1997Released
2:54

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Chinese Rocks. By Songfacts®.

Dee Dee Ramone wrote this song, which is about scoring heroin: "Hey is Dee Dee home, do you wanna take a walk do you wanna go cop, you wanna go get some Chinese rocks." He wanted his band The Ramones to record it, but they refused because it was about drugs. Ramone then brought the song to Richard Hell, who added some lyrics and recorded it with his band The Heartbreakers.

The Ramones did end up recording this, but not until 1979 when it appeared on their album End Of The Century.

The band Hanoi Rocks took their name partly as a result of this song. They were big fans of The Ramones, and thought about using "Chinese Rocks" as their name, but decided to modify it.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Chinese Rocks.
GKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
139BPM

Album

The album Chinese Rocks is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Chinese Rocks.
Jungle Records
(C) 1994 Jungle Records

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