{"id":6146,"date":"2026-10-06T16:46:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T20:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=6146"},"modified":"2026-10-06T16:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T20:46:35","slug":"the-chuck-berry-song-that-inspired-a-glam-rock-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-chuck-berry-song-that-inspired-a-glam-rock-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chuck Berry Song That Inspired a Glam Rock Anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rock history is littered with songs that contain the DNA of Chuck Berry tunes. Everyone from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones to the New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, and beyond has, in some way, followed Berry\u2019s rock-and-roll blueprint. And this glam rock anthem likely wouldn\u2019t exist without Berry\u2019s foundational guitar style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cBang A Gong (Get It On)\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"T. Rex - Bang a Gong (Get It On) (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FyzWDl0nz00?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1971, T. Rex continued its drift away from folk music and toward boogie-oriented glam rock. Led by Marc Bolan, the group helped pioneer glam rock with <em>Electric Warrior<\/em>, their second LP, as T. Rex (formerly Tyrannosaurus Rex).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The album reached No. 1 in the U.K. and remains a glam-rock touchstone, propelled by swaggering classics like \u201cGet It On\u201d and \u201cJeepster\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For \u201cGet It On\u201d, later retitled \u201cBang A Gong (Get It On)\u201d in the U.S., Bolan drew inspiration from Chuck Berry\u2019s 1959 single, \u201cLittle Queenie\u201d, most notably with the syncopated blues riff that Bolan used as his starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Built Like a Car<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Little Queenie (Remastered)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z-0f43OMpFs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both tunes are propelled by young lust. But Bolan cloaked his want in the language of hipster counterculture and hot rods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Well, you\u2019re built like a car,<br>You\u2019ve got a hubcap diamond-star halo,<br>You\u2019re built like a car, oh, yeah.<br>Well, you\u2019re an untamed youth,<br>That\u2019s the truth with your cloak full of eagles,<br>You\u2019re dirty sweet, and you\u2019re my girl<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Berry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I got lumps in my throat when I saw her coming down the aisle,<br>I got the wiggles in my knees when she looked at me and sweetly smiled.<br>There she is again, standing over by the record machine,<br>Looking like a model on the cover of a magazine.<br>She\u2019s too cute to be a minute over 17<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Pop music, it seems, has often shared an infatuation with age 17\u2014see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/abba\/dancing-queen\">ABBA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/the-beatles\/i-saw-her-standing-there\">The Beatles<\/a> as examples.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Returning to T. Rex, Bolan ends \u201cGet It On\u201d with an ad lib borrowed from \u201cLittle Queenie\u201d. As the track fades out, Bolan says, \u201cFor a meanwhile, I\u2019m still thinking,\u201d a nod to Berry\u2019s own pondering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Meanwhile, I was still thinking,<br>If it\u2019s a slow song, we\u2019ll omit it.<br>If it\u2019s a rocker, that\u2019ll get it.<br>And if it\u2019s good, she\u2019ll admit it,<br>C\u2019mon queenie, let\u2019s get with it<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rock history is littered with songs that contain the foundation of Chuck Berry tunes, as many legends have followed his rock-and-roll blueprint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":973477,"featured_media":6149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"byline":{"profiles":[{"type":"byline_id","atts":{"term_id":316,"post_id":2139}}]},"savage_platform_role_ideator":[],"savage_platform_role_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_senior_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_photographer":[],"savage_platform_role_illustrator":[],"savage_platform_role_translator":[],"savage_platform_role_as-told-to":[],"savage_platform_role_reviewed-by":[],"savage_platform_disable_recirculation":false,"savage_platform_article_type":"news","savage_platform_vice_article_type":"article","savage_platform_article_intent":"","savage_platform_show_affiliate_disclaimer":false,"savage_platform_markdown_available":false,"savage_platform_markdown_version":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"wp_curate_deduplication":false,"wp_curate_unique_pinned_posts":false,"savage_platform_featured_image_caption":"Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"savage_platform_subheadline":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[555,280,18,556],"byline":[316],"class_list":["post-6146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-chuck-berry","tag-glam-rock","tag-rock-music","tag-t-rex"],"savage_platform_primary_term":{"category":{"term_name":"Features","term_id":12,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/category\/features\/"},"post_tag":{"term_name":"Chuck Berry","term_id":555,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/tag\/chuck-berry\/"}},"hide_from_homepage":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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