Kick Out the Jams (song)

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"Kick Out the Jams"
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams 1969 single.jpg
Cover of the 2009 American single
Single by MC5
from the album Kick Out the Jams
B-side"Motor City Is Burning"
ReleasedMarch 1969 (1969-03)
Recorded
Genre
Length2:37
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
MC5 singles chronology
"Tonight"
(1969) 		"Kick Out the Jams"
(1969) 		"Shakin' Street"
(1970)

"Kick Out the Jams" is a song by MC5, released as a single in March 1969 by Elektra Records.

Formats and track listing[]

US 7" single (EK-45648)
  1. "Kick Out the Jams" (Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner) – 2:37
  2. "Motor City Is Burning" (Fred "Sonic" Smith) – 4:30

Personnel[]

Adapted from the Kick Out the Jams liner notes.[3]

Musicians
Production and additional personnel

Charts[]

Chart (1969) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 82

Release history[]

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1969 Elektra LP EK-45648

Cover versions[]

Band Year Release
Blue Öyster Cult 1978 Some Enchanted Evening
Afrika Bambaataa and Family 1986 Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)
Volcano Suns 1989 Thing of Beauty
The Big F 1990 Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary
Bad Brains with Henry Rollins 1990 Pump Up the Volume (Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Poison Idea 1992 Pajama Party[5]
The Fluid 1992 Spot the Loon[6]
The Presidents of the United States of America 1995 The Presidents of the United States of America
The Mono Men 1995 "Kick out the Jams!"/"We Got What It Takes"
Michael Monroe 1996 Peace of Mind
Entombed 1997 DCLXVI: To Ride Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth
Rich Hopkins & Luminarios 1997 The Glorious Sounds of Rich Hopkins & Luminarios
Monster Magnet 1998 Powertrip
Wayne Kramer 1998 LLMF (Live Like a Mutherfucker)[7]
Rob Tyner Band 1999 Rock and Roll People[8]
Rage Against the Machine 2000 Renegades
Joseph LoDuca 2000 Xena: Warrior Princess episode "Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire"
Jeff Buckley 2001 Jeff Buckley Live À L'Olympia
Agitated 2002 Go Blue, Go Die
The Nomads 2002 Showdown 2-The 90's[9]
Give Up the Ghost 2003 Year One[10]
Europa 2003 Wake Up - A Tribute to Rage Against the Machine[11]
Disoscillators featuring You the Rock 2009 Last Rockers
Frankenstein 3000 2010 They'll Be Waking Up Soon[12]
The Strypes 2014 Flat Out[13]
Black Hay 2015 Imitating the Jams
U.K. Subs 2018 Subversions[14]

References[]

  1. ^ Stiernberg, Bonnie. "The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ^ SPIN Media LLC (October 2002). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. p. 70. ISSN 0886-3032.
  3. ^ Kick Out the Jams (sleeve). MC5. New York, New York: Elektra Records. 1969.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "MC5 - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  5. ^ "Pajama Party - Poison Idea". AllMusic.com. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Spot the Loon - The Fluid". AllMusic.com. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "LLMF (Live Like a Motherfucker - Wayne Kramer". AllMusic.com. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  8. ^ "Rock and Roll People - Rob Tyner". AllMusic.com. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "Showdown 2: The 90's - The Nomads". AllMusic.com. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  10. ^ "Year One - Give Up the Ghost". AllMusic.com. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  11. ^ "Wake Up: A Tribute to Rage Against the Machine - Various Artists". AllMusic.com. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  12. ^ "They'll Be Waking Up Soon - Frankenstein 3000". AllMusic.com. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  13. ^ "Flat Out - The Strypes". AllMusic.com. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  14. ^ "Subversions - U.K. Subs". AllMusic.com. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 9, 2021.

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