Signature
key confidence medium · relative F# minor · tempo confidence medium · half-time 61.2 · low end 34% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · how accurate
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Lineage
- CoveredBruce Springsteen & The E Street Bandsource
- CoveredFlamin’ Grooviessource
- CoveredFrank Zappasource
- CoveredGrateful Deadsource
- Sampled byHideki Naganuma, Back 2 Backsource
- Sampled byHideki Naganuma, Back 2 Back (Blazy Mix)source
- Sampled byHideki Naganuma, Back 2 Backsource
- Sampled byHideki Naganuma, Back 2 Back (Blazy Mix)source
- CoveredLed Zeppelinsource
- CoveredMotörheadsource
- CoveredPatti Smithsource
- Written byRichard Berrysource
- CoveredThe Beach Boyssource
- CoveredThe Beach Boyssource
- CoveredThe Fallsource
- CoveredThe Kinkssource
- CoveredThe Standellssource
- CoveredThe Stoogessource
Why it is here
- The Kingsmen's version peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, spent 16 weeks on the chart, and sold a million copies by April 1964. source
- Its shambolic, out-of-tune sound and Jack Ely's slurred vocals have led critics to call it the Rosetta Stone of garage rock and the ur-text of punk, with Dave Marsh ranking it No. 11 out of the 1001 greatest singles ever made. source
- Rumors that the mumbled lyrics concealed obscene content got the song banned on many radio stations and triggered a 31-month FBI investigation. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.