

She listened to the original Arrows Mickie Most-produced version just before she recorded the song, according to Jive A&R representative Steve Lunt.
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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." Spears has publicly stated that the original song is one of her favorites. The song was used in her 2002 film Crossroads, in which Spears' character Lucy performs it in a karaoke bar. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is the fourth European single from American pop singer Britney Spears' third studio album, Britney (2001), released on. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.īritney Spears version "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"įrom the album Britney and Crossroads (Music from the Major Motion Picture)īackground, release and composition * Sales figures based on certification alone. West Germany (Official German Charts) Īll-time charts Chart (1958-2018)
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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. Jett's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, representing two million units shipped to stores. 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. " 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.
