Kick Out the Jams (song)















































"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"
Released March 1969 (1969-03)
Format 7"
Recorded

  • October 30–31, 1968


  • Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI
Genre


  • Garage rock[1]


  • proto-punk[2]


  • hard rock[3]
Length 2:37
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s)

  • Michael Davis

  • Wayne Kramer

  • Fred "Sonic" Smith

  • Dennis Thompson

  • Rob Tyner
Producer(s)

  • Bruce Botnick

  • Jac Holzman

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.




Contents






  • 1 Formats and track listing


  • 2 Personnel


  • 3 Release


  • 4 Charts


  • 5 Release history


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





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.[4]


Musicians



  • Michael Davis – bass guitar, backing vocals


  • Wayne Kramer – electric guitar, backing vocals


  • Fred "Sonic" Smith – electric guitar, backing vocals


  • Dennis Thompson – drums


  • Rob Tyner – lead vocals


Production and additional personnel



  • Bruce Botnick – production, engineering


  • Jac Holzman – production



Release


The original release has the song begin "Kick out the jams motherfuckers!". For radio play, the line was censored to "Kick out the jams, brothers and sisters!".



Charts











Chart (1969)
 Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5]
 82


Release history

















Region
 Date
 Label
 Format
 Catalog

United States
 1969
Elektra
LP
 EK-45648


References





  1. ^ Stiernberg, Bonnie. "The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 15 May 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ SPIN Media LLC (October 2002). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. p. 70. ISSN 0886-3032.


  3. ^ Dave Marsh; James Bernard (1 November 1994). New Book of Rock Lists. Simon and Schuster. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-671-78700-4.


  4. ^ Kick Out the Jams (sleeve). MC5. New York, New York: Elektra Records. 1969.


  5. ^ "MC5 - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2015.




External links


  • "Kick Out The Jams / Motor City Is Burning" at Discogs (list of releases)








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