The Arrows were an English band and with their own TV show in the mid 70’s. They didn’t have much luck at getting their ’75 song “I Love Rock’ N Roll” played on the radio, but performing the tune on TV led to two cover versions, one went to Number One in the US.

The Runaway’s were touring Europe when guitarist Joan Jett saw the Arrows play the tune on the tube and took note. Her first crack at a cover happened in 1979 when she went to the studio with Paul Cook and Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols. That version was scrapped until the ‘90s. When Joan decided to put it on tape again with her new solo band The Blackhearts in topped the Billboard charts for seven weeks.

The video was all over MTV, went we finally could get the channel in Rockford. I remember she was in a dingy bar playing to an unruly crowd, much like scenes in here movie with Michael J. Fox, “Light of Day”. “I Love Rock ‘N Roll” is still one of my Top Ten sing-along songs.