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"Get It On" is a song by the English rock band T. Rex, featured on their 1971 album Electric Warrior. Written by frontman Marc Bolan, "Get It On" was the second chart-topper for T. Rex on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it was retitled "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" to avoid confusion with a song of the same name by the group Chase.
- "There Was a Time" / "Raw Ramp"
- 2 July 1971
- 4:25
- "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" From: 'Electric Warrior' (1971) "Get It On" (as it was called in the U.K.) or "Bang a Gong" (like it was titled in the U.S.) is the definitive T. Rex classic.
- "Metal Guru" From: 'The Slider' (1972) The kickoff song to The Slider, which many consider Marc Bolan's finest album, "Metal Guru" is first-class T. Rex.
- "Telegram Sam" From: 'The Slider' (1972) The first single released from The Slider, and the third No.1 U.K. hit for T. Rex, "Telegram Sam" is prime bump-n-grind rock 'n' roll action.
- "20th Century Boy" From: U.K. Single (1973) "20th Century Boy" fits perfectly in the T. Rex Top 10 Songs, as it was one of the loudest, most grooving singles T. Rex ever released.
- “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” (Electric Warrior, 1971) Built on a Bo Diddley-esque shuffle, powered by a Chuck Berry-inspired riff, and glistening with a lithe, beguiling sexuality that is all Marc Bolan, “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” is one of those immediately arresting pop hits that never wears out its welcome.
- “The Slider” (The Slider, 1972) The title track to T. Rex’s second-best album is a masterful lesson in musical restraint, with the drum beat stumbling in like a grinning stoner while the electric guitar growls like a drugged wild animal.
- “Jeepster” (Electric Warrior, 1971) Opening with drummer Bill Legend’s shuffling boogie beat (he often deployed a sly trick where the beat sounds like it’s about to trip all over itself before easing into a confident but casual lock), “Jeepster” is a delirious cauldron of jump blues, spiky guitar riffs and libidinous hissing.
- “Children of the Revolution” (single, 1972) Glam rock was often criticized for eschewing intricacies in favor of straightforward song structures, so it’s deliciously fitting that Bolan’s glam generational anthem barely bothers with verses; at two minutes and a half, “Children of the Revolution” gets to the howling falsetto of the chorus as quickly and often as possible on this surprisingly tough rocker.
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lyrics. artistfacts. Songfacts®: Written by T. Rex lead singer Marc Bolan, this song is all about sex, but with imagery so comically vague it would be hard for even the most prudish listeners to take offense.
- Brian Kachejian
- Children Of The Revolution. We close out our top 10 T. Rex Songs list with the great track “Children of the Revolution.” This great song was released in 1970.
- Raw Ramp. When I first purchased the single “Bang A Gong,” I found myself playing the B-side more often than the A-side. I don’t think I was alone.
- Metal Guru. The classic T.Rex song “Metal Guru,” was the band’s fourth number one single in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was the second single released from the album The Slider.
- Jeepster. While we wanted to cover as many aspects of the career of T. Rex as space would allow, there was no way we were going to leave this great T. Rex song of this list.
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