This article is about the song by American punk rock group The Ramones, for the English punk band, see Blitzkrieg Bop (band). Blitzkrieg Bop is the name of a punk band formed in Teesside, England in February 1977. ...

"Blitzkrieg Bop" is an anthem by the punk rock group the Ramones. It appeared as their very first single released in November 1975 in the U.S. and July 1976 in the U.K.. A different version (which eventually became the most popular one) appeared on their first album. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The self-titled debut album by the Ramones was released on April 23, 1976. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Sire Records Company is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Tommy Ramone (born Tamás Erdélyi, January 29, 1952 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian-American record producer and drummer. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... 53rd & 3rd was the second single by punk rock band The Ramones. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. ... The self-titled debut album by the Ramones was released on April 23, 1976. ...

The song was mainly written by Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone, and is based on a simple three-chord pattern. "Blitzkrieg Bop" opens with the chant "Hey! Ho! Lets go!". The song is popular at sporting events, especially baseball games, where "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" is sometimes shouted as a rallying cry, usually for the home team. For the comic book character, see Drummer (comics). ... Tommy Ramone (born Tamás Erdélyi, January 29, 1952 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian-American record producer and drummer. ... A three-chord song is a song whose music is built around three chords that are played in a certain sequence. ...

"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. This article is about the magazine. ... The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2004. ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ...

The song has been covered by various artists including studio versions by Rob Zombie, The Beautiful South and Screeching Weasel. Robert Cummings (born January 12, 1965 in Haverhill, Massachusetts), better known as Rob Zombie, is an American musician, film director, and writer. ... 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 and Dave Hemingway. ... Screeching Weasel was an American punk band from Chicago, Illinois. ...

This song has been featured in numerous venues across the spectrum of popular culture, including—but not limited to—the following:

• The video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
• Television ads for the "Cingular" Go-Phone
• The movies National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) and Accepted (2006).
• In Final Destination 3, after the protoganist and some others gets off of the doomed rollercoaster, the remaining people on the ride (mostly seniors in high school) shout "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" repeatedly.
• The TV Series "Space: Above and Beyond" ("Space: 2063" Outside the US) [1995]
• In The King of Queens episode "Icky Shuffle".
• In The Bronx is Burning episode "Team in Turmoil" and several episodes after that.
• In the upcoming video game Rock Band.
• In the 100th Episode of Family Guy
• In The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XVIII

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Origin and meaning

"Blitzkrieg Bop" was named after the German World War II tactic blitzkrieg, which literally means "lightning war". 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"). 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. The band members all later explained that the song was inspired by the Bay City Rollers' 1976 song "Saturday Night", whose catchy chorus of "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night" lent inspiration to the line "Hey ho, let's go".^{[citation needed]} However, this cannot be correct, as that song was released in 1976, and Blitzkrieg Bop was recorded in 1975. The chorus of "hey ho/let's go" was reportedly inspired by the The Rolling Stones version of Rufus Thomas's "Walkin' the Dog", specifically the line "Hi Ho's nipped her toes"^{[citation needed]}. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The defining characteristic of what is commonly known as Blitzkrieg is that it is a highly mobile form of mechanized warfare. ... Dee Dee Ramone, 1979 Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Glenn Colvin) (September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002) was a German American songwriter and bassist, best remembered as a founding member of punk rock band The Ramones. ... The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish Pop/rock band of the 1970s. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... Rufus 1990 album for Alligator Records, That Woman Is Poison! Rufus Thomas (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was a rhythm and blues and soul singer from Memphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the 1950s and on Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Dedications

• Adamanta Chubb, a UK based rock band, changed their name to Blitzkrieg Bop in February 1977, inspired by the Ramones song.
• A monthly club night at the Arches in Glasgow is named after the song. Blitzkrieg Bop brings in some of the best bands and DJ's around to Glasgow.

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Notable Covers

Punk rock band Green Day covered this song at the 2002 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony. This was the year the Ramones where (finally) inducted. It appears that the band did not want to perform without Joey who had died shortly before. This article is about the band Green Day. ...