Song · T. Rex
“Jeepster” by T. Rex
From the album Electric Warrior (1971)
“Jeepster” by T. Rex appears on 11 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1996 and 2023. It was first released in 1971 on the album Electric Warrior. Its best result is #335 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,971 alternative song of all time.
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Marc Bolan never hid where "Jeepster" came from: the music, and its first couple of lines, borrow from "You'll Be Mine", a Willie Dixon song that Howlin' Wolf recorded, and Bolan openly owned up to lifting it. What he did with the loot is pure T. Rex, a strutting glam boogie off Electric Warrior, the group's sixth studio album and only the second under the T. Rex name.
Bolan sings and plays electric guitar, Steve Currie holds down the bass, Bill Legend drums and Mickey Finn adds percussion, while Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman stack up the backing vocals. Tony Visconti produced. Fly issued it as a single in November 1971, with "Life's a Gas", from the same album, on the B-side, and "Telegram Sam" came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 437 | WNEW-FM | WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) | 500 |
| 1997 | 725 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 2005 | 336 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2010 | 654 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2012 | 620 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2016 | 389 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2019 | 500 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2020 | 1782 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 335 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2023 | 990 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2023 | 629 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
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