Johnny B. Goode - Wikipedia

1958 single by Chuck Berry For the posthumous live album by Jimi Hendrix, see Johnny B. Goode (album). Not to be confused with Be Good Johnny.

"Johnny B. Goode"
One of side-A labels of original US single
Single by Chuck Berry
B-side	"Around and Around"
Released	March 31, 1958
Recorded	January 6, 1958
Studio	Chess, Chicago
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:39
Label	Chess
Songwriter	Chuck Berry
Producers	Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Sweet Little Sixteen" (1958) "Johnny B. Goode" (1958) "Beautiful Delilah" (1958)
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"Johnny B. Goode" is a song by American musician Chuck Berry, written and sung by Berry in 1958. Released as a single in 1958, it peaked at number two on the Hot R&B Sides chart and number eight on its pre-Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1] The song remains a staple of rock n' roll music.

"Johnny B. Goode" is considered one of the most recognizable songs in the history of popular music. Credited as "the first rock & roll hit about rock & roll stardom",[2] it has been covered by various other artists and has received several honors and accolades. These include being ranked 33rd and 7th, respectively, on Rolling Stone's 2021[3] and 2004 versions of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[2][4] It was also included as one of the 27 songs on the Voyager Golden Record, a collection of music, images, and sounds designed to serve as an introduction and record of global humanity’s achievements, innovations and culture, to alien/otherworldly inhabitants.

Composition and recording

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Written by Chuck Berry in 1955, the song is about an illiterate "country boy" from the New Orleans area, who plays a guitar "just like ringing a bell", and who might one day have his "name in lights".[5] Berry acknowledged that the song is partly autobiographical and that the original lyrics referred to Johnny as a "colored boy", but he changed it to "country boy" to ensure eligibility for radio play.[6] As well as suggesting that the guitar player is good, the title hints at autobiographic elements, because Berry was born at 2520 Goode Avenue, in St. Louis.[5]

The song was initially inspired by Johnnie Johnson, the regular piano player in Berry's band,[7] but developed into a song mainly about Berry himself. Johnson played on many recordings by Berry, but for the Chess recording session Lafayette Leake played the piano, along with Willie Dixon on bass and Fred Below on drums.[5][8] The session was produced by Leonard and Phil Chess.[8] The guitarist Keith Richards later suggested that the song's chords are more typical of compositions written for piano than for guitar.[9]

The opening guitar riff of "Johnny B. Goode" borrows from the opening single-note solo on Louis Jordan's "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" (1946), played by guitarist Carl Hogan.[10]

One notable feature of Berry's recording is the contrast between the swing of the drums and piano backing, and the "straight" (non-swinging) rhythm and lead guitar.[11]

Legacy

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In The Guardian, Joe Queenan argued that "no song in the history of rock'n'roll more jubilantly celebrates the downmarket socioeconomic roots of the genre" than "Johnny B. Goode".[12] In Billboard, Jason Lipshutz stated that the song was "the first rock-star origin story", and that it featured "a swagger and showmanship that had not yet invaded radio".[13]

When Chuck Berry was honored in the first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on January 23, 1986, he performed "Johnny B. Goode" and "Rock and Roll Music", backed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.[14] The Hall of Fame included both songs as well as "Maybellene" in their list of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.[15] The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, for its influence as a rock and roll single.[16]

The song appears on the 1973 American Graffiti soundtrack album.

"Johnny B. Goode" has been recorded in cover versions by a wide variety of artists in different genres. In 1964, Dion DiMucci recorded a blues rock redition of the song that was released as the A-side to the single Chicago Blues.[17] In 1969, country musician Buck Owens's version from his album Buck Owens in London "Live" topped Billboard magazine's Hot Country Sides chart.[18] In 1972, Jimi Hendrix had a posthumous hit with a live version from the live album Hendrix in the West peaking at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart[19] and later reaching number 13 on the New Zealand Top 50 in 1986.[20] Peter Tosh's 1983 rendition from his album Mama Africa peaked at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100,[21] number 48 on the UK Singles Chart,[22] number 10 in the Netherlands, and number 29 in New Zealand.[23] In 1988, Judas Priest's version from their album Ram It Down reached number 64 on the UK Singles Chart.[19] The Sex Pistols also covered it for their soundtrack The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle in 1979. Elton John's cover of the song is the opening track of his 1979 album Victim of Love.

Berry himself would release a sequel song to Johnny B. Goode titled "Bye Bye Johnny" for his 1960 album Rockin' at the Hops. The song's lyrics continue the story of Johnny B. Goode, in which Johnny, now grown up, leaves his childhood home in pursuit of stardom.[24] This song would receive its own covers from bands such as The Rolling Stones.

Devo paid homage to Berry's song in their song "Come Back Jonee" on the group's 1978 debut album Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!.

Berry's recording is included (as the eleventh track of disc 1) among the musical samples and sounds on the Voyager Golden Record, sent to travel into deep space beyond the Solar System on both Voyager spacecraft, launched in 1977.

A cover version is featured in the film Back to the Future (1985) when lead character Marty McFly, played by actor Michael J. Fox, performs it at a high school dance. Impressed, fictional bandleader Marvin Berry (Harry Waters Jr.) calls up his cousin Chuck and makes him listen to the song, telling him it's "that new sound you're looking for", thus making it a bootstrap paradox. Fox explained his approach was to "incorporate all the characteristics and mannerisms and quirks of my favourite guitarists, so a Pete Townshend windmill, and Jimi Hendrix behind the back, and a Chuck Berry duckwalk. And we worked all that in."[25]

The Grateful Dead often performed the song live, purportedly playing it at least 287 times.[26]

The animated TV series Ninjago pays homage to "Johnny B. Goode" several times throughout the show with a track titled "Dareth the Guitar Man" (also known as "Dareth The Man" or "Dareth's Blues"), which features similar musical themes to the song.[27]

Accolades

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List	Publisher	Rank	Year of publication
500 Greatest Songs of All Time[2]	Rolling Stone	7	2004
50 Greatest Guitar Solos[28]	Guitar World	12	2009
100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time[29]	Rolling Stone	1	2008
100 Greatest Guitar Tracks[30]	Q	42	2005
500 Greatest Songs of All Time[3]	Rolling Stone	33	2021
500 Songs That Shaped Rock[31]	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	N/A	1995

Charts

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Weekly charts Chart (1958) Peakposition US Billboard Hot 100[32] 8 US Billboard Hot R&B Sides[33] 2 US Cash Box Top 100[34] 11 Chart (2017) Peakposition US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[35] 9

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[36]	Gold	45,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[37] sales since 2009	Gold	25,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[38]	Platinum	30,000‡
Spain (Promusicae)[39] sales since 2009	Platinum	60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[40]	Platinum	600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[41]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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18. ^ "Charts & Awards: Buck Owens – Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
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21. ^ "Charts & Awards: Peter Tosh – Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
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v t e Chuck Berry
Studio albums	After School Session (1957) One Dozen Berrys (1958) Berry Is on Top (1959) Rockin' at the Hops (1960) New Juke Box Hits (1961) Two Great Guitars (with Bo Diddley) (1964) St. Louis to Liverpool (1964) Chuck Berry in London (1965) Fresh Berry's (1965) Chuck Berry's Golden Hits (1967) Chuck Berry in Memphis (1967) From St. Louie to Frisco (1968) Concerto in "B Goode" (1969) Back Home (1970) San Francisco Dues (1971) The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972) (Side 1) Bio (1973) Chuck Berry (1975) Rockit (1979) Chuck (2017)
Live albums	Chuck Berry on Stage (1963) Live at the Fillmore Auditorium (1967) The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972) (Side 2) Chuck Berry Live in Concert (1978) Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987) Live! (2000) Live on Stage (2000) Chuck Berry – In Concert (2002)
Compilations	Rock, Rock, Rock! (1956) Chuck Berry Twist (1962) Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (1967, 1973, 1974) The Great Twenty-Eight (1982) The Chess Box (1988) The Anthology (2000) Volume 2 (1995)
Singles	"Maybellene" / "Wee Wee Hours" (1955) "Thirty Days" / "Together" (1955) "No Money Down" / "Down Bound Train" (1956) "Roll Over Beethoven" / "Drifting Heart" (1956) "Too Much Monkey Business" / "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (1956) "You Can't Catch Me" / "Havana Moon" (1956) "School Days" / "Deep Feeling" (1957) "Rock and Roll Music" / "Blue Feeling" (1957) "Sweet Little Sixteen" / "Reelin' and Rockin'" (1958) "Johnny B. Goode" / "Around and Around" (1958) "Carol" / "Hey Pedro" (1958) "Merry Christmas Baby" / "Run Rudolph Run" (1958) "Almost Grown" / "Little Queenie" (1959) "Back in the U.S.A." / "Memphis, Tennessee" (1959) "Nadine" / "O Rangutang" (1964) "No Particular Place to Go" / "You Two" (1964) "You Never Can Tell" / "Brenda Lee" (1964) "Promised Land" / "Things I Used to Do" (1964) "My Ding-a-Ling" / "Johnny B. Goode (Live)" (1972) "Shake, Rattle and Roll" / "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (1975)
Other songs	"Jo Jo Gunne"
Related	Discography Chuck Berry House Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll Chess Records Johnnie Johnson Gibson ES-350T Gibson ES-355
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v t e Buck Owens
Studio albums	Buck Owens Buck Owens Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard You're for Me On the Bandstand Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins Together Again I Don't Care I've Got a Tiger by the Tail Before You Go Roll Out the Red Carpet Dust on Mother's Bible Open Up Your Heart Your Tender Loving Care It Takes People Like You Sweet Rosie Jones Hot Dog!
Holiday albums	Christmas with Buck Owens and his Buckaroos Christmas Shopping
Live albums	Carnegie Hall Concert In Japan!
Compilation albums	The Fabulous Country Music Sound of Buck Owens The Best of Buck Owens Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection
Notable singles	"Hot Dog" "Under Your Spell Again" "Above and Beyond" "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)" "Foolin' Around" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Act Naturally" "Love's Gonna Live Here" "My Heart Skips a Beat" "Together Again" "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" "Before You Go" "Only You (Can Break My Heart)" "Buckaroo" "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" "Think of Me" "Open Up Your Heart" "Where Does the Good Times Go" "Sam's Place" "Your Tender Loving Care" "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone" "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" "Johnny B. Goode" "Tall Dark Stranger" "Big in Vegas" "Bridge over Troubled Water" "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms" "Made in Japan"
Collaboration singles	"Love Is Strange"
Guest singles	"Streets of Bakersfield"
B-side singles	"Loose Talk" "Together Again" "Crying Time"
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v t e Jimi Hendrix singles discography
US(1967–1982)	1967 "Purple Haze" / "51st Anniversary" "Hey Joe" / "51st Anniversary"† "Purple Haze"† / "The Wind Cries Mary" "Foxey Lady" / "Hey Joe"† 1968 "Up from the Skies" / "One Rainy Wish" "All Along the Watchtower" / "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" "Crosstown Traffic" / "Gypsy Eyes" 1969 "Stone Free" / "If 6 Was 9" 1970 "Stepping Stone" / "Izabella" 1971 "Freedom" / "Angel" "Dolly Dagger" / "The Star-Spangled Banner" (studio) 1972 "Johnny B. Goode"‡ / "Lover Man"‡ "The Wind Cries Mary"‡ / "Little Wing"‡ 1982 "Fire"‡ / "Little Wing"‡
UK(1966–1990)	1966 "Hey Joe" / "Stone Free" 1967 "Purple Haze" / "51st Anniversary" "The Wind Cries Mary" / "Highway Chile" "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" / "The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice" 1968 "All Along the Watchtower" / "Long Hot Summer Night" 1969 "Crosstown Traffic" / "Gypsy Eyes" "Let Me Light Your Fire" [sic] / "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"† 1970 "Voodoo Chile" [sic] / "Hey Joe"† & "All Along the Watchtower"† 1971 "Angel" / "Night Bird Flying" "Gypsy Eyes"† & "Remember" / "Purple Haze"† & "Stone Free"† 1972 "Johnny B. Goode"‡ / "Little Wing"‡ 1973 "Hear My Train A Comin'"‡ (solo acoustic) / "Rock Me Baby"‡ 1982 "Fire"‡ / "Are You Experienced?"‡ 1990 "Crosstown Traffic"† / "Voodoo Chile"† [sic] "All Along the Watchtower"† / "Voodoo Chile"† [sic] & "Hey Joe"†
International(1997–present)	1997 "Dolly Dagger"† / "Night Bird Flying"† 1999 "The Star-Spangled Banner"‡ / "Purple Haze"‡ 2010 "Valleys of Neptune" / "Cat Talkin' to Me" "Bleeding Heart" / "Jam 292" "Love or Confusion" / "12 Bar with Horns" 2011 "Fire" / "Touch You" "Johnny B. Goode"‡† / "Purple Haze"‡ "Like a Rolling Stone"‡ / "Spanish Castle Magic"‡ 2012 "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"‡ / "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"‡ "Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)" / "Calling All the Devil's Children" 2013 "Somewhere" / "Foxy Lady" "Fire"‡ / "Foxey Lady"‡ "Dolly Dagger"† / "The Star-Spangled Banner"† (studio) 2015 "Purple Haze"‡ / "Freedom"‡ 2018 "Mannish Boy" / "Trash Man"
Notes: † indicates a re-release, ‡ indicates a live recording

v t e Judas Priest
Ian Hill Rob Halford Glenn Tipton Scott Travis Richie Faulkner Al Atkins K. K. Downing Alan Moore John Hinch Simon Phillips Les Binks Dave Holland Tim "Ripper" Owens
Studio albums	Rocka Rolla Sad Wings of Destiny Sin After Sin Stained Class Killing Machine / Hell Bent for Leather British Steel Point of Entry Screaming for Vengeance Defenders of the Faith Turbo Ram It Down Painkiller Jugulator Demolition Angel of Retribution Nostradamus Redeemer of Souls Firepower Invincible Shield
Live albums	Unleashed in the East Priest...Live! Priest, Live and Rare '98 Live Meltdown Live in London A Touch of Evil: Live Battle Cry
Compilations	The Best of Judas Priest Hero, Hero Metal Works '73–'93 The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight Genocide Metalogy The Essential Judas Priest Single Cuts The Chosen Few The Complete Albums Collection
Videos	Live in London Electric Eye Rising in the East Live Vengeance '82 Epitaph Battle Cry
Singles	"Diamonds and Rust" "Better by You Better than Me" "Exciter" "Take On the World" "Evening Star" "Rock Forever" "Living After Midnight" "Breaking the Law" "United" "Heading Out to the Highway" "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" "Electric Eye" "Freewheel Burning" "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" "Turbo Lover" "Johnny B. Goode" "Painkiller" "A Touch of Evil" "Burn in Hell" "Bullet Train" "Revolution" "Panic Attack"
Other songs	"Run of the Mill" "Victim of Changes" "Dissident Aggressor" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" "Judas Rising"
Tours and concerts	British Steel Tour World Wide Blitz Tour World Vengeance Tour Metal Conqueror Tour Fuel for Life Tour Mercenaries of Metal Tour Painkiller Tour Operation Rock & Roll Reunited Tour Retribution Tour Nostradamus World Tour Epitaph World Tour Redeemer of Souls Tour Firepower World Tour
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v t e Dion DiMucci
Albums	Runaround Sue Lovers Who Wander Suite for Late Summer Born to Be with You Streetheart Return of the Wanderer Fire in the Night Yo Frankie Son of Skip James
Singles	"Lonely Teenager" "Runaround Sue" "The Wanderer" "Lovers Who Wander" "Little Diane" "Love Came to Me" "Ruby Baby" "Sandy" "Come Go with Me" "Donna the Prima Donna" "Drip Drop" "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" "Shout" "Johnny B. Goode" "Abraham, Martin and John" "Purple Haze" "And the Night Stood Still" "Sea Cruise"
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Contents Voyager program Voyager 1 Voyager 2
Sound	first movement of Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047 "Cavatina" from Beethoven's String Quartet No. 13 Chakrulo "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" "Gavotte en Rondeau" from Partita for Violin No. 3, BWV 1006 "Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin" "Johnny B. Goode" Mugham Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Puspawarna Queen of the Night aria from The Magic Flute "Sacrificial Dance" from The Rite of Spring Songs of the Humpback Whale first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
Contributors	Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven Valya Balkanska Bavarian State Opera with Edda Moser, conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch Budapest String Quartet Johann Sebastian Bach Ludwig van Beethoven Chuck Berry Columbia Symphony Orchestra conductor: Igor Stravinsky John Cohen Tom Djäwa Ann Druyan Glenn Gould Arthur Grumiaux Guan Pinghu Anthony Holborne Kamil Jalilov Blind Willie Johnson Kesarbai Kerkar Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Münchener Bach-Orchester conductor: Karl Richter David Munrow with the Early Music Consort K. P. H. Notoprojo Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Otto Klemperer Carl Sagan Nick Sagan Laurie Spiegel Gorō Yamaguchi
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