# The most rockinest song about rockin **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013 "2007-09-30T06:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/41 "2007-10-01T12:48:17Z")
“Rockin’ Is Our Business,” [the Treniers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treniers). ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/42 "2007-10-01T13:02:55Z")
[QUOTE=ForumBot] But my personal favorite is probably that one that goes “Rockin! **Yeah!** ” It captures everything awesome about rocking. First comes the chant “ROCKIN!” followed by guitar!, then comes YEAH!, with the slamming down on drums. Nothing rocks quite like “ROCKIN! YEAH!” [/QUOTE] If you don’t already know, it sounds as if you may be describing Foreigner’s “Juke Box Hero.” And my favorite song about rockin’ is Dio’s “We Rock.” \m/:mad:\m/ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/43 "2007-10-01T13:19:20Z")
Y’all have failed to mention - Rockin’ Robin! tweet tweet tweet! I actually hate that song. My IRL name is Robin, and I have been teased with that my entire life. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/44 "2007-10-01T13:41:27Z")
Hot Rockin’ by Judas Priest “You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll” by Ozzy gets an honorable mention about being a _ballad_ about rockin’ ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/45 "2007-10-01T13:50:11Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Y’all have failed to mention - Rockin’ Robin! [/QUOTE] Speaking of animal-themed rockin’, there’s also Crocodile Rock by Elton John. ---
**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/46 "2007-10-01T14:01:28Z")
My vote goes to: **We Will Rock You** by Queen **For Those About To Rock** by AC/DC …and my contribution to the list: \*\*[Cum On Feel The Noize](http://lyricwiki.org/Quiet_Riot:Cum_On_Feel_The_Noize) \*\* [SIC] as covered by Quiet Riot. Hey, I know it’s corny, but it’s awesome, and I was born the year it came out, alright? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/47 "2007-10-01T14:18:05Z")
“I Dig Rock and Roll Music,” Peter, Paul and Mary. What? “most rockinest?” Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/48 "2007-10-01T16:25:09Z")
“Rock Your Socks” - Tenacious D ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/49 "2007-10-01T19:17:11Z")
“I Like to Rock” (well, I _do_…) by April Wine. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/50 "2007-10-01T20:22:55Z")
AC/DC: [Long Way to the Top (If you Wanna Rock & Roll)](http://youtube.com/watch?v=H1iR2Wi3u5o) I think the song the OP is referring to is “Rocket” by Def Leppard. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/51 "2007-10-01T20:26:47Z")
_[American Hair Band](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO4ZNO24Ye4)_ by Tuff – nothing but rocking about the rockinest buncha rockers who ever rocked. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/52 "2007-10-02T01:38:33Z")
Somehow, we have neglected to list Rick Derringer’s smokin’ “ **Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo** ”. There, I’ve taken care of it. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/53 "2007-10-02T05:07:57Z")
[QUOTE=ForumBot] …“Rock You Like a Hurricane”… [/QUOTE] “Rock You Like a Hurricane” isn’t about rockin’. It’s about fuckin’. Otherwise the lyrics wouldn’t make sense: _“So give her inches, and feed her well…”_ As for pure rockin’ songs, I’d nominate “Rocking Chair Rock’n Roll Blues” by [Elf.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf_%28band%29) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/54 "2007-10-02T13:35:19Z")
[QUOTE=KGS] “Rock You Like a Hurricane” isn’t about rockin’. It’s about fuckin’. [/QUOTE] You could say the same of MOST of the songs about “rockin’.” At the very least, most are double _entendres_. “Rock and roll” started out as a euphemism, y’know. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/55 "2007-10-02T13:58:59Z")
Has to be “Tribute” by Tenacious D. A tribute to the GREATEST SONG IN THE WORLD. If that’s not rockin’, I don’t know what is. Patton Oswalt does a routine about Damn Yankees (and other 80s HARD ROCKIN’ BANDS) and their ability to **defy the laws of physics** with their rockin’ that kills me. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/56 "2007-10-02T14:12:36Z")
[QUOTE=Hung Mung] Kick Out the Jams, of which I give the slight edge to The Presidents of the United States of America’s version. [/QUOTE] Really? Over the MC5’s original version? I gotta give it to the MC5. Hearing that original opening in the live version is bone-chilling: "Right now…right now…right now it’s time to…_kick out the jams, motherf_ckers!!!\* ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/57 "2007-10-02T14:35:20Z")
[QUOTE=KGS] “Rock You Like a Hurricane” isn’t about rockin’. It’s about fuckin’. Otherwise the lyrics wouldn’t make sense [/QUOTE] Oh, lord help us the day a cheesy rock song doesn’t make sense. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/58 "2007-10-02T22:24:19Z")
As mentioned in a recent thread, _Don’t Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the [King of Rock-and-Roll](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6N39Rgsuk)_. (I started thinking of quite a few oldies that match the OP, but as I read on, just about every one of them was already mentioned.) ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/59 "2007-10-02T23:46:43Z")
The Collins Kids - Rock Boppin’ Baby Check out that kid on the double-necked guitar: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxDT72GXuoI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxDT72GXuoI) (OK, technically that song doesn’t rock that hard, but watch some of their other stuff- that kid kicks ass on the guitar.) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013/60 "2007-10-03T00:52:26Z")
I’ve got a playlist I call “Rock about Rock”. In alphabetical (not chronological, quality, playlist, or any other) order: AC/DC ——— For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) Andy Kim ——— Rock Me Gently April Wine ——— I Like to Rock Archies ——— Rock’n’roll Music Bad Company ——— Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Beach Boys ——— Rock and Roll Music Billy Joel ——— It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me Billy Squier ——— Rock Me Tonite Bloodrock ——— You Gotta Roll Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ——— Rock And Roll Never Forgets Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet ——— Old Time Rock & Roll Boston ——— Rock & Roll Band Byrds ——— So You Want To Be A Rock ‘n’ Roll Star Chuck Berry ——— Reeling and Rocking Chuck Berry ——— Sweet Little Rock And Roller David Essex ——— Rock On Def Leppard ——— Rock Brigade Detroit With Mitch Ryder ——— Rock ‘n’ Roll Dio ——— Long Live Rock `n` Roll Dobie Gray ——— Drift Away doobie bros ——— Rockin’ Down The Highway Edgar Broughton Band ——— Hurrican Man & Rock ‘n’ Roller Edgar Winter’s White Trash ——— Keep Playin’ That Rock ‘n’ Roll Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) ——— Rock ‘N’ Roll Is King Elton John ——— Crocodile Rock Elvis Presley ——— Jailhouse Rock Four Counts ——— Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Good For The Soul Hank Mizell ——— Jungle Rock Heart ——— Rockin’ Heaven Down Huey Lewis and the News ——— The Heart of Rock’n’ Roll Jethro Tull ——— Too Old to Rock’nRoll (Too Young to Die) Jimi Hendrix ——— Rock Me Baby Joan Jett ——— I Love Rock & Roll John Cougar Mellencamp ——— R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. John Entwistle ——— Give Me That Rock And Roll John Fogerty ——— Rock ‘N Roll Girls Johnny Rivers ——— Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flue Kinks ——— A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Kiss ——— I Wanna Rock And Roll All Night Led Zeppelin ——— Rock And Roll Loggins & Messina ——— Your Mama Don’t Dance Lou Reed ——— Rock ‘n’ Roll Marilyn Manson ——— Rock Is Dead Meat Loaf ——— Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through Moody Blues ——— I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock & Roll Band) Mott The Hoople ——— Rock & Roll Queen Mott the Hoople ——— The Golden Age of Rock & Roll Muddy Waters ——— Rock Me Neil Young ——— My, My, Hey, Hey Neil Young ——— Rockin’ in the Free World Ozzy Osbourne ——— You Can`t Kill Rock And Roll Queen ——— We Will Rock You Rainbow ——— If You Don’t Like Rock ‘N’ Roll Reunion ——— Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) Rick Derringer ——— Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo Rolling Stones ——— It’s Only Rock & Roll (But I Like It) Shaun Cassidy ——— That’s Rock N Roll Slade ——— Won’t You Rock With Me Steppenwolf ——— Rock Me Steve Miller Band ——— Rock’n Me Stray Cats ——— Rock This Town The Beatles ——— Rock 'n Roll Music The Who ——— Long Live Rock Traffic ——— Rock and Roll Stew Twisted Sister ——— I Wanna Rock [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-rockinest-song-about-rockin/421013.md?page=4)