Chinese Rocks
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Chinese Rocks is a punk rock song written by Dee Dee Ramone and Richard Hell It was recorded by each of the songwriter's bands: The Ramones and The Heartbreakers. It first appeared on the Heartbreakers' debut album, L.A.M.F. in 1977, although Richard Hell wasn't in the Heartbreakers anymore, when the album came out, and later on The Ramones' End Of The Century album in 1980.
The title reflects the fact that Chinese rocks is a slang term for far-eastern heroin. The lyrics reflect that heroin addiction is all-consuming.
The song has been covered by a number of bands and singers, most notably by Sid Vicious, on the album Sid Sings, during his brief solo career after the Sex Pistols broke up.
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