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“Do You Remember Rock-N-Roll Radio?” by The Ramones
From the album End of the Century (1980)
“Do You Remember Rock-N-Roll Radio?” by The Ramones appears on 19 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1980 on the album End of the Century. Its best result is #162 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,019 alternative song of all time.
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"Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" throws open End of the Century, the fifth Ramones album and the one they handed to producer Phil Spector. Sire issued it as a single in May 1980, and Spector piles it high: Joey Ramone's lead vocal and the guitar, bass and drums of Johnny, Dee Dee and Marky Ramone get company from Steve Douglas's saxophone, Barry Goldberg's organ and piano and a spoken bit by Sean Donahue, all of it a deliberate grab for the mainstream.
Dee Dee, Joey and Johnny wrote it as a roots-rock love letter to the rock and pop they grew up on and a swipe at what mainstream rock had become by 1980. One of its lines named the album, and later the 2003 documentary about the band, and in 2007 its opening riff turned up in the trailers for Shrek the Third.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
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