You Don't Own Me
Sex Pistols and Joan Jett Lyrics

@leewot

You should look up the various versions by the band that did the 1975 original version.. they are called The Arrows

@drclueful

great piano at the end

@robmassie541

Nothing better...

@thelengthmen

fantastic tune

@DailyBrusher

Thanks so much for the cool slides/pix!!

@stevengladstone5607

The Runaways original trio with Micki Steele (Later The Bangles)with Joan and Sandy (at 0.21)

@realsinisterminister

not this version

@robertleonardsson

Best version.

@angelt.4204

Umm… no.

@stes3061

Steve jones Beast

@krisscanlon4051

singing background vocals too

@josephbuckley5961

Funny thing Steve jones almost had sex with Joan haha but they were both on speed and Steve was drinking also. He still says he can't remember much of it but he said I was gutted fuck !! Unlucky fucke !!

@krisscanlon4051

Like an extra Mott the Hoople track with new vocals ! Jones and Cookie ain't kiddin...perfect...tight and concise...still punky...Steve doing his version of a solo...background vocals too...much sloppier = rock roll

@user-gw1rn6kt8e

I saw him dancin' there by the record machine
I knew he must a been about seventeen
The beat was goin' strong
Playin' my favorite song
An' I could tell it wouldn't be long
Till he was with me, yeah me
And I could tell it wouldn't be long
Till he was with me, yeah me, singin'
I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come and take your time and dance with me
Ow!
He smiled so I got up and asked for his name
That don't matter, he said
'Cause it's all the same
Said can I take you home where we can be alone
An' next we were movin' on
He was with me, yeah me
Next we were movin' on
He was with me, yeah me, singin'
I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me
Ow!
Said can I take you home where we can be alone
Next we were movin' on
He was with me, yeah me
An we'll be movin' on
An' singin' that same old song
Yeah with me, singin'
I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me
I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with
I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with
I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with
I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me

@maulanaraden1089

I LOVE JOAN JETT :*

@thefinker7210

Yeah! Just another nod to the Arrows who originally  did it in '75. Miss Jett failed to mention that on that Guitar Center show or whatever that was. She kinda  made it like it was "her" song. I love this version BTW!

@therunaways13

Is guitarist steve jones and drums paul cook?

@Houl23

Yes !

@mr.zzyzzx6136

Just Jones

@giulioluzzardi7632

...also loads of Billy idol stuff Jones played on. So alone L.P. Johnny T...top Man!!

@BenCulture

I disagree with jonas brave. I like the modesty of her "me" in this version; it's kinda adorable.
But it's one of those things, you never know, that might have made the single flop.
What I find strange is how exactly-the-same the backup vocals are, considering these are different guys singing it. Or maybe it was always Kenny Laguna & Ritchie Cordell singing the backups.

@alexharvey6522

+Ben Culture agree, 100%.

@kingofthemountains

Yeah, they augmented the original recording and updated for the Flashback CD release. I have the 45. It's different. Different guitar solo for sure.

@nocityartsfilm6455

ironic considering the Pistols were notorious for saying in interviews how much they hated rocknroll...

@leavingitblank9363

2:30 ... Debbie Harry, Suzi Quatro, and Joan Jett? Back in the day.

@Owen_plays_music1049

I still prefer The Arrows version

@ludovica8221

Yeah Arrows is original and best by far

@smoeltv

@@ludovica8221 the best

@qazwsxedc-mc6mt

So good

I never knew it existed

@gregorycooke7462

Definitely good

@filipematias5127

It's not with the Sex Pistols, it's more with the Professionals (only Steve and Paul)!

@thomasandersen6719

@Scott Young Nonsense

@realsinisterminister

They are the Sex Pistols.....

@mr.zzyzzx6136

Just Jones

@mr.zzyzzx6136

@@realsinisterminister No Rotten, no Pistols. Wally Nightingale and the Swankers? Nope

@realsinisterminister

@@mr.zzyzzx6136 totally agree just pointing out that Steve and Paul were very much a big part of it he was the 1st Sex Pistol.....but yea without John they would of been just another band.....without them John would be just another man......its all swings and roundabouts anyway!

@skumbaeg45

This Version sound so much better

@rockmonroe1754

Wasn't this version the B side of one of her first singles?

@trfesok

yes -- "You Don't Own Me".

@jahleesaking6101

I got sent to the office in 8th grade because I gathered all the girls in pe had them singing to the tune of this song singing "I hate (my middle school name) put another dime in the jukebox baby" as I directed them with my hands like a choir lol when they called my mom out of her class she taught there she laughed in the principals face that lady didn't like either one of us after that lol

@shannonellen8643

ok wait...did she do this first with the sex pistols before the blackhearts got together?

@CarellaRoss

yes in '79 in London but it only ended up the B-side of the track You Don't Own Me

@tomjensen5874

yes it was done in 1978

@mattcalza4790

@@tomjensen5874 I didn't know that. 🤔

@sandyrobertson

@@tomjensen5874 I did handclaps on this when I was a rock journalist. I refused to join in on backing vocals as I know my limitations! Joan was always a lovely person btw every time I met her. It originally faded out on Steve's screeching guitar which I begged them to leave on there.

@sandyrobertson

@@autodestructive Sorry to hear that. Great song.

@anatradigomma2252

where did you find the photos?

@cobra_is_down2894

Anatra Di Gomma Google images

@thanas1sg00l

True story bro!

@trfesok

Tamer than the hit version.

@arrowmax60r13

Arrows 1975 Original and the best by miles

@nelsongonzalez711

Jamás sex pistols grabó esto !

@littlefrankiero

Узнала о этой группе от Михаила Горшенева

@littlefrankiero

Спосибо ему...помним любим скорбим...

@luiswupez

I love smoke Camel.

@vlazurah789

Man.. she was so hot

@confetti4798

Riksta 09 maybe

@sexobscura

So's the Arctic

@GL-iw8vq

She still is!!! She's 60 and I'm 22 and def would hit that 😍❤🤘🏼

@dbberns6196

I see

@bartjackson4416

ah le lek lek lek lek

@shelleypercy7399

Are you sure it's the Sex Pistols ?? I'm not... maybe it's another session with The Blackhearts..!??

@natzzef

It's Steve Jones and Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols. Not the whole band.

@user36945

No evidences of anything ...

@dbberns6196

Interesting

@mashantimika6400

amazingo(^o^)o

@Ami483

did she date johnny rotten?

@LetsGoMetsGo33

no. Joan is gay, but she did go to bed with Sex Pistol Steve Jones... maybe she hadn't 100% figured her sexuality out yet?

@cherrybomb5551

@@LetsGoMetsGo33 Shes bi I think

@lilruse

666 likes

@robertdunaway-tyll7635

who played bass?

@ThatOtherMikeyGuy

+Robert Tyll I don't know, but it wouldn't surprise me if Stev eJonbes did. He played the bass on most of the Pistols recordings after Glen left.

@robertdunaway-tyll7635

Hmm, alright just curious because it doesn't say, lol.

@krisscanlon4051

I don't think there is any Bass since at this point Steve and Paul were playing as a Duo and I don't think Joan play bass and it doesn't sound like there's one on it. By the way I don't know if it's Cookie's drumming style but I swear I hear something that sounds like a drum machine on top of the beat as well as his playing. It sounds like a very polished demo which I like a lot better.

@jland12

The rhythm is a bit awkward. Her vocals are better in this one though - like an angry schoolgirl

@krisscanlon4051

sounds like a drum machine with Cooks analog drums...no bass guitar or bass synth

@luiswupez

Llove Smk Camel filters

@giuliacurani7553

viva la fregnaaaaw

@yasmin685

Ma

@8000tonio

And The Sex Pistols , LOL

@matteobarsanti8139

Antonio Campina ?

@lilatinyfirefly2902

My biggest flex: I made out with my first girlfriend to this song

@j_freed

Not "ME" Joan, sing it "MEHH yeah meh." Then rhyme it with DAY. And please add a wicked "Yeaaoowww!' after the choruses. Might be a hit there.

@tiamu4967

I always liked this version better back in the day when it was occasionally played on KROQ, but that's probably because I love Cook and Jones. Then I went about 20 odd years without hearing this version and when I got the chance to set down and listen to the two versions once again (not on youtube), I realized the sound on The Blackhearts version is HUGE in comparison. That could also have played a part in it being a hit.

@snowwygirl

I just laughed so hard. 😂

@marywealth6475

Changing 'me' to 'meh' worked for The Kinks' "You Really Got Me", but Van Halen left it out and sounded corny.

@kasiakliszewska7208

GOOGLE

@bonnie8441

Hanger on once she left the Runaways...Now drastic plastic.