“Blitzkrieg Bop”
Single by Ramones from the album Ramones
Released	April 1976
Recorded	February 1976
Genre	Punk rock
Length	2:12
Label	Sire
Writer(s)	Dee Dee Ramone, Tommy Ramone
Producer	Craig Leon
Ramones singles chronology
Blitzkrieg Bop (1976) 53rd & 3rd (1976)
Music sample
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"Blitzkrieg Bop" is a song by punk rock band the Ramones. The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group The band's inaugural single, it was released in April 1976 in the United States. It was recorded for and appeared as the lead track on the band's first album, Ramones, also released that month. Ramones is the debut Album by Punk rock band the Ramones. Widely cited as having the distinction of being the first punk rock group the Ramones

The song, whose composition was credited to the band as a whole, was written by bassist Dee Dee Ramone (lyrics) and drummer Tommy Ramone (music). Dee Dee Ramone ( Douglas Glenn Colvin) ( September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002) was a German American Songwriter Tommy Ramone (born Erdélyi Tamás, January 29, 1952 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian Record producer ^[1] Based on a simple three-chord pattern, "Blitzkrieg Bop" opens with the chant "Hey! Ho! Let's go!". A three-chord song is a Song whose Music is built around three chords that are played in a certain sequence. The song is popular at sporting events, especially baseball games, where "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" is sometimes shouted as a rallying cry.

"Blitzkrieg Bop" is number 92 on the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published In March 2005, Q magazine placed it at number 31 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. Q is a Music Magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130179 as of June 2007

Origin and meaning

"Blitzkrieg Bop" was named after the German World War II tactic blitzkrieg, which literally means "lightning war". Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Blitzkrieg (German for "lightning war" is a popular name for an Offensive operational-level Military doctrine which involves an initial The song was mainly written by drummer Tommy Ramone, while bassist Dee Dee Ramone came up with the title (the song was originally called "Animal Hop"). Tommy Ramone (born Erdélyi Tamás, January 29, 1952 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian Record producer Dee Dee Ramone ( Douglas Glenn Colvin) ( September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002) was a German American Songwriter Dee Dee also changed one line: The original third verse had the line "shouting in the back now", but Dee Dee changed it to "shoot 'em in the back now". The precise meaning and subject matter of the song are, unlike many of The Ramones' other early compositions, somewhat vague and obscure. Some fans contend, based on lines such as "Shoot 'em in the back now", that the song tells of gang violence, which would seem to be more in line with the bands' other songs of that era. But it is more likely that the song is simply about having a good time at a concert, perhaps an ode to early punk fans. If the third-verse line had not been changed the song meaning would be the latter.

Composition

Blitzkrieg Bop keeps a 4/4 timing drum beat, with a 8th note down stroke guitar, and the bass has a three chord riff A D E, until the breakdown of the song occurs with the chant, "Hey! Ho! Let's go!".

Dedications

• Adamanta Chubb, a UK based rock band, changed their name to Blitzkrieg Bop in February 1977, inspired by the Ramones song. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Blitzkrieg Bop were a punk band formed in Teesside, England in February 1977.
• A monthly club night at the Arches in Glasgow is named after the song. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom
• Pennywise has done a cover version dedicated to Joey Ramone

Notable Covers

• The song has been covered by various artists including studio versions by Rob Zombie, The Beautiful South, Screeching Weasel, The Hanson Brothers, and Die Toten Hosen
• Punk band Green Day covered this song along with Teenage Lobotomy at the 2002 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony for the remaining member of The Ramones, and regularly play the song live, sometimes getting kids out of the audience to play the song on their instruments, though more usually the song "Knowledge". Pennywise is an American Punk rock band that was formed in 1988 and is named after the monster from the critically acclaimed Stephen King novel Joey Ramone ( May 19 1951 – April 15 2001) born as Jeffrey Ross Hyman, was a vocalist and Songwriter best Robert Bartleh Cummings (born January 12, 1965) better known by his Stage name, Rob Zombie, is an American Musician The Beautiful South were an English Pop group formed at the end of the 1980s by former members of Hull group The Housemartins - Paul Heaton Screeching Weasel was an American punk band from Chicago, Illinois. This article is about the Canadian punk rock group For the American pop rock trio see Hanson. Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany Green Day is an American rock trio The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States Operation Ivy was an influential Ska punk and Hardcore punk band formed in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Furthermore, their track "St. Jimmy" from the album American Idiot uses the same chord progression, but in a different tempo. American Idiot (also known as Green Day presents American Idiot is the seventh studio album by American Punk rock band Green Day, released on September In addition, their song "Welcome to Paradise" features this chord progression backwards in the same tempo, but with the guitar half a step down. " Welcome to Paradise " is a song from Green Day 's 1992 album Kerplunk and was re-recorded for their 1994 album Dookie.
• Skid Row covered the song on their 1990 video "Oh Say Can You Scream". Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Oh Say Can You Scream is a VHS video of live performances by Skid Row.
• The Mescaleros put the song into their live set during 2001 as Joe Strummer wanted to pay tribute to Joey Ramone who died in that year. The Mescaleros were the backing band for Joe Strummer, formed in 1999 which went on to make three albums prior to Strummer's death in 2002. John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002 better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder lyricist Rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the
• The punk band The Casualties covers the song when on tour. The Casualties are a Street punk band from Jersey City, New Jersey formed in 1990
• Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks covered the song in almost every gig in the middle 80's. Hanoi Rocks are a Finnish Glam punk band formed in 1979 whose most successful period came in the early 1980s
• Christian punk band The Huntingtons covered this song on their album Rocket to Ramonia. Christian punk (or Christ punk) is a form of Christian music and a subgenre of Punk rock with some degree of Christian The Huntingtons were a punk band from Baltimore Maryland which formed in 1993-1994 in the Maryland/Delaware area by Cliff Powell (aka Cliffy Huntington Mike Rocket to Ramonia is an album by The Huntingtons released in 1996 in cooperation with the Lying Fart Recording Company a division of Burnt Toast Vinyl

Use in media

This song has been featured in numerous venues across the spectrum of popular culture, including:

• As playable tracks in music video games Rock Band and Battle of the Bands. A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a Video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's Battle of the Bands (formerly titled "Band Mashups"
• As background music in the video games Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and MLB 08: The Show
• In television ads for the "Cingular"/AT&T Go-Phone . Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, often called THPS3 or Tony Hawk 3, is a Video game in the ''Tony Hawk's'' series MLB 08 The Show is a Baseball simulation Video game produced by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation AT&T Mobility LLC (usually branded AT&T, and formerly named Cingular Wireless LLC) is the wholly owned wireless subsidiary of AT&T Inc
• In the films National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) and Accepted (2006). National Lampoon's Vacation is a 1983 Comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius is a 2001 computer-animated Film, based on a few five-minute animated shorts shown on Nickelodeon in 2000-2001 The Accepted is a 2006 Comedy film. The plot centers around two groups one of which is a group of High school seniors who after being rejected from all
• In The TV Series "Space: Above and Beyond" ("Space: 2063" Outside the US) [1995]. Space Above and Beyond (abbreviated as SAAB) was a short-lived 1990s American Science fiction Television show on the
• In The King of Queens episode "Icky Shuffle". The King of Queens is an Emmy -nominated American Sitcom that ran for nine seasons from 1998 to 2007
• In The Bronx is Burning episode "Team in Turmoil" and several episodes after that. Team in Turmoil is the second episode of the ESPN 's minseries The Bronx Is Burning.
• In the 100th Episode of Family Guy. "Stewie Kills Lois" is the first part of a two-part episode of Family Guy that aired on November 4, 2007. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other
• In The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XVIII. " Treehouse of Horror XVIII " is the fifth episode of The Simpsons ' nineteenth season and was first broadcast on November
• In the Entourage episode "What About Bob?".
• In Stephen king's novel Pet Sematary the phrase "hey, ho, let's go" is quoted several times. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Pet Sematary (1983 is a Horror novel by Stephen King. Plot Louis Creed a doctor from Chicago, is

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