Round and Round (Ratt song)
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| Single by Ratt from the album Out of the Cellar |
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| Released | 1984 | ||||
| Format | Vinyl LP, Cassette, CD | ||||
| Recorded | 1984 | ||||
| Genre | Glam metal | ||||
| Length | 4:22 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic | ||||
| Producer | Beau Hill | ||||
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"Round and Round" is a song by the glam metal band Ratt which proved to be the biggest hit of their career, reaching number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is also one of the most well known glam metal songs of the 1980s[citation needed]. It appears as the third track of their successful album Out of the Cellar. The song was released as a single in 1984, and continues to get heavy radio play to this day on rock stations all over the world. The song was also placed as one of the tracks on many "Best of 80's Metal" compilation albums and was named number 51 on "VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's"[1]. "Round and Round" is known for Stephen Pearcy's raspy, bluesy, yet provocative vocals, Robbin Crosby's and Warren DeMartini's twin guitar leads and Juan Croucier's thumping basslines.
The famed chorus is as follows:
- Round and Round
- With love we'll find a way, just give it time
- Round and Round
- What comes around goes around
- I'll tell you why
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[edit] Music video
The music video finds the band set up in the attic of a rich family's mansion. They start to terrorize the family members during dinner while causing a major racket with their music. During the song's guitar solo, Ratt guitarist Warren DeMartini falls through the attic floor, onto the dining room table where the family members are eating. The video featured legendary comedian Milton Berle, whose nephew was then band manager Marshall Berle.
Milton Berle played the staid head-of-household and crossdressed to play the matron in the video. Both characters seem perturbed by the loud volume of Ratt's playing, and quickly leave the table. Meanwhile, a seemingly shy yet incredibly attractive female family member is drawn by the music and makes her way up to the attic. Once there, she morphs into a sexy space oddity and begins dancing to the song. The girl changes appearance yet again, this time to the form of a rodent. By the end of the video, the butler has dressed up as a metalhead and has begun to "rock out".
[edit] Track listing
- "Round and Round" - 4:27
- "The Morning After" - 3:37
[edit] Personnel
- Stephen Pearcy- Vocals
- Warren DeMartini- -Lead Guitar
- Robbin Crosby- -Rhythm Guitar
- Juan Croucier- Bass Guitar and back up vocals
- Bobby Blotzer- Drums
[edit] Covers
- Performed live by Metallica at the Merriweather Post Pavillion in Maryland in 1993[2].
- Covered by Lou Barlow on his album Emoh.
- Frequently covered by The Donnas at live shows.
[edit] Uses in popular culture
- The song is played during the end credits of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "Billy and Mandy Save Christmas".
- Los Angeles talk radio station KFI uses the song as their news break theme song.
- The song can briefly be heard in the Supernatural episode "Dead in the Water".
- The soundtrack to the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories features the song.
- The song is featured in the Xbox 360 video game Saints Row.
- The PlayStation 2 video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s contains a "Round and Round" cover as a playable song.
[edit] See also
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