Rave On!
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| “Rave On!” | |||||
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| Single by Buddy Holly | |||||
| B-side | "Take Your Time" | ||||
| Released | April 20, 1958 June 6, 1958 (UK) |
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| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | January 1958, Bell Sound Studios - New York City[1] | ||||
| Genre | Rock and Roll | ||||
| Label | Coral C61985 Coral Q 72325 (UK) |
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| Writer(s) | West-Tilghman-Petty | ||||
| Producer | Norman Petty | ||||
| Buddy Holly singles chronology | |||||
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"Rave On!" is a 1958 song written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty, first recorded by Sonny West (released February 1958, Atlantic 45-1174).[2] It was also recorded by Buddy Holly, and was one of his last hits.
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It has also been covered by Bruce Springsteen with the E Street Band, Commander Cody, Status Quo and folk-rock band Steeleye Span.
In Australia in the early 1990s, the song was also used as comical background music for an Arnott's Shapes commercial. The song also partly features in the 1998 motion picture Pleasantville.
Joe Meek produced a version with singer Michael Cox, released in 1964 (b/w "Just Say Hello" HMV POP1293 A).
John Mellencamp also recorded a version for the Cocktail soundtrack in 1988.
The Real Kids recorded a cover version on their 1977 self-titled album.
In an interview, the Danish rock band The Raveonettes stated that their name is "a complete direct reference to The Ronettes and Buddy Holly Rave On."[3]
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