Song · The Ramones
“Surfin' Bird” by The Ramones
From the album Rocket to Russia (1977)
“Surfin' Bird” by The Ramones appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1991. It was first released in 1977 on the album Rocket to Russia. Its best result is #571 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,570 alternative song of all time.
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The Ramones took "Surfin' Bird" for a spin on Rocket to Russia in 1977, and the song was already a gleeful bit of nonsense before they got their hands on it. The Trashmen had cut it in 1963, welding together two R&B numbers by the Rivingtons, "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "The Bird's the Word", and the writing credit goes to Al Frazier, Sonny Harris, Carl White and Turner Wilson.
The Ramones play it their way: Joey Ramone on lead vocals, Johnny Ramone on guitar, Dee Dee Ramone on bass and Tommy Ramone on drums. Tony Bongiovi and Thomas Erdelyi produced it, with Ed Stasium engineering.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 571 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
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