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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
Recorded	October 30-31, 1968; Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI;
Genre	Garage rock; proto-punk;
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.^[3]

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!".

In Popular Culture

The song was used in the episode "Rifting Apart" (Season 3, Episode 8) of the Starz television show "Ash Vs. Evil Dead".

Charts

Chart (1969)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[4]	82

Release history

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

Cover versions


Band	Year
Blue Öyster Cult	1978
Afrika Bambaataa and Family	1986
Volcano Suns	1989
The Big F	1990
Bad Brains	1990
Poison Idea	1992
The Fluid	1992
Presidents of the United States of America	1995
The Mono Men	1995
Michael Monroe	1996
Entombed	1997
Rich Hopkins & Luminarios	1997
Monster Magnet	1998
Wayne Kramer	1998
Rob Tyner Band	1999
Rage Against the Machine	2000
Joseph LoDuca	2000
Jeff Buckley	2001
Agitated	2002
The Nomads	2002
Give Up the Ghost	2003
Europa	2003
Disoscillators	2009
Frankenstein 3000	2010
The Strypes	2014
Black Hay	2015
U.K. Subs	2018

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.
^ 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.

[linearnotes-3] Kick Out the Jams (sleeve). MC5. New York, New York: Elektra Records. 1969.CS1 maint: others (link)

[billboardcharts-4] "MC5 - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2015.

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