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Rip It Up / Ready TeddyJohn Lennon

Released: February 17, 1975

Songwriter: Robert Blackwell John Marascalco

Producer: John Lennon Phil Spector

[Part 1: "Rip It Up"]

[Verse 1]
Well it's Saturday night, and I just got paid
Fool about my money, don't try to save
My heart says, "Go! Go! Have a time"
Because it's Saturday night, baby, I'm feeling fine

[Chorus]
Gonna rip it up
Gonna rock it up
Gonna shake it up
Gonna ball it up
Gonna rock it up
And ball tonight

[Verse 2]
Got me a date and now don't be late
Picked her up in my eighty-eight
Shag on down to the union hall
When the joint starts jumping, I'll have a ball

[Chorus]
Gonna rip it up
Gonna rock it up
Gonna shake it up
Gonna ball it up
Gonna rock it up
And ball tonight

[Saxophone Solo]

[Part 2: "Ready Teddy"]

[Intro]
Well, ready, set, go man, go
I got a girl that I love so

[Chorus]
And I'm ready
Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready
Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready
Ready ready Teddy
I'm ready, ready, Teddy to rock and roll

[Verse 3]
Going to the corner, pick up my sweetie pie
She's my rock and roll, baby, she's the apple of my eye

[Chorus]
And I'm ready
Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready
Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready
Ready ready Teddy
I'm ready, ready, Teddy to rock and roll

John Lennon

As the founding member of The Beatles, John Winston Lennon (1940-1980) is one of the most recognizable cultural icons of the 20th Century. He is also the other half of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership, alongside fellow Beatle, Paul McCartney.

As a solo artist and through his relationship and collaboration with avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, he became just as recognizable for his political activism.

Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980, outside of his New York apartment, The Dakota. Since then, his music and message remain timeless.

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