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"Kick Out the Jams"
	Cover of the 2009 American single
Single by MC5
from the album Kick Out the Jams
	"Motor City Is Burning"
Released	March 1969
Format	7"
Recorded	October 30-31, 1968; Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI;
Genre	Garage rock; proto-punk; hard rock;
Length	2:37
Label	Elektra
	Michael Davis; Wayne Kramer; Fred "Sonic" Smith; Dennis Thompson; Rob Tyner;
	Bruce Botnick; Jac Holzman;
MC5 singles chronology

"Kick Out the Jams" is a song by MC5, released as a single in March 1969 by Elektra Records.

Formats and track listing

US 7" single (EK-45648)

"Kick Out the Jams" (Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner) - 2:37
"Motor City Is Burning" (Fred "Sonic" Smith) - 4:30

Personnel

Adapted from the Kick Out the Jams liner notes.^[4]

Musicians

Michael Davis - bass guitar, backing vocals
Wayne Kramer - electric guitar, backing vocals
Fred "Sonic" Smith - electric guitar, backing vocals
Dennis Thompson - drums
Rob Tyner - lead vocals

Production and additional personnel

Bruce Botnick - production, engineering
Jac Holzman - production

Release

The original release has the song begin "Kick out the jams motherfuckers!". For radio play, the line was censored to "Kick out the jams, brothers and sisters!".

Charts

Chart (1969)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[5]	82

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1969	Elektra	LP	EK-45648

References

^ Stiernberg, Bonnie. "The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 2016.
^ SPIN Media LLC (October 2002). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. p. 70. ISSN 0886-3032.
^ Dave Marsh; James Bernard (1 November 1994). New Book of Rock Lists. Simon and Schuster. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-671-78700-4.
^ Kick Out the Jams (sleeve). MC5. New York, New York: Elektra Records. 1969.CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "MC5 - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2015.

External links

"Kick Out The Jams / Motor City Is Burning" at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Stiernberg, Bonnie. "The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 2016.

[2] SPIN Media LLC (October 2002). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. p. 70. ISSN 0886-3032.

[3] Dave Marsh; James Bernard (1 November 1994). New Book of Rock Lists. Simon and Schuster. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-671-78700-4.

[linearnotes-4] Kick Out the Jams (sleeve). MC5. New York, New York: Elektra Records. 1969.CS1 maint: others (link)

[billboardcharts-5] "MC5 - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2015.

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