Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

Released: June 14, 1994

Songwriter: Kathleen Hanna Kenny Laguna Joan Jett

Producer: Kenny Laguna

Words, letters and numbered grooves
Caught in a photograph and I can't move
Is that your camera or is that your gun
Stuck in a funhouse that ain’t no fun

I'm rubber you're glue
An’ whatever you say
Bounces off of me yeah, yeah
An' sticks to you

Power hungry poser scene
Embalm your words deep inside of me
Words you put in my head
You define everything to death

I'm rubber you're glue
An' whatever you say
Bounces off of me yeah, yeah
An' sticks to you

Who defines your identity?
Re-define your identity
Get your words outta me
Who decides your identity? Not me

I'm rubber you're glue
An’ whatever you say
Bounces off of me yeah, yeah
An’ sticks to you

I'm rubber you’re glue
An' whatever you say
Bounces off of me yeah, yeah
An' sticks to you

After splitting with The Runaways, and releasing her first solo album, Joan Jett placed an ad in LA Weekly looking for bandmates. Gary Ryan, Eric Ambel, and Danny “Furious” O'Brien joined her, creating the orginial Blackhearts lineup.

After their initial tour though, O'Brien was replaced with Lee Crystal.

Early on, keeping the band afloat was not easy. Joan and producer Kenny Laguna struggled, sometimes selling copies of albums from the trunk of his car. Eventually unable to keep up with the demand for Joan Jett’s album, they signed with Boardwalk Records.

more tracks from the album

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From the albums

Pure and Simple (1994)
Love Is All Around (1996)

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