1984Released
4:25

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Interesting facts and trivia about Round and Round. By Songfacts®.

"Round And Round" is Ratt's biggest hit, landing in 1984 as hair metal was starting to make headway. It's a rocker with a huge, unforgettable chorus. What's it about? In a Songfacts interview with lead singer Stephen Pearcy, he said: "'Round And Round' is pretty much just stating our claim: 'Out on the streets, it's where we'll meet.' It's about the group, getting ready to do our thing. This is what we do."

One of Ratt's distinguishing features was the two-guitar attack of Warren DeMartini and Robbin Crosby, who could trade off lead parts and do some simultaneous shredding (Judas Priest could also pull this off). You'll hear a great example on this song, as DeMartini dives into the solo and then Crosby joins in.

A girl mutates from human to rodent form in the video, which was directed by Don Letts and features an unlikely cameo: Milton Berle, who plays both the head of a dinner party and a female guest. Berle is a comedy legend who was one of the first entertainers to make a mark in television. He often wore drag as part of his comedy, so it wasn't too surprising that he played a woman in the video. More surprising is that Berle ended up in the video at all. He was in his 70s and little known to the MTV generation. But his nephew was Ratt's manager (Marshall Berle), who got Milton to appear in the video free of charge. In the book MTV Ruled the World - The Early Years of Music Video, Warren DeMartini talked about the thrill of making the video: "Milton Berle was the first icon I think any of us had ever met. It was a really cool thing. He was really the first guy to ever have a variety show on TV, and he was a cool person to listen to, because he made his career the same way that he knew that we were going to, which is to get on the road. Because prior to TV, it was just Vaudeville. He was telling us stories and talking about those days, when him and other comedians of the period would get on a train, travel all night, you know, middle America. Raining, cold, get into a hotel, get up in the morning, set it all up, do the show, and then move on. What he described was great, but it was tough."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Round and Round.
BKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
127BPM

Album

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Released By

The record label that has released Round and Round.
Atlantic Records
© 1984 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
℗ 1984 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.

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