Blitzkrieg Bop
"Blitzkrieg Bop" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones. It was released as the band's debut single in February 1976 in the United States. It appeared as the opening track on the band's debut album, Ramones, that was released April 23, 1976.
The song, whose composition was credited to the band as a whole, was written by drummer Tommy Ramone (music and lyrics) and bassist Dee Dee Ramone (lyrics). Based on a simple three-chord pattern, "Blitzkrieg Bop" opens with the chant "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" The song is popular at sporting events where "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" is sometimes shouted as a rallying cry, particularly in the city of Glasgow where fans chant "Hey! Ho! Glasgow!" It is being used by the online electrical retailer ao.com (formerly Appliances Online) in their adverts as "A! O! Let's Go!"
"Blitzkrieg Bop" is number 92 on the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In March 2005, Q magazine placed it at number 31 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks, and in 2008 Rolling Stone placed it number 18 on top 100 of Best Guitar Songs of All Time. In 2009 it was named the 25th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.
Blitzkrieg Bop (band)
Blitzkrieg Bop were a punk band formed in Teesside, England in February 1977. They were named after a song by Ramones with the same name. They released three singles. These were "Let's Go"/ "Bugger Off" / "9 Till 5" (Mortonsound - June 1977); "Let's Go" (re-recorded) / "Life Is Just A So-So" / "Mental Case" (Lightning - December 1977); and "(You're Like A) UFO" / "Viva Bobby Joe" (Lightning - September 1978). A collection of all these tracks, plus other unreleased material, was released in 1998 entitled Top of the Bops (Overground), but it is currently out of print.
Career
The core line-up of the band (John Hodgson aka Blank Frank, Alan Cornforth aka Nicky Knoxx & Damian (Dimmer) Blackwell aka Telly Sett) evolved from a rock band called Adamanta Chubb who started in 1974. After several false starts and many line-up changes this trio finally emerged as Blitzkrieg Bop in February 1977, joined in line-up No. 1 by Mick Hylton (aka Mick Sick) and Anne Hodgson (aka Gloria, no relation to John Hodgson).
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Blitzkrieg Bop
ALBUMS
- Top of the Bops released: 1998
Top of the Bops
Released 1998- Let's Go
- 9 Till 5
- Bugger Off
- Life is Just a So-So
- Mental Case
- Let's Go
- U.F.O. (You're Like a)
- Viva Bobby Joe
- Radio
- West Side Story
- Images
- Dole Walla
- Police State
- Streetcorners
- 9 Till 5
- Get Out of My Way
- Let's Go
- Interview #1
- Dole Walla
- Viva Bobby Joe
- U.F.O. (You're Like a)
- Get Out of My Way
- I Wanna Change the World
- Destroy
- Bugger Off
- Interview #2
- Prostitution
- Pinky
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by: Green DayHey Ho! Lets Go!
Hey Ho! Lets Go!
Hey Ho! Lets Go!
Hey Ho! Lets Go!
You're fallin' in a straight line.
You're going through a tight wind.
The kids are losing their minds.
The Blitzkrieg Bop!
We're piling in the back seat.
We're generating steam heat.
Pulsing to the backbeat.
Blitzkrieg Bop!
Hey ho, lets go.
Shoot'em in the back now.
What they want, I don't know.
They're all reved up and ready to go.
They're forming in a straight line.
They're going through a tight wind.
The kids are losing their minds.
The Blitzkrieg Bop!
They're piling in the back seat.
They're generating steam heat.
Pulsating to the back beat.
The Blitzkrieg Bop!
Hey ho, let's go.
Shoot'em in the back now.
What they want, I don't know.
They're all reved up and ready to go.
(yaw!)
Hey Ho! Lets Go!
Hey Ho! Lets Go!
Hey Ho! Lets Go!