"Cherry Bomb" is the debut

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by the

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the Runaways The Runaways were an all-female American rock band who recorded and performed from 1975 to 1979. The band released four studio albums and one live album during its run. Among their best-known songs are "Cherry Bomb", " Hollywood", "Queens of N ...

from their self-titled debut album. "Cherry Bomb" was ranked 52nd on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs52nd Greatest Hard Rock Song
and peaked at number 6 on the ''Billboard''

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chart. The song is featured in the films ''

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''.

About song

Rhythm guitarist/back-vocalist

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composed the song with

Kim Fowley Kim Vincent Fowley (July 21, 1939 – January 15, 2015) was the American record producer, songwriter and musician who was behind a string of novelty and cult pop rock singles in the 1960s, and managed The Runaways in the 1970s. He has been ...

, the band's then-manager. In the 2005 documentary '' Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways'', Fowley and former Runaways lead singer

Cherie Currie Cherie Ann Currie (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, musician, actress and artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of The Runaways, a rock band from Los Angeles, in the mid-to-late 1970s. After The Runaways, she became a solo artist. ...

claimed that "Cherry Bomb" was quickly written just for Currie to audition for the band because the band members could not perform the song she originally chose to sing. The song was included in the soundtrack for the 2014 film ''

'', in the second episode of the 2019

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series '' The Boys'', and in the 2021

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film '' Fear Street Part Two: 1978''. Jett re-recorded the song with her band

the Blackhearts Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American singer, guitarist, record producer, and actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and per ...

for the 1984 album ''

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''. Cherie Currie also re-recorded "Cherry Bomb" with

Marie Currie Marie Michelle Currie (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and artist. Currie is best known for playing in a band with her identical twin Cherie Currie called Cherie & Marie Currie. Their song " Since You Been ...

, her twin sister, on their 1997 re-released version of the album ''

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''.

Personnel

- lead vocals *

Lita Ford Lita Rossana Ford (born 19 September 1958) is an English-born American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She was the lead guitarist for the all-female rock band the Runaways in the late 1970s, before embarking on a successful glam metal solo ...

- lead guitar *

- rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

Sandy West Sandy West (July 10, 1959 – October 21, 2006) was an American singer, drummer and songwriter. She was one of the founding members of the Runaways, the first teenage all-girl hard rock band to record and achieve widespread commercial success ...

- drums, backing vocals Additional musicians *

Nigel Harrison Nigel Harrison (born 24 April 1951) is an English musician. Harrison spent several years as the bassist of the American rock band Blondie during the 1970s and 1980s. Life & career Harrison grew up in Princes Risborough, a small town in the ...

- bass-guitar

Chart performance

References

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