Sheena Is a Punk Rocker

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"Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" is a song by legendary punk rock group Ramones, appearing on their third LP Rocket to Russia in 1977. Written by lead singer Joey Ramone, it is one of their more popular and enduring songs, showing the bands' surf rock influences, and was one of the first songs to use the word "punk" in the title.

The song was also featured with a different mix on a re-release of the band's second album Leave Home.

The band Rancid covered this song on the We're a Happy Family tribute album. Mill a h-Uile Rud do a version in Gaelic as part of their live sets.

The song is ranked #457 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The song appears in the Stephen King Movie "Pet Semetary", A truck driver about to run over a child is distracted singing along to the tune. The Ramones also wrote and performed the theme song "Pet Semetary".

Ramones
Joey Ramone • Johnny Ramone • Dee Dee Ramone • Marky Ramone C. J. Ramone • Tommy Ramone • Richie Ramone • Elvis Ramone
Discography
Studio albums: Ramones (1976) • Leave Home (1977) • Rocket to Russia (1977) • Road to Ruin (1978) • End of the Century (1980) • Pleasant Dreams (1981) • Subterranean Jungle (1983) • Too Tough to Die (1984) • Animal Boy (1986) • Halfway to Sanity (1987) • Brain Drain (1989) • Mondo Bizarro (1992) • Acid Eaters (1993) • ¡Adios Amigos! (1995)
Live albums: It's Alive (1979) • Loco Live (1991) • Greatest Hits Live (1996) • We're Outta Here! (1997) • You Don't Come Close (2001) • NYC 1978 (2003)
Compilations: Ramones Mania (1988) • All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 1 (1990) • All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 2 (1990) • Hey Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology (1999) • Ramones Mania Vol. 2 (2000) • Masters of Rock: Ramones (2001) • Best of the Chrysalis Years (2002) • Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits (2002) • The Chrysalis Years (2002) • The Best of The Ramones (2004) • Weird Tales of the Ramones (2005) • Greatest Hits (2006)
Tribute albums: Gabba Gabba Hey: A Tribute to the Ramones (1991) • Ramones (1992) • Rocket To Russia (1994) • Rocket to Ramonia (1996) • File Under Ramones (1999) • We're a Happy Family - A Tribute To Ramones (2003)
Films: Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) • Lifestyles of the Ramones (1990) • Ramones - Around the World (1993) • We're Outta Here (1997) • End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003) • Ramones: Raw (2004)
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