| Chart (2002)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|13|artist=Britney Spears|song=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Austria|9|artist=Britney Spears|song=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Flanders|15|artist=Britney Spears|song=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|27|artist=Britney Spears|song=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-canada-digital-song-sales/2003-08-09|title=Canadian Digital Song Sales|magazine=Billboard|date=9 August 2003|access-date=11 December 2018}}

| 32

scope="row"| Croatia (HRT){{cite web|url=http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/maineng.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2002|title=Top Lista Hrvatskog Radija|publisher=Croatian Radiotelevision|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020803084523/http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/maineng.html|access-date=30 March 2019}}

| 8

scope="row"| European Hot 100 Singles (Music & Media){{cite magazine |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-06-15.pdf |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media |volume=20|issue=25|date=15 June 2002|page=9|oclc=29800226 |access-date=18 June 2020 |via=American Radio History}}

| 24

{{single chart|Finland|19|artist=Britney Spears|song=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Germany|7|artist=Britney Spears|song=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|songid=5191|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|6|year=2002|week=21|access-date=29 April 2021|refname="MAHASZ"|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|8|song=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|access-date=27 November 2018|refname="IRL"|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Italy|20|artist=Britney Spears|song=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Japan (Oricon){{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/145326/ranking/cd_single/|title=Oricon Style – Artist – Britney Spears|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=April 18, 2023|archive-date=November 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104105249/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/145326/ranking/cd_single/}}

|26

{{single chart|Dutch40|17|year=2002|week=24|refname=Dutch40-17|access-date=27 November 2018|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|18|artist=Britney Spears|song=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"| Portugal (AFP){{cite magazine |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-08-03.pdf |title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media |volume=20|issue=32|date=3 August 2002|page=9|oclc=29800226 |access-date=8 January 2022 |via=American Radio History}}

| 4

scope="row"| Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041012151813/http://www.rt100.ro/ed.php?tn=x10035|url=http://www.rt100.ro/ed.php?tn=x10035|title=Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 34, saptamina 26.08–2.09, 2002|publisher=Romanian Top 100|archive-date=12 October 2004|access-date=29 July 2019|url-status=live}}

| 42

{{single chart|Scotland|7|date=20021116|refname=sca|access-date=22 June 2015|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"| Slovenia (RTV){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020807202156/http://www.rtvslo.si/top17/lestvica1.php|url-status=dead|url=http://www.rtvslo.si/top17/lestvica1.php|title=Lestvica Top 17|publisher=Radiotelevizija Slovenija|access-date=5 October 2022|archive-date=7 August 2002}}

| 10

{{single chart|Sweden|15|artist=Britney Spears|song=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|15|artist=Britney Spears|song=I Love Rock 'n' Roll|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UK|13|date=20021116|refname=scc|access-date=17 January 2014|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UKindependent|2|date=20021116|access-date=27 November 2018|rowheader=true}}

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==Year-end charts==

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

! scope="col"| Chart (2002)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2002/singles-chart |title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2002 |publisher=ARIA |access-date=29 April 2021}}

| 70

scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2002 |title=Ultratop Belgian Charts |website=Ultratop.be |access-date=14 March 2016}}

| 76

scope="row"| Germany (Media Control){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2002 |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts |website=Offiziellecharts.de |access-date=14 March 2016}}

| 96

scope="row"| Sweden (Hitlistan){{cite web|url=http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid%3D43%26dfom%3D20020001%26newi%3D0%26height%3D420%26platform%3DWin32%26browser%3DMSIE%26navi%3Dno%26subframe%3DMainframe |title=Årslista Singlar – År 2002|access-date=11 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201150004/http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=43&dfom=20020001&newi=0&height=420&platform=Win32&browser=MSIE&navi=no&subframe=Mainframe |archive-date=1 February 2016}}

| 85

scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2002 |title=Swiss Year-End Charts 2002 |website=Swiss Charts|access-date=14 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402134256/http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2002 |archive-date=2 April 2016}}

| 81

{{col-end}}

=Certifications=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|relyear=2002|certyear=2002|award=Gold|access-date=17 January 2014}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

=Release history=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Release dates and formats for "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"

scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Format(s)

! scope="col"| Label(s)

! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|Germany

| 27 May 2002

| {{hlist|CD|maxi CD}}

| rowspan="3"|BMG

| {{center|{{cite web|title=I Love Rock 'N' Roll [Single]|url=https://www.amazon.de/I-Love-Rock-N-Roll/dp/B00006771J|work=Amazon.de|access-date=17 January 2014}}}}

scope="row"| Australia

| 3 June 2002

| rowspan="2"| Maxi CD

| {{center|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue641.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020626140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020627-0000/www.aria.com.au/Issue641.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 June 2002|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 3rd June 2002|publisher=ARIA|page=26|date=3 June 2002|access-date=29 April 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}}}

scope="row"| Japan

| 19 June 2002

| {{center|}}

scope="row"| United Kingdom

| 4 November 2002

| {{hlist|Cassette|maxi CD}}

| RCA

| {{center|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2002/Music-Week-2002-11-02.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 4 November 2002: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=2 November 2002|access-date=30 August 2021}}}}

Alex Gaudino and Jason Rooney version

{{Infobox song

| name = I Love Rock 'n' Roll

| type = Promotional single

| artist = Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney

| album =

| EP =

| written =

| published =

| released = 3 December 2008

| recorded = 2008

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 3:37

| label = {{hlist|541|NEWS}}

| writer = {{hlist|Alan Merrill|Jake Hooker}}

| composer =

| lyricist =

| producer =

| chronology = Alex Gaudino

| prev_title = Watch Out

| prev_year = 2008

| title =

| next_title = I'm in Love (I Wanna Do It)

| next_year = 2010

| misc = {{External music video|type=Song|{{YouTube|X4JUIs2-_zE|"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"}}}}

}}

A cover version by Alex Gaudino and Jason Rooney was released in 2008.

=Track listing=

{{track listing

| headline = UK Digital download

| title1 = I Love Rock 'n' Roll

| length1 = 3:37

| note1 = Radio Edit

| title2 = I Love Rock 'n' Roll

| length2 = 7:43

| note2 = Extended Mix

| title3 = I Love Rock 'n' Roll

| length3 = 6:01

| note3 = Dabruck, Klein Remix

| title4 = I Love Rock 'n' Roll

| length4 = 5:35

| note4 = Nari & Milani Remix

| title5 = I Love Rock 'n' Roll

| length5 = 7:05

| note5 = Disko Kriminals Remix

}}

;Credits and personnel

  • Lead vocals – Alex Gaudino
  • Music – Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker
  • Lyrics – Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker
  • Scratches – Corey Chase
  • Label: 541/NEWS

=Chart performance=

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (2008)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Wallonia Tip|10|artist=Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney|song=I Love Rock 'n' Roll}}

=Release history=

class="wikitable"
Region

!Date

!Format

United Kingdom

|3 December 2008

|Digital download{{cite web|url= https://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Love-Rock-N-Roll/dp/B002BPGJA2/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1318102640&sr=301-2 |title= I Love Rock N' Roll: Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads |website= Amazon UK |access-date= 8 October 2011}}

LadBaby version

{{Infobox song

| name = I Love Sausage Rolls

| cover = ILoveSausageRolls.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = LadBaby

| album =

| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|12|13}}

| recorded = 2019

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 3:23

| label = Frtyfve

| writer = {{hlist|Alan Merrill|Jake Hooker}}

| producer =

| chronology =

| prev_title = We Built This City

| prev_year = 2018

| next_title = Don't Stop Me Eatin'

| next_year = 2020

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|K-WCAEwMJhI|"I Love Sausage Rolls"}}}}

}}

In December 2019, English blogger LadBaby released a comedy version of the song with a sausage roll theme as a charity single whose profits went to The Trussell Trust. The single's cover is based on Abbey Road's cover. The song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and in Scotland.

=Background=

In December 2019, LadBaby announced his bid for the official Christmas number one. As with their last release "We Built This City", all proceeds from the single went to The Trussell Trust. He said, "We were blown away by the support we received on our Christmas Number 1 single last year and how far that money has gone into changing the lives of families living in poverty across the UK. We're continually looking for ways we can support food bank charity the Trussell Trust further as the size of the problem still facing so many adults (and children) is huge and we ALL need to do whatever we can to say goodbye to poverty once and for all in the UK! If we can use our social media presence for good by singing about sausage rolls, giving people something to smile about and helping families eat this year, then why wouldn't we. Officially, the most unanticipated single of the decade...AGAIN!"{{cite web |last=Copsey |first=Rob |date=9 December 2019 |title=LadBaby announces 2019 bid for Christmas Number 1 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ladbaby-announces-bid-for-2019-christmas-number-1-with-new-single-i-love-sausage-rolls__27944/ |access-date=4 January 2020 |website=Official Charts}}

=Charts=

On 20 December 2019, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, claiming the Christmas number one with 93,000 chart sales and with 85,000 of that total coming via downloads. It was also the fastest-selling download since Artists for Grenfell version of "Bridge over Troubled Water" in June 2017. LadBaby became the third act to have two consecutive Christmas number one singles and the first to have two successive novelty Christmas number ones in the UK. After reaching number one, LadBaby said, "How have we done this again? It's the best feeling in the world – it's a Christmas miracle yet again! Thank you everybody for supporting us once again, and all for an amazing cause. It's going to the Trussell Trust – to the 14 million people living in poverty in the UK. Who doesn't love a sausage roll at Christmas?"{{cite web |last=Copsey |first=Rob |date=20 December 2019 |title=On a roll! LadBaby score second Official Christmas Number 1 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ladbaby-score-second-official-christmas-number-1-with-i-love-sausage-rolls-its-a-christmas-miracle-again-__28042/ |access-date=4 January 2020 |website=Official Charts}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
Chart (2019)

! Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2019/12/aria-chart-watch-556/|title=ARIA Chart Watch #556|publisher=auspOp|date=21 December 2019|access-date=4 January 2020|archive-date=21 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221063205/https://www.auspop.com.au/2019/12/aria-chart-watch-556/|url-status=dead}}

| 100

{{single chart|Ireland3|59|artist=LadBaby|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2020}}
scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2019-12-20|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=23 December 2019|access-date=4 January 2020}}

| 20

{{single chart|Scotland|1|date=20191220|rowheader=true|refname=scb|access-date=4 January 2020}}
{{single chart|UK|1|date=20191220|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2020}}
{{single chart|UKindependent|1|date=20191220|rowheader=true|access-date=26 October 2023|refname=UKIND}}
scope="row"| US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-songs/2019-12-28|title=Top Rock Songs Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=4 January 2020}}

| 10

Other notable cover versions

Joan Kirner, Premier of Victoria at the time, performed the song on The Late Show (1992 TV series) in 1992. Former Health Minister David White played the guitar solo.

  • Forever Young reached #27 in France in 2003 with their cover version.{{cite web|url=http://acharts.co/song/3588 |title=I Love Rock'n'roll by Forever Young – Music Charts |website=Acharts.co |access-date=10 October 2016}}

See also

References

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