Written by front man and lead vocalist Joey Ramone, it appears on the band's third studio album Rocket to Russia (1977).

[1][6] In the US, it was released as a single in July 1977, and reached number 81 in the Billboard Hot 100, and appeared on copies of the second issue of the band's 1977 album Leave Home (replacing the track "Carbona Not Glue").

The track, as well as its B-side "I Don't Care", was remixed and re-released for their third LP Rocket to Russia.

"[citation needed] The song is notable for being one of the first to explicitly refer to "punk rock" in its title and lyrics in terms of a subculture.

[9] Cash Box said that "this combination of grinding guitars, rock nostalgia and Anglophiliac delivery could only belong to the Ramones" and that it "is their slickest effort to date.