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Sonnet 46
Sonnet 46 in the 1609 Quarto
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Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war,
How to divide the conquest of thy sight;
Mine eye my heart thy picture’s sight would bar,
My heart mine eye the freedom of that right.
My heart doth plead that thou in him dost lie,
A closet never pierc’d with crystal eyes,
But the defendant doth that plea deny,
And says in him thy fair appearance lies.
To ’cide this title is impanneled
A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart;
And by their verdict is determined
The clear eye’s moiety and the dear heart’s part:
As thus; mine eye’s due is thy outward part,
And my heart’s right thy inward love of heart.

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—William Shakespeare[1]
Sonnet 46 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man. Sonnet 46 is continued in Sonnet 47.
Contents
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1 Synopsis of Sonnet 46
2 Structure
3 Analysis
4 Connections to Sonnet 47
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
Synopsis of Sonnet 46[edit]
According to the first two lines, the heart wants one thing (emotional love) and the eye wants something different (physical beauty). The third and fourth lines make it clear that while the eye is fixated on the physical appearance of the young man, the heart would prefer not to see the person's physical appearance. Instead, it would focus on emotional love. Lines five and six state that the young man who is the object of the poem resides inside the speaker's heart, where he is unseen by the "crystal eyes". The seventh and eighth lines state that the eyes disagree with the heart and argue that they are capable of detecting of the beauty of a person.
The third quatrain sets up the decision to be made about this 'battle'. Line 9-10 explains that deciding this legal right of possession requires a jury of thoughts and these thoughts are all tenants of the heart. The jury decides the verdict and what share (moiety) the clear eye and dear heart will receive. The rhyming couplet offers the final decision. Author G. Blackmore Evans believes the 'outward part' refers to the external physical beauty; the eyes are granted the exercise of their physical attribute of sight.[2] According to Evans, the 'right' of the heart perhaps suggests the 'natural right' making it a stronger word and emphasizing the superiority of the heart's claim: "'thy inward love of heart' is the spiritual/mental love of your heart and is a 'part' of you in value far beyond the 'due' accorded to the eyes because it is the 'essential' you, not merely the 'appearance'." [3]
It is noteworthy that in both Sonnet 46 and Sonnet 47 the eye, as a party to the trial and to the truce is always used in the singular. The plural eyes is used in line 6 of Sonnet 46 and possibly (at least in the modern version of the text) in line 14 of Sonnet 47 but they do not refer there to the "defendant". In Sonnet 24 both singular and plural are used to refer to the eyes of the speaker.
Structure[edit]
Sonnet 46 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet, composed of three quatrains followed by a final rhyming couplet, written in a type of metre called iambic pentameter based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic positions. The first line exemplifies a regular iambic pentameter:
 ×   /   ×    /    ×   /  ×  /  ×   /
Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war, (46.1)

/ = ictus, a metrically strong syllabic position. × = nonictus.
While this sonnet (like others) is based on a abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme, here rhymes f and g are identical which, as critic Philip C. McGuire writes, is unusual in an English sonnet.[4] Moreover, not only are the same rhymes used, but identical words are employed ("heart" and "part" for both the f and g rhymes). Furthermore, the first quatrain rhymes "sight" with "right", and the "-t" sound at the end of each of these words is repeated in the third quatrain and couplet with “part” and "heart". McGuire suggests that the "blurring of formal divisions in sonnet 46 anticipates" the "league" that arises "betwixt mine eye and heart" in Sonnet 47. Sonnet 47 also includes the words "heart" and "part".
Analysis[edit]
Sonnet 46, along with sonnets 24 and 47 (which are all sonnets referring to the eye and heart tension), is known as an absence sonnet. George Massey states that the sonnet has the look of a lover fondling the miniature of his beloved, and rejoicing that in her absence he has at least her portrait to dote on and dally with.[5] The picture is not an actual portrait though, but rather a "visionary portrait of the Earl for the possession of which the eyes and heart contend."[5] It is an image engraved in one's heart and conjures a mental picture. Author J.W. Lever agrees that the sonnets taken into this group employ the theme of the Poet's absence from his Friend. The subject-matter is traditional – conceits on the eyes and heart, laments at separation, accounts of the sleeplessness or troubled dreams of the beloved. Lever believes, "conceits on absence become instruments of investigating the workings of poetic thought, its power to transcend space, its visionary quality."[6] The conceit was equally witty, and also worked to advance the poet's understanding of himself, derived not from ideal principles but from observation and intuition.
Because there is this apparent focus on the absent person, it seems logical that physical descriptions play into the remembrance of the absent. It is quite obvious that the body is the focus in this poem. There are 14 references to body parts (eye and heart). While the body was not an exploited object in Renaissance times, it was a focus of love nonetheless. Lever notes that it was commonplace of romance "entered through the eyes and penetrated to the heart."[7] Furthermore, "Renaissance fancy…developed the conceit, with love engraving upon the heart the lady's image. The engraving became a portrait, with the eyes as windows through which it could be seen."[6] In a time when courtship was more formal and suitors or lovers were viewed from afar, it makes sense that one would struggle with relying on the eye for physical knowledge of the other, but need the heart to fully read and connect to the person.
Shakespeare sets up the dispute between the heart and the eye as a legal battle that is to be decided by a jury ("quest of thoughts"). Legal terminology is abundant throughout the sonnet, with both the heart and eye making "pleas" for their cases. Eventually, a "verdict is determined" that the "outward part" of the body belongs to the eye while the "inward love of heart" belongs to the heart. Critic Paul Hammond focuses on the word "'cide" in line 9.[8] He argues that neither "'cide" as in "decide" nor "side" as in "to support" or "to side with" make sense in the context of the poem. He states that the word was originally printed as "fide", which was a misprint of "finde", meaning "to determine and declare". He gives two reasons why he thinks this is the correct word: (1) "side" does not make sense in the context of the poem and (2) that "finde" continues the legal imagery of the sonnet.
Battle imagery is also rife throughout the sonnet. It describes a "mortal war" between the heart and the eye, with both striving for different aspects of a person and preventing the other from attaining what it desires. They clash over "how to divide the conquest of thy sight". In the end, the sonnet suggests that a truce must be made between the heart and the eye.
Connections to Sonnet 47[edit]
Sonnet 46 is strongly connected to Sonnet 47. The former raises the issue of the balance between the heart and the eyes, and the latter provides the resolution to this issue. As critic Joel Fineman writes, Sonnet 47 "rel[ies] on a verdict that is determined at the conclusion of Sonnet 46."[9] While 46 focuses on the "war" between the heart and the eyes, 47 begins with the line "Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took", suggesting that a truce has been made and the war has come to an end.
The third quatrain and couplet from Sonnet 47 emphasize the equality of heart and eye, suggesting that they are complementary. While they are different parts of the body with different desires, they both find "delight" in the same thing: the young man. Fineman writes that "the difference between outward and inward is secured and reconciled because the vision of the eye and the thinking of the heart can be harmoniously apportioned between the clear-cut opposition of the clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part."[9] In essence, they both want different parts of the same thing, and thus should function in harmony instead of in conflict.
It is interesting to note that both Sonnets 46 and 47 uses the idea of a picture to describe the physical appearance of the young man. Sonnet 46 states, "Mine eye my heart thy picture's sight would bar" while Sonnet 47 says, "With my love's picture then my eye doth feast".
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Pooler, C[harles] Knox, ed. (1918). The Works of Shakespeare: Sonnets. The Arden Shakespeare [1st series]. London: Methuen & Company. OCLC 4770201.
Jump up ^ Evans, G. Blakemore (ed.). The Sonnets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. p. 155
Jump up ^ Evans, G. Blakemore (ed.). The Sonnets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. 155
Jump up ^ (McGuire, Philip C. "Shakespeare's Non-Shakespearian Sonnets". Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 38, No. 3 (Autumn 1987), pp. 304-319)
^ Jump up to: a b Massey, George. Shakespeare's Sonnets Never Before Interpreted. New York: AMS Press, 1973. p. 185
^ Jump up to: a b Lever, J.W. "The Poet in Absence". Discussions of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Ed. Barbara Herrnstien. Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1964. p. 73
Jump up ^ Lever, J.W. "The Poet in Absence". Discussions of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Ed. Barbara Herrnstien. Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1964. 73
Jump up ^ Hammond, P. A Textual Crux in Shakespeare's Sonnet 46. Notes and Queries v. 253 no. 2 (June 2008) p. 187-8
^ Jump up to: a b Fineman, J. "Shakespeare's 'Perjur'd Eye'". Representations, No. 7 (Summer 1984) pp. 59-86
Further reading[edit]
First edition and facsimile
Shakespeare, William (1609). Shake-speares Sonnets: Never Before Imprinted. London: Thomas Thorpe.
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1905). Shakespeares Sonnets: Being a reproduction in facsimile of the first edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 458829162.
Variorum editions
Alden, Raymond Macdonald, ed. (1916). The Sonnets of Shakespeare. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. OCLC 234756.
Rollins, Hyder Edward, ed. (1944). A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The Sonnets [2 Volumes]. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. OCLC 6028485.
Modern critical editions
Atkins, Carl D., ed. (2007). Shakespeare's Sonnets: With Three Hundred Years of Commentary. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-4163-7. OCLC 86090499.
Booth, Stephen, ed. (2000) [1st ed. 1977]. Shakespeare's Sonnets (Rev. ed.). New Haven: Yale Nota Bene. ISBN 0-300-01959-9. OCLC 2968040.
Burrow, Colin, ed. (2002). The Complete Sonnets and Poems. The Oxford Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0192819338. OCLC 48532938.
Duncan-Jones, Katherine, ed. (2010) [1st ed. 1997]. Shakespeare's Sonnets. The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series (Rev. ed.). London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-4080-1797-5. OCLC 755065951.
Evans, G. Blakemore, ed. (1996). The Sonnets. The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521294034. OCLC 32272082.
Kerrigan, John, ed. (1995) [1st ed. 1986]. The Sonnets ; and, A Lover's Complaint. New Penguin Shakespeare (Rev. ed.). Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-070732-8. OCLC 15018446.
Mowat, Barbara A.; Werstine, Paul, eds. (2006). Shakespeare's Sonnets & Poems. Folger Shakespeare Library. New York: Washington Square Press. ISBN 978-0743273282. OCLC 64594469.
Orgel, Stephen, ed. (2001). The Sonnets. The Pelican Shakespeare (Rev. ed.). New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0140714531. OCLC 46683809.
Vendler, Helen, ed. (1997). The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-63712-7. OCLC 36806589.
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I Love Rock 'n' Roll
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"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
2004 re-issue
Single by the Arrows
B-side
"Broken Down Heart"
Released
1975
Format
7-inch single
Recorded
1975
Genre
Hard rock
Length
2:48
Label
RAK
Songwriter(s)
Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker
Producer(s)
Mickie Most
the Arrows singles chronology
"Hard Hearted"
(1975) "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
(1975) "Once Upon a Time"
(1976)
"Hard Hearted"
(1975) "I Love Rock 'n Roll"
(1975) "Once Upon a Time"
(1976)
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is a rock song written in 1975 by Alan Merrill of the Arrows, who recorded the first released version.[1] The song was later made famous by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts in 1982.[2] Alan Merrill has played the song live in Europe, Japan and most often in his home town New York City.[3]
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1 The Arrows original version
2 Joan Jett cover version
2.1 Music video
2.2 Critical reception
2.3 Chart performance
2.4 Weekly charts
2.5 Year-end charts
2.5.1 Chart successions
3 Britney Spears version
3.1 Background, release and composition
3.2 Reception
3.2.1 Critical
3.2.2 Commercial
3.3 Music video
3.4 Live performances
3.5 Track listings
3.6 Charts and certifications
3.6.1 Weekly charts
3.6.2 Year-end charts
3.6.3 Certifications
3.7 Release history
4 Alex Gaudino and Jason Rooney version
4.1 Track listing
4.2 Chart performance
4.3 Release history
5 Other cover versions
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
The Arrows original version[edit]
The song was originally recorded and released by the Arrows in 1975 on Rak Records, with lead vocals, guitar, music & lyrics written by Alan Merrill and produced by Mickie Most. In an interview with Songfacts, Merrill said he wrote it as "a knee-jerk response to the Rolling Stones' 'It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)'."[2][4] This version was first released as a B-side, but was soon re-recorded and flipped to A-side status on a subsequent pressing of the record. The Arrows performed the song in 1975 on the Muriel Young-produced show 45, after which Young offered the Arrows a weekly UK television series, Arrows, which was broadcast on ITV starting in March 1976.[5]
Joan Jett cover version[edit]
"I Love Rock 'n Roll"
Single by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
from the album I Love Rock 'n Roll
B-side
"You Don't Know What You've Got"
Released
January 19, 1982
Format
7-inch single, 12-inch single
Recorded
1981
Genre
Hard rock[6][7]
Length
2:45
Label
Boardwalk
Songwriter(s)
Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker
Producer(s)
Ritchie Cordell, Kenny Laguna
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts singles chronology
"Bad Reputation"
(1981) "I Love Rock 'n Roll"
(1982) "Crimson and Clover"
(1982)
"Bad Reputation"
(1981) "I Love Rock 'n Roll"
(1982) "Crimson and Clover"
(1982)
"I Love Rock N Roll"
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock N Roll" from I Love Rock 'n Roll
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Joan Jett saw the Arrows perform "I Love Rock 'n Roll" on their weekly UK television series Arrows[2] when she was touring England with the Runaways in 1976.[5] She first recorded the song in 1979 with two of the Sex Pistols: Steve Jones and Paul Cook. This first version was released on vinyl in 1979 on Vertigo records as a B-side to "You Don't Own Me". In 1981, Jett re-recorded the song, this time with her band, the Blackhearts. This recording became a U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single for seven weeks.[8] Billboard ranked it at the No. 3 song for 1982. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, representing two million units shipped to stores with Jett's I Love Rock 'n Roll album reaching number two on the Billboard 200. Joan Jett's version was ranked No. 89 in the list 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of Rolling Stone[9] and has also been inducted into the Grammys Hall of Fame in 2016.[10]
Music video[edit]
"I Love Rock 'n Roll"'s black-and-white music video received heavy play from the just-launched MTV network. In it, Jett and the Blackhearts travel to a small, dingy bar and proceed to excite the drunken crowd by performing the song and yelling out its chorus. A snippet of Jett's 1981 hit "Bad Reputation" can be heard at the beginning of the video. The video was originally in color, but it was converted to black and white because Jett was ultimately displeased with the look of her red leather jumpsuit in color.
In 1993 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts made another music video for the song as part of the Wayne's World 2 soundtrack. In the video appear several scenes from the movie with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey mixed with footage of Jett and her band in concert. It was again released as a single by Warner/Reprise with "Activity Grrrl" as the B-side.
Critical reception[edit]
Jett's version has received many accolades, including:
Ranking No. 85 on Q magazine March 2005 list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks
Ranking No. 491 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"
Ranking No. 56 in Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time.[11]
Chart performance[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1982)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[12] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[14] 2
Canadian RPM Top Singles[15] 1
France (SNEP)[16] 4
Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 6
Irish Singles Chart[18] 2
Italy (FIMI)[19] 42
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[20] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[21] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[22] 1
South African Chart[23] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 3
UK (Official Charts Company)[26] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[27] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[27] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[27] 31
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[28] 1
Chart (2015)
Peak
position
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[29] 81
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1982)
Rank
Australia [30] 7
Canada [31] 1
New Zealand [32] 7
UK [33] 59
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[34] 3
U.S. Cash Box [35] 5
Chart successions[edit]
Preceded by
"Centerfold" by the J. Geils Band Billboard Hot 100 number one single (Joan Jett version)
20 March 1982 – 1 May 1982 Succeeded by
"Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis
Preceded by
"Tainted Love" by Soft Cell Canadian "RPM" Singles Chart number-one single (Joan Jett version)
20 March 1982 – 8 May 1982 Succeeded by
"Don't You Want Me" by the Human League
Preceded by
"What About Me" by Moving Pictures Australian Kent Music Report number-one single (Joan Jett version)
3 May 1982 – 31 May 1982 Succeeded by
"Mickey" by Toni Basil
Preceded by
"Don't You Want Me" by the Human League New Zealand RIANZ number-one single (Joan Jett version)
20 June 1982 – 11 July 1982 Succeeded by
"E Ipo" by Prince Tui Teka
Britney Spears version[edit]
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
Single by Britney Spears
from the album Britney and Crossroads (Music from the Major Motion Picture)
Released
27 May 2002 (2002-05-27)[36]
Format
Cassette single
CD single
Length
3:06
Label
Jive
Songwriter(s)
Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker
Producer(s)
Rodney Jerkins
Britney Spears singles chronology
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"
(2002) "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
(2002) "Anticipating"
(2002)
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"
(2002) "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
(2002) "Anticipating"
(2002)
Music video
"I Love Rock 'N' Roll" on YouTube
Background, release and composition[edit]
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is the fourth European single released by pop singer Britney Spears from the album Britney on 27 May 2002. The song was used in her 2002 movie Crossroads. Spears's character, Lucy, performs it in a karaoke bar. Spears said of the song, "They asked me to sing karaoke in the movie Crossroads and I've actually sung I Love Rock 'n' Roll in a lot of clubs that I've been to."[37] Spears has publicly admitted the original song to be one of her favorites. Spears listened to the original Arrows Mickie Most-produced version just before she recorded the song, according to Jive A&R representative Steve Lunt. The scratches performed on this song were performed by Corey Chase, at Hit Factory Miami. When promoting the single's release she mistakenly attributed the hit version of the song to Pat Benatar instead of Joan Jett.[38]
Reception[edit]
Critical[edit]
Spears' cover was met with mostly favorable reviews. NME's Ted Kessler wrote that Britney "still works best when making a good pop cheese and dance sandwich: there's the ace Rodney Jerkins-produced version of Joan Jett's 'I Love Rock'n'Roll', which does exactly what is says on the tin."[39] Rolling Stone's Barry Walters wrote that "producer Rodney Jerkins' hip-hop blaspheming of Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" doesn't go as far as it should (is a Limp Bizkit remix in its future?), but it certainly beats what her earlier studio architects did to those Sonny and Cher ("The Beat Goes On" on ...Baby One More Time) and Stones ("(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" on Oops!... I Did It Again) songs."[40] Another positive reception came from PopMatters's editor Nikki Tranter, who enjoyed that the song is "different from the average run-of-the-mill pop offering," and praised that "she does strange justice to the tune, vamping up her vocals and turning out something, that while silly and camp, is actually a fun listen."[41] In contrast, David Browne wrote for Entertainment Weekly that "her remake is neither imaginative (it simply xeroxes Joan Jett's arrangement) nor all that believable."[42]
Commercial[edit]
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" charted moderately upon release, reaching the top twenty in most regions. The song was moderately successful in the UK, where it peaked at number thirteen (which, at the time, was her lowest peak for a single released there, until "Radar" only managed to reach number forty-six in 2009, and then "I Wanna Go, which peaked at one-hundred and eleven). The single sold a total of 65,000 copies.[43] It was also certified Gold in Australia.
Music video[edit]
Spears performing ′′I Love Rock ′n′ Roll′′ at the Dream Within a Dream Tour.
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Directed by Chris Applebaum, the music video for "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" shows Spears with her own band, a stack of speakers, and flashing lights. It was shot at The Inn, a bar in Long Beach, New York. The video was ranked at No. 2 on the 100 Best Videos of 2002 at MTV Latin America's countdown. The Director's Cut version of the video was later leaked; it included previously unseen scenes from the video.
Live performances[edit]
The song was performed live during Spears's Dream Within a Dream Tour (2001–02). In 2016, it was added to the revamped set list of her Las Vegas residency show, Britney: Piece of Me (2016–17), marking the first time Spears performed the song in 14 years. During the performance, Britney Spears rides a mechanical electric guitar, which simulates a mechanical bull, as it rotates on stage. The same prop electric guitar was previously used during her Femme Fatale Tour (2011) for a segment in which she covered the song "Burning Up" by Madonna. In the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, the song was performed as part of a medley, using the same guitar prop.
Track listings[edit]
European 2 tracks CD single
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) — 3:06
"Overprotected" (Darkchild Remix) — 3:18
European/Australian CD single
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) — 3:08
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke Version) — 3:06
"Overprotected" (Darkchild Remix) — 3:20
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Metro Remix) — 5:26
German 2 tracks CD single
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) — 3:07
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke Version) — 3:05
German CD single
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) — 3:07
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke Version) — 3:05
"Overprotected" (Riprock 'N Alex G Remix) — 3:25
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Metro Remix) — 5:24
Japanese CD maxi single
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) — 3:06
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke Version) — 3:04
"Overprotected" (Darkchild Remix) — 3:20
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Metro Remix) — 5:25
"I'm a Slave 4 U" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) — 3:18
"I'm a Slave 4 U" (Miguel Migs Petalpusher Vocal) — 5:30
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Spanish Fly Dub Mix) — 5:55
UK CD maxi single
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) — 3:06
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke Version) — 3:04
"Overprotected (Darkchild Remix Radio Edit)" — 3:06
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Video) — 3:06
Cassette single
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Album Version) — 3:06
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Karaoke Version) — 3:04
"Overprotected" (Darkchild Remix Radio Edit) — 3:06
Digital download (Digital 45)
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" — 3:07
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Metro Remix Radio Edit) — 3:29
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2002)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[44] 13
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[45] 9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[46] 15
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[47] 27
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[48] 19
Germany (Official German Charts)[49] 7
Hungarian Singles Chart[50] 6
Irish Singles Chart[18] 8
Italy (FIMI)[51] 20
Japan (Oricon) 26
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[52] 17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[53] 18
Portugal (Portuguese Singles Chart)[54] 4
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[55] 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[56] 15
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[57] 15
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[58] 13
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2002)
Position
Australian Singles Chart[59] 68
Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders)[60] 76
German Singles Chart[61] 96
Swedish Singles Chart[62] 85
Swiss Singles Chart[63] 81
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[64]
Gold 35,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Release history[edit]
Country
Date
Format
Label
Germany[65]
27 May 2002 Maxi single JIVE
Japan[66]
19 June 2002 Sony
United Kingdom[67]
1 July 2002 JIVE
Alex Gaudino and Jason Rooney version[edit]
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
Promotional single by Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney
Released
3 December 2008
Recorded
2008
Length
3:37
Label
541/NEWS
Songwriter(s)
Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker
Alex Gaudino singles chronology
"Watch Out"
(2008) Watch Out2008 "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
(2008) I Love Rock 'n' Roll2008 "I'm in Love (I Wanna Do It)"
(2010) I'm in Love (I Wanna Do It)2010
The Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney cover version was released in 2008.
Track listing[edit]
UK Digital download
No.
Title
Length
1. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Radio Edit) 3:37
2. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Extended Mix) 7:43
3. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Dabruck, Klein Remix) 6:01
4. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Nari & Milani Remix) 5:35
5. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Disko Kriminals Remix) 7:05
Credits and personnel
Lead vocals – Alex Gaudino
Music – Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker
Lyrics – Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker
Scratches – Corey Chase
Label: 541/NEWS
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (2008)
Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[68] 10
Release history[edit]
Region
Date
Format
United Kingdom 3 December 2008 Digital download[69]
Other cover versions[edit]
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"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is an often-covered song, and has been notably recorded by such artists as:
L'Arc~En~Ciel released the song as a single internationally in 2011 and it was used in a Pepsi commercial in Japan.
Lee Da-hae released the song as a single in 2007, with versions in both English and Korean.
Boy band Five sampled the song for "Everybody Get Up".
Reverend Run sampled the song for his song "Mind on the Road" on his solo album Distortion.
"Weird Al" Yankovic (parody, as "I Love Rocky Road")
The group Forever Young covered the song in 2003 and made the French top 30 peaking at #27 in 2003.[70]
Fast Forward Highway covered Joan Jett's version for the video game Just Dance 2017.
See also[edit]
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1982
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External links[edit]
History of the song "I Love Rock 'n Roll"
Bill Harry's Merseybeat article
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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