Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology is a two–disc compilation that attempts to summarize the Ramones

Ramones

The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...

' career in its entirety. It features two previously unissued song versions; "Rock 'n' Roll High School" and "I Want You Around" are the Ed Stasium

Ed Stasium

Ed Stasium is an American record producer and engineer who has worked on albums by The Ramones, Talking Heads, The Smithereens and Living Colour.- History :Stasium first surfaced in 1970 fronting the band Brandywine, appearing on their sole LP Aged....

 mixes from the Rock 'n' Roll High School

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Rock 'n' Roll High School is a 1979 musical comedy film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Allan Arkush, and featuring the Ramones.The film starred P. J. Soles, Vince Van Patten, and Clint Howard...

original motion picture soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

. Some versions of this album include a hardcover 80 page booklet with liner notes by David Fricke

David Fricke

David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine, where he writes predominantly on rock music. In the 1990s, he was managing editor before stepping down.-Background:David Fricke is a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania...

 and Danny Fields

Danny Fields

Danny Fields is an American journalist and author. As a music-industry executive in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, he was one of the most influential figures in the underground and punk rock scenes.- Early life :...

. Every Ramones studio album is represented with the exception of Acid Eaters

Acid Eaters

Acid Eaters is the thirteenth studio album by the American punk band The Ramones.Recorded in 1993 , towards the end of the Ramones' career, the album is often set apart from other Ramones releases in that it is entirely composed of covers...

, their 1993 covers album.

The album was certified platinum in Argentina as of 2001-04-24, selling more than 40,000 copies. It was also certified silver in the UK (more than 60,000 copies sold) as of December 24, 2004, and gold in Australia by 2006 selling more than 35,000 copies.

Stickers on the original boxset release advertised the collection humorously with the sum: "2 minutes + 3 chords x 58 tracks".

Disc one

1. "Blitzkrieg Bop
   Blitzkrieg Bop
   "Blitzkrieg Bop" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones. It was released as the band's debut single in April of 1976 in the United States...
   
   " – 2:14  (Tommy Ramone
   Tommy Ramone
   Tommy Ramone, also known as Thomas Erdelyi , is a Hungarian American record producer and musician...
   
    / Dee Dee Ramone
   Dee Dee Ramone
   Dee Dee Ramone was an American songwriter and musician, best known as founding member, bassist and main songwriter of the punk rock band the Ramones....
   
   )
2. "Beat on the Brat" – 2:32  (Joey Ramone
   Joey Ramone
   Joey Ramone was an American vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist in the punk rock band the Ramones. Joey Ramone's image, voice and tenure as frontman of the Ramones made him a countercultural icon.-Early life:Joey Ramone was born Jeffry Hyman to parents Noel and Charlotte Hyman...
   
   )
3. "Judy Is a Punk" – 1:32   (Joey R.)
4. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" – 2:27   (Tommy R.)
5. "53rd & 3rd
   53rd & 3rd
   "53rd & 3rd" is a song by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It was released as the band's second single and the final released from their debut album, Ramones.-Lyrics:...
   
   " – 2:20   (Dee Dee R.)
6. "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
   Sniffin' Glue
   Sniffin' Glue is the name of a monthly punk zine started by Mark Perry in July 1976 and released for about a year. The name is derived from a Ramones song "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue." Others that wrote for the magazine that later became well known journalists include Danny Baker.Although initial...
   
   " – 1:37   (Dee Dee R.)
7. "Glad to See You Go" – 2:13   (Lyrics: Dee Dee R. / Music: Joey R.)
8. "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" – 1:44
9. "I Remember You" – 2:20
10. "California Sun
    California Sun
    "California Sun", is a song credited to Henry Glover and Morris Levy. Originally recorded by 35-year-old New Orleans-born singer-songwriter Joe Jones, and released by EMI in the winter of 1961, it peaked at #89 on the charts.-Cover versions:...
    
    " – 2:03   (Henry Glover / Morris Levy)
11. "Commando" – 1:54
12. "Swallow My Pride" (Single Version) – 2:07   (Joey R.) ¹
13. "Carbona Not Glue" – 1:53 ²
14. "Pinhead" – 2:44   (Dee Dee R.)
15. "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
    Sheena is a Punk Rocker
    "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" is a song by the punk rock group The Ramones. It first appeared on their third LP, Rocket to Russia, in 1977, and was also included on later pressings of the group's second album, Leave Home...
    
    " (Single Version) – 2:49   (Joey R.) ³
16. "Cretin Hop" – 1:58
17. "Rockaway Beach
    Rockaway Beach (song)
    "Rockaway Beach" is a song by the American punk rock band the Ramones from their 1977 album Rocket to Russia. The song was written by bassist Dee Dee Ramone in the style of the Beach Boys and other early surf rock bands. The song is about Rockaway Beach, Queens, where Dee Dee liked to spend time....
    
    " – 2:08   (Dee Dee R.)
18. "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" – 2:50   (Joey R.)
19. "Teenage Lobotomy" – 2:03
20. "Surfin' Bird
    Surfin' Bird
    "Surfin' Bird" is a song performed by the American surf rock band The Trashmen; it is also the name of the album that featured this hit single. It was released in 1963 and reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100...
    
    " – 2:37   (Carl White / Alfred Frazier / John Harris / Turner Wilson, Jr.)
21. "I Don't Care" (Single Version) – 1:40   (Joey R.) ¹
22. "I Just Want to Have Something to Do" – 2:43   (Joey R.)
23. "I Wanna Be Sedated
    I Wanna Be Sedated
    "I Wanna Be Sedated" is a song by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It is one of the band's best known songs. It was originally released on their fourth album, Road to Ruin, in September 1978 and was the b-side of the UK single "She's the One" released on January 10, 1979. The song was later...
    
    " – 2:31   (Joey R.)
24. "Don't Come Close" – 2:46
25. "She's the One" – 2:15
26. "Needles & Pins
    Needles and Pins (1963 song)
    "Needles and Pins" is a song written by Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono. In his autobiography, Bono states that he sang along with Nitzsche's guitar-playing, thus creating both the tune and the lyrics, being guided by the chord progressions....
    
    " (Single Version) – 2:23  (Sonny Bono
    Sonny Bono
    Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.-Early life:...
    
     / Jack Nitzsche
    Jack Nitzsche
    Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche was an arranger, producer, songwriter, and film score composer. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and others...
    
    ) ⁴
27. "Rock 'n' Roll High School
    Rock 'n' Roll High School (song)
    "Rock 'n' Roll High School" is a song by the punk rock group the Ramones from the soundtrack album Rock 'n' Roll High School. The single did not chart in the U.S. but peaked at number 67 on the UK Singles Chart....
    
    " (Ed Stasium Mix) – 2:21   (Joey R.) ⁵
28. "I Want You Around" (Ed Stasium Mix) – 3:02  (Dee Dee R. / Joey R. / Johnny Ramone
    Johnny Ramone
    John William Cummings , better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being the guitarist for the punk rock band the Ramones. He was a founding member of the band, and remained a member throughout the band's entire career...
    
    ) ⁵
29. "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
    Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
    "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" was the second single by American punk rock band the Ramones from their fifth studio album, End of the Century. It was released on May 16, 1980. This song and the album itself marked a complete change in the Ramones' sound...
    
    " – 3:52   (Joey R.)
30. "I Can't Make It on Time" – 2:33
31. "Chinese Rock
    Chinese Rock
    "Chinese Rocks" or "Chinese Rock" is a song written in 1976 by New York City punk legends Dee Dee Ramone and Richard Hell.Openly discussing heroin addiction, "Chinese Rock" was first recorded by Hell's former band, The Heartbreakers, and later by Dee Dee's band The Ramones.-Origin:Hell and Dee Dee...
    
    " – 2:30  (Dee Dee R. / Richard Hell
    Richard Hell
    Richard Hell is a singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and writer.Richard Hell was an innovator of punk music and fashion. He was one of the first to spike his hair and wear torn, cut and drawn-on shirts, often held together with safety pins...
    
    )
32. "I'm Affected" – 2:54   (Joey R.)
33. "Danny Says
    Danny Says
    "Danny Says" is a ballad written by Joey Ramone. The song was originally released as the third track on the Ramones 1980 album, End of the Century. The 2002 Expanded Edition CD of the album includes a demo version of "Danny Says" among the bonus tracks...
    
    " – 3:06   (Joey R.)

Disc two

1. "The KKK Took My Baby Away
   The KKK Took My Baby Away
   "The KKK Took My Baby Away" is a song written by Joey Ramone. It appears on the Ramones' 1981 album Pleasant Dreams.It has been speculated that Joey wrote the song as a reference to Johnny Ramone "stealing" away his girlfriend Linda, though Joey's brother Mickey Leigh has said that the song was...
   
   " – 2:31  (Joey Ramone
   Joey Ramone
   Joey Ramone was an American vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist in the punk rock band the Ramones. Joey Ramone's image, voice and tenure as frontman of the Ramones made him a countercultural icon.-Early life:Joey Ramone was born Jeffry Hyman to parents Noel and Charlotte Hyman...
   
   )
2. "She's a Sensation" – 3:26   (Joey R.)
3. "It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)" – 3:23   (Joey R.)
4. "We Want the Airwaves" – 3:22   (Joey R.)
5. "Psycho Therapy" – 2:39  (Johnny Ramone
   Johnny Ramone
   John William Cummings , better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being the guitarist for the punk rock band the Ramones. He was a founding member of the band, and remained a member throughout the band's entire career...
   
    / Dee Dee Ramone
   Dee Dee Ramone
   Dee Dee Ramone was an American songwriter and musician, best known as founding member, bassist and main songwriter of the punk rock band the Ramones....
   
   )
6. "Howling at the Moon (Sha–La–La)" – 4:06   (Dee Dee R.)
7. "Mama's Boy" – 2:12  (Johnny R. / Dee Dee R. / Tommy Ramone
   Tommy Ramone
   Tommy Ramone, also known as Thomas Erdelyi , is a Hungarian American record producer and musician...
   
   )
8. "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)" – 4:33   (Joey R. / Daniel Rey)
9. "I'm Not Afraid of Life" – 3:13   (Dee Dee R.)
10. "Too Tough to Die" – 2:38   (Dee Dee R.)
11. "Endless Vacation" – 1:50   (Dee Dee R. / Johnny R.)
12. "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)
    My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)
    "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" is a song by American punk rock band the Ramones. Initially issued as a single in Great Britain by Beggars Banquet Records in 1985, it did not receive an American single release. An emotionally charged protest of the visit by U.S. president Ronald Reagan to a German cemetery...
    
    " (Single Version) – 3:57   (Dee Dee R. / Joey R. / Jean Beauvoir
    Jean Beauvoir
    Jean Beauvoir is an American singer bassist, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist.Beauvoir was born in Chicago to parents of Haitian background. He played drums as a child and switched to bass as a teenager. He was Gary U.S. Bonds's musical director at age 13; following this he sang in the doo wop...
    
    ) ⁶
13. "Somebody Put Something in My Drink
    Somebody Put Something In My Drink
    "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" is a song by the Ramones from their 1986 album Animal Boy. The song also appears on the Ramones compilation album Ramones Mania, the only Ramones album to go gold...
    
    " – 3:23  (Richie Ramone
    Richie Ramone
    Richie Ramone is an American drummer best known for being the drummer for the iconic punk band the Ramones and the only Ramones drummer to be the sole composer and writer of Ramones songs.-Biography:...
    
    )
14. "Something to Believe In" (Single Version) – 4:09   (Dee Dee R. / J. Beauvoir) ¹
15. "I Don't Want to Live This Life (Anymore)" – 3:29   (Dee Dee R.) ⁷
16. "I Wanna Live" – 2:39   (Dee Dee R. / D. Rey)
17. "Garden of Serenity" – 2:28   (Dee Dee R. / D. Rey)
18. "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" (Single Version) – 2:05   (Joey R.) ¹
19. "Pet Sematary" (Single Version) – 3:34   (Dee Dee R. / D. Rey) ¹
20. "I Believe in Miracles" – 3:21   (Dee Dee R. / D. Rey)
21. "Tomorrow She Goes Away" – 2:41   (Joey R. / D. Rey)
22. "Poison Heart" – 4:04   (Dee Dee R. / D. Rey)
23. "I Don't Want to Grow Up" – 2:46  (Tom Waits
    Tom Waits
    Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
    
     / Kathleen Brennan
    Kathleen Brennan
    Kathleen Brennan is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and artist. She was born in Johnsburg, Illinois, as noted by her husband and musical collaborator Tom Waits, in the song of the same name. Brennan and Waits met in 1980 during the filming of the Francis Ford Coppola film One from...
    
    )
24. "She Talks to Rainbows" – 3:14   (Joey R.)
25. "R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
    R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
    "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." is a song first recorded by the British rock band Motörhead on their 1991 album 1916 as a tribute to their friends and contemporaries, the Ramones. The bands were long standing admirers of each others' work...
    
    " – 1:24  (Lemmy / Würzel
    Würzel
    Michael Burston commonly known by the stage name Würzel, was an English musician and formerly a guitarist in the British heavy metal band, Motörhead....
    
     / Phil Campbell
    Phil Campbell (musician)
    Philip Anthony Campbell has been the lead guitarist of the British heavy metal band Motörhead since 1984. He is also the former guitarist of Persian Risk.-Early life and career:...
    
     / Phil Taylor) ⁸

Re-Issue

In 2001 (possibly because of Joey Ramone's death), Hey! Ho! Let's Go was re-released. This new version did not include the eighty page booklet and altered the tracklisting of CD 1. "I'm Affected" and "I Can't Make it on Time" were removed and replaced with "Baby I Love You", which was the band's highest charting hit in the UK.

Ramones

• Joey Ramone
  Joey Ramone
  Joey Ramone was an American vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist in the punk rock band the Ramones. Joey Ramone's image, voice and tenure as frontman of the Ramones made him a countercultural icon.-Early life:Joey Ramone was born Jeffry Hyman to parents Noel and Charlotte Hyman...
  
   – lead vocals
• Johnny Ramone
  Johnny Ramone
  John William Cummings , better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being the guitarist for the punk rock band the Ramones. He was a founding member of the band, and remained a member throughout the band's entire career...
  
   – guitar
• Dee Dee Ramone
  Dee Dee Ramone
  Dee Dee Ramone was an American songwriter and musician, best known as founding member, bassist and main songwriter of the punk rock band the Ramones....
  
   – bass, backing vocals
• C.J. Ramone – bass, backing vocals
• Marky Ramone
  Marky Ramone
  Marky Ramone is an American musician. He is best known for being the drummer for the Ramones, but has also played in other notable bands like Dust, Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, and the Misfits.Although he is not the original drummer , Marky is the only living...
  
   - drums
• Richie Ramone
  Richie Ramone
  Richie Ramone is an American drummer best known for being the drummer for the iconic punk band the Ramones and the only Ramones drummer to be the sole composer and writer of Ramones songs.-Biography:...
  
   - drums
• Tommy Ramone
  Tommy Ramone
  Tommy Ramone, also known as Thomas Erdelyi , is a Hungarian American record producer and musician...
  
   – drums

Additional musicians

• Barry Goldberg
  Barry Goldberg
  Barry Goldberg is a blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter and record producer.-Career:As a teenager in Chicago, Goldberg sat in with Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, and Howlin' Wolf. He played keyboards in the band supporting Bob Dylan during his 1965 'electrified' appearance at the Newport Folk Festival...
  
   – organ, piano
• Benmont Tench
  Benmont Tench
  Benjamin Montmorency Tench, III is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early years:...
  
   – keyboards
• Steve Douglas
  Steve Douglas (saxophonist)
  Steven Douglas Kreisman , better known as Steve Douglas, was an American saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist. Douglas is best known as a Los Angeles session musician, a member of The Wrecking Crew, who worked with Phil Spector, Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys...
  
   – saxophone
• Graham Gouldman
  Graham Gouldman
  Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...
  
   - backing vocals
• Russell Mael
  Russell Mael
  Russell Mael is an American singer and songwriter who, with his older brother Ron, is in the band Sparks....
  
   - backing vocals
• Ian Wilson – backing vocals
• Rodney Bingenheimer - handclapping
• Harvey Robert Kubernick – handclapping

Production

• Jean Beavoir – Mixing, Original Recording Producer, Producer
• Don Berman, Ian Bryan, Ron Cote, John Dixon, DJ Walker Bruce, Gold Andy Hoffman, Don Hunerberg, Ray Janos, Tom Lester, Robbie Norris, Garris Shipon, Harry Spiridakis, Joe Warda – Assistant Engineer
• Keith Bessey, Robert Musso, Anders Oredson – Engineer, Mixing
• Martin Bisi, Jorge Esteban, Harvey Goldberg, Judy Kirschner, Larry Levine, Boris Menart, Chris Nagle – Engineer
• Joe Blaney, Jason Corsaro – Mixing
• Tony Bongiovi
  Tony Bongiovi
  Tony Bongiovi is a record producer and recording engineer with expertise in Electrical & Acoustical Engineering. He helped to remodel an old building in Manhattan—once a power plant for Edison, and later a television studio—into the Power Station recording studio in 1977.Bongiovi was born in the...
  
  , Ritchie Cordell, Graham Gouldman
  Graham Gouldman
  Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...
  
  , Glen Kolotkin, Craig Leon, The Ramones
  Ramones
  The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
  
  , Phil Spector
  Phil Spector
  Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....
  
   – Original Recording Producer, Producer
• Sean Donahue – DJ
• Tommy Ramone
  Tommy Ramone
  Tommy Ramone, also known as Thomas Erdelyi , is a Hungarian American record producer and musician...
  
   – Associate Producer, Engineer, Original Recording Producer, Producer
• Danny Fields
  Danny Fields
  Danny Fields is an American journalist and author. As a music-industry executive in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, he was one of the most influential figures in the underground and punk rock scenes.- Early life :...
  
  , David Fricke
  David Fricke
  David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine, where he writes predominantly on rock music. In the 1990s, he was managing editor before stepping down.-Background:David Fricke is a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania...
  
   – Liner Notes
• Oz Fritz, Glenn Rosenstein – Mixing Assistant
• Bryce Goggin – Assistant Engineer, Engineer
• Paul Hamingson – Engineer, Mixing Assistant
• Bill Inglot
  Bill Inglot
  Bill Inglot is an American music engineer and producer, best known for remastering older recordings to high quality digital standards.Inglot worked for Rhino Entertainment and other Warner Music Group labels from 1982 to 2007. He was largely responsible for reintroducing historically popular pop...
  
  , Gary Stewart, Don Williams – Compilation Producer
• Gary Kurfirst – Executive Producer
• Bill Laswell
  Bill Laswell
  Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
  
  , Dave Stewart – Producer
• Daniel Rey – Musical Coordination, Original Recording Producer, Producer
• Donna Sekulidis – Production Coordination
• Joel Soiffer – Remixing
• Ed Stasium
  Ed Stasium
  Ed Stasium is an American record producer and engineer who has worked on albums by The Ramones, Talking Heads, The Smithereens and Living Colour.- History :Stasium first surfaced in 1970 fronting the band Brandywine, appearing on their sole LP Aged....
  
  – Engineer, Mixing, Musical Director, Original Recording Producer, Producer