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The "100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years" was a list published by VH1 in 2003 to commemorate 25 years of iconic music since 1978. The list aimed to capture some of the most influential, popular, and enduring songs from 1978 to 2003. Hosted by Drea de Matteo. [1]
The song is a reference to the since-repealed National Maximum Speed Law that set speed limits at 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) in the United States. It is the 100th song on VH1 's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.
"I Wanna Be Somebody" is the first single from heavy metal band W.A.S.P.'s debut album W.A.S.P. It was ranked at #84 in VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. [2] The song's title is taken from an episode of Barney Miller, where Detective Ron Harris states that "God I Wanna Be Somebody" in a manner which Blackie Lawless found humorous.
The tune was ranked number 51 on VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s [13] and was named the 61st best hard rock song of all time also by VH1. [14] In March 2023, Rolling Stone ranked "Round and Round" at number 20 on their "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time" list. [15]
VH1's 100 Greatest Albums of Rock and Roll - 2; Bill Shapiro's Top 100 Rock Compact Discs - 3; Jimmy Guterman's 100 Best Rock and Roll Records of All Time - 4; All Music - Rock & Roll (Top Albums) - 5; Illinois Entertainer's 50 Great Albums (A Rock Time Capsule) [citation needed] - 6; Dagbladet's 25 Best Rock and Pop Albums of the Century - 7
In 2009 it was ranked 42nd on VH1's program 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. [23] Scholar Theodore Gracyk wrote in 2007 that the song "is not [as] overtly political" as most of the band's other songs, especially from the album Combat Rock, which carries the song.
Instead, Jett and Fowley came up with the song and had Currie sing it for her audition. On January 5, 2009, "Cherry Bomb" was ranked 52nd on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs list. [13] A cover of "Cherry Bomb" is featured in the music video game Rock Band as a downloadable single track.