“There’s nothing more threatening than a girl with a guitar”: The classic ’80s hit that topped the US chart for seven weeks and turned Joan Jett into a rock icon

Joan Jett.

The song was written and recorded by British glam rockers Arrows in 1975 – but it was the Joan Jett version released as a single seven years later that turned I Love Rock ’N’ Roll into the world-conquering hit it’s known as today.

It served as the opening title track from Jett’s second studio full-length, which ended up being the most commercially successful album of her career.