I LOVE ROCK N ROLL
ROGUE'S GALLERY
Updated March
27th, 2010
- Some of the
recording artists in the story -
THE ARROWS -
The fathers of the song (1975)
left
to right- Jake Hooker - Alan Merrill - Paul Varley
JOAN JETT -
The Queen of Rock n Roll (1982)
BRITNEY SPEARS
- The Princess of Pop (2002)
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- Covers and
Permutations of "I Love Rock N Roll" -
Queen
Of Japan.
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Weird Al - "I Love Rocky Road"
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Hayseed
Dixie's countrified version
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Joe Piscopo
parody version as Frank Sinatra
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Kizooks version
of the song
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Korean superstar
Lee Da Hae's 2007 version
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Forever Young,
the Kid's Version
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The Family
Players' "I Love Funk N Roll"
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Aerol�neas
Federales - Echale Sif�n, The Spanish Version
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Five's "Everybody
Get Up" (Variation on the theme)
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Les Enfoires
2007 version
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The Vodka Collins
live version, released in 2004
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Dragon Ash's
"I Love Hip Hop" (Variation on the theme)
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Showaddywaddy.
British rock legends album in 2006
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Reverend Run
(Run/DMC) rap rocks his 2005 version
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UK Glam Rockers
Hello cover "I Love Rock N Roll"
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Guildo Horn's
German version "Ich Find Schlager Toll"
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Swiss rocker
Salome Clausen. 2005 Universal hit version
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Fashion Week
- On the catwalks of Paris and Milan
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New Young band
Girl Authority cover the classic song
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Australia's
Nitrocris - "I Love Rock N Roll" single
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Japan's Elephant
Love, and their version
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Germany's Hitboutique,
and their version
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Hideaki Matsuoka
released the song in '89
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The band Kathy
X's "I Love Rock N Roll" on this CD
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Alvin and the
Chipmunks (2007) "I Love Rock N Roll" in their film
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The Chickz 2006
"I Love Rock N Roll" version
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CJ JR's "I Love
Reggaeton" - summer fun 2006
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Japan's "Love
& Fitness" - 1997
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Finland's "Anna
Abreu" - 2007
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Krisenka
Finley's C&W version- Dec. 2006
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The band Mighty
McFly's version is on this CD
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Miley Cyrus
on the 2009 Wonderworld Tour
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Honorable mention
goes to - British glam rock superstar, Alvin Stardust, who opens his act with
the song - Wynona Judd, who has performed the song on national televison in
the USA - Sandra Bernhard, who has done the song live, The Dresden Dolls, who
perform the song in their set - The talented actress Juliette Lewis, who stood
on a table on American talk show host Conan O'Brian's show, and spontaneously
belted out the song acappella. The Smashing Pumpkins, who have performed the
song in their set. Actress Angela Bassett sang it on an episode of "ER." On
(episode 3, season 13) The Simpsons, cartoon icon Homer Simpson sang his own
version of the song on the "Homer The Moe" episode. Last but not least, when
starting out, Miley Cyrus
auditioned with the song for her role as Hannah Montana, and got the part.
More recently Miley Cyrus is performing
"I Love Rock N Roll" on her Wonderworld tour 2009.
Although it was rumoured that actor Kristen Stewart (who portrayed Joan Jett) would perform the song in the film "The Runaways", she did not. The Runaways band never performed the song, so really it had no place in the film except for a short clip at the end of the feature, a dream sequence, which didn't really explain how Joan Jett got the song in the first place. It was ambiguous, unexplained, and left to the viewer's imagination.
One eyebrow raised department - The band Weezer and their song "Beverly
Hills." The band Warrant and their hit "She's My Cherry Pie, " and the band
Def Leppard and their song "Pour Some Sugar On Me." All these songs draw heavily
from "I Love Rock N Roll." Please note that Def Leppard's singer did site the
band Arrows as an influence on his band in a recent VH-1 interview.
More rock 'n
rogues coming soon !!!
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