Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

Released: May 23, 1988

Songwriter: Kenny Laguna Ricky Byrd Ric Browde Joan Jett

Producer: Ric Browde Kenny Laguna Thom Panunzio Desmond Child

Standing on the corner trying to hail a cab
You tap me on the shoulder
My heart about to stop it was fine
You ask me for directions you was going my way
I had no objections I couldn't be blasé
You were fine

The move was so electric
You were so magnetic
Just like in the movies
Just like in the movies

Thursday at the Plaza, Friday at the Ritz
You were all I wanted and we seal it with a kiss
You were mine

I felt your arms around me I was so secure
I knew that love had found me I knew it couldn't go
You were mine

We look so fine together
Love will last forever
Just like in the movies
Just like in the movies

Get yourself together
Love to last forever
Just like in the movies
Just like in the movies

I just found a picture dusty on the shelf
Gazing at the mirror smiling to myself
I'm alive

If is but a moment
Wonder where it all went
Just like in the movies
Just like in the movies

If is but a moment
Wonder where it all went
Just like in the movies
Just like in the movies

Just like in the movies
Just like in the movies
Just like in the movies

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.

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