Who would have thought that a 1975 flop from obscure British rockers Arrows would seven years later become one of the most iconic female rock songs of all time? By softening the distortion on the killer guitar riff—allowing for maximum in-your-face energy—and amping up the urgency with her casual feminist badassery, Joan Jett turned "I Love Rock N Roll" into a seven-week #1, a career-launching (and -defining) hit, and a future riot grrrl anthem. With a singalong chorus practically tailor-made for drunken barroom belting, "Rock N Roll" also remains one of the punk era's most enduring classics, kept alive by '80s nights at karaoke joints across the country. A
30 years ago this week, "I Love Rock N Roll" was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.
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