“You Can't Stop Rock n Roll” by Twisted Sister

"You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" is the title track of Twisted Sister's 1983 album, and it had to fight its way there. Dee Snider wrote it in 1981, and the band first cut it for their 1982 debut, Under the Blade, which was going to carry its name until Secret Records boss Martin Hooker talked them out of the title and the song was pulled. They re-recorded it for the second album, which finally got the name, with Stuart Epps producing.

Released on August 12, 1983, as the record's third and last single, it climbed to 43 in the UK and stayed four weeks inside the top 75. In 2023 Snider named it his favorite Twisted Sister song, the one that best sums up everything the band stood for: the message, the metal and the sheer anthem of it.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.