It became an international success after being covered by Welsh rock and roll singer Shakin' Stevens.
The song was originally released in 1980 on the Blaster's debut album American Music on the small independent label Rollin' Rock.
After joining the Blasters, Alvin came up with the melody, thinking "this would be a great Cajun Balfa Brothers kind of song, and then if you put it to a Chuck Berry beat, this might be pretty cool".
"About 30 minutes before we left to go to rehearsal, I sat down at our kitchen table and I just wrote the lyrics – just came to me.
"[6][7] In Smash Hits, Deanne Person described it as a "good ol' rock 'n' roll song with a touch of C&W in the vocals.