Joan Jett – Cherry Bomb

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Can't stay at home, can't stay at school Old folks say, ?Ya poor little fool? Down the street, I'm the girl next door I'm the fox you've been waitin' for Hello Daddy, hello Mom I'm your ch-ch-cherry bomb Hello world, I'm your wild girl Ch-ch-cherry bomb Stone age love and strange sounds too Come on, baby, let me get into you Bad nights causin' teenage blues Get down now 'cause you got nothin' to lose Hello Daddy, hello Mom I'm your ch-ch-cherry bomb Hello world, I'm your wild girl Ch-ch-cherry bomb Hey, street boy, what's your style? Your dead end dreams don't make you smile I'll give ya somethin' to live for Have ya, grab ya 'til your sore Hello Daddy, hello Mom I'm your ch-ch-cherry bomb Hello world, I'm your wild girl Ch-ch-cherry bomb Cherry bomb, cherry bomb Cherry bomb, cherry bomb Cherry bomb, cherry bomb

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Track duration: 02:36

"Cherry Bomb" as written by John / Mellencamp

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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  • +1
    General Comment:I cannot believe there isn't like 50 pages of people saying how brilliant this song is!!
    But the meaning is so obviously simple, just a teenage wild child seducing everyone.
    The Runaways wrote this, so obviously other versions could only live in the shadow.
    like Cherie Currie did this so perfectly.
    Flag chchcherrybombon December 16, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Joan was actually the one who wrote this song. Either way, both versions are totally rad, and this is one of the best songs to just crank to max volume :D
    Flag bluestruckon September 11, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Totally agree, the Runways one is powerful.
    Flag New_Waveron January 16, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:this was originally done by the runaways joan jett covered this song and i think that the best version is the runaways version
    Flag abadexcuseon March 11, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I'm going to have to go with this version, though I do enjoy the Bratmobile version as well. Depends on my mood.
    Flag cassiaon July 02, 2005   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:Agreed about the bratmobile comment!
    Flag Riot Grrrlon March 26, 2003   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:L7's version's better
    Flag Chumpon June 11, 2002   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:i like the version by Bratmobile ALOT better.
    Flag YeOldDuckon May 10, 2002   Link

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