Rock Title Songs: Sheena Is a Punk Rocker

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Just because I’m up early and ready to go to the State Fair doesn’t mean you get an escape from another song on my list of favorites with an homage to rock and roll in the title. And, for today’s song, I present a band that I had a number of selections to choose from. In the end, this won…and almost made the top ten. Sing along. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker - Ramones Yes, I’m skipping “Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio” and “Rock and Roll High School.” This is probably one of the best-known Ramones songs around. It’s also pretty historic, as it’s one of the first (if not the first) song to reference punk rock in the title. Oh, and Sheena wasn’t a girlfriend of one of the band members. That was a direct reference to Sheena, Queen of the Jungle (no relation to Ramar of the Jungle mentioned in Jimmy Buffett’s “Pencil Thin Mustache”), a comic book and TV show in the 50s. One of the classic songs by one of the classic bands of punk. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker Written by Joey Ramone Recorded by the Ramones From Rocket to Russia, 1977 New York City really has it all: