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Arrows, I Love Rock N Roll, Alan Merrill

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The original a-side version from 1975 by the band Arrows. The group were produced by British legend Mickie Most, and the tune was written by Arrows Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker. The song was later covered by Joan Jett, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and many more. Lead vocals & bass guitar by Alan Merrill, guitar & backing vocals by Jake Hooker, and drums and backing vocals by Paul Varley. The Arrows released both an a-side version and a b-side version of this particular song.Having their own TV series, the band recorded many versions of their songs for performance on the show, in accordance with musician's union rules at the time. The video was made in three locations. The park is Berkeley Square, London England, W1, the street scenes are on Charles Street, same area. The performance was filmedon Quay Street in Manchester England, at the Granada/ITV studios.This clip aired on Granada/ITV in 1976, produced by Muriel Young and directed by Peter Walker.Clip trivia: The mystery man standing by the tree with the Arrows at the end of this clip is Monsieur Kamayatsu of the legendary Japanese band The Spiders.Cosmic oddity: Arrows singer Alan Merrill and Joan Jett are both left handed, but play their instruments right handed.More trivia- Joan Jett was initially introduced to her manager Kenny Laguna by a tv producer named Alan Sacks. Arrows singer Alan Merrill's legal birth name is Allan Sachs, same pronounciation. A little eerie, don't you think?

Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: KeithTheKing

Length: 02:50
Rating: 4.884058
Views: 1667492

Tags: arrows  pop  glam  glitter  uk  70s  alan-merrill  jake-hooker  paul-varley  I-Love-Rock-N-Roll  アラン・メリル  joan-jett  britney-spears  miley-cyrus  

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TheExplodingPumpkin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is the good version
thijssnl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@rubenvv100 I lold.
c1l2o3 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
oh my god!!!
bond00777777 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
rocka rolla
yadurajiv (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
this is one awesome song!! :)
mubirshu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@rikuamaru Probably why Joan chose it... hmmm?
Rock70Girl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It took me 30 years to understand that this was the original... Timing is everything - Alan Merrill was too early I guess, since he was doing this very well!!!
PBANDSNOW (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
cool, the singer plays bass
KeithTheKing (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@beatlenut65 First their label put it on a b-side, then flipped it to an a-side about a month later with minimal weak promotion. No significant radio play, but they did have one tv appearance with the a-side version of the song, an appearance that got them their own weekly tv series in the uk. They performed the song lots of times and lots of different ways on their tv series.
beatlenut65 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Fantastic,how this never became a hit for the Arrows i can not understand.

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