Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology is a two–disc compilation that attempts to summarize the Ramones' career in its entirety. Every Ramones studio album is represented with the exception of Acid Eaters, their 1993 covers album. Some versions of this album include a hardcover 80-page booklet with liner notes by David Fricke and Danny Fields.
| Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | July 20, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1975–1995 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 2:36:17 | |||
| Label | Rhino Entertainment Sire Records | |||
| Producer | Craig Leon Tony Bongiovi Tommy Ramone Ed Stasium Daniel Rey Bill Inglot Gary Stewart Don Williams Jean Beavoir Ritchie Cordell Graham Gouldman Glen Kolotkin Phil Spector Bill Laswell Dave Stewart The Ramones | |||
| Ramones compilation album chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Alternative Press |  [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[3] |
| Q | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Two songs are billed as being previously unissued song versions: "Rock 'n' Roll High School" and "I Want You Around" are the original Ed Stasium mixes for the film Rock 'n' Roll High School, before they were remixed by Phil Spector for the accompanying soundtrack album. However, the Ed Stasium mix of "Rock 'n' Roll High School" had previously appeared on the 1988 compilation album Ramones Mania.
The album was certified platinum in Argentina as of 2001-04-24, selling more than 40,000 copies. It was also certified silver in the UK (more than 60,000 copies sold) as of December 24, 2004, and gold in Australia by 2006 selling more than 35,000 copies.
Stickers on the original boxset release advertised the collection humorously with the sum: "2 minutes + 3 chords x 58 tracks".
Track listing
editDisc one
editAll tracks are written by Ramones; except where indicated. Actual writers of all songs credited to the Ramones listed below in small font
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blitzkrieg Bop" | Tommy Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone | 1976 ~ Ramones | 2:14 |
| 2. | "Beat on the Brat" | Joey Ramone | 1976 ~ Ramones | 2:32 |
| 3. | "Judy Is a Punk" | Joey Ramone | 1976 ~ Ramones | 1:32 |
| 4. | "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" | Tommy Ramone | 1976 ~ Ramones | 2:27 |
| 5. | "53rd & 3rd" | Dee Dee Ramone | 1976 ~ Ramones | 2:20 |
| 6. | "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" | Dee Dee Ramone | 1976 ~ Ramones | 1:37 |
| 7. | "Glad to See You Go" | Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramoone | 1977 ~ Leave Home | 2:13 |
| 8. | "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" | Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone | 1977 ~ Leave Home | 1:44 |
| 9. | "I Remember You" | Joey Ramone | 1977 ~ Leave Home | 2:20 |
| 10. | "California Sun" | Henry Glover, Morris Levy | 1977 ~ Leave Home | 2:03 |
| 11. | "Commando" | Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone | 1977 ~ Leave Home | 1:54 |
| 12. | "Swallow My Pride" (Sire single version) | Joey Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone | 1977 ~ Leave Home | 2:07 |
| 13. | "Carbona Not Glue" (Previously only available on first LP pressings of Leave Home) | Tony Bongiovi, Tommy Ramone | 1977 ~ Leave Home | 1:53 |
| 14. | "Pinhead" | Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Tommy Ramone | 1977 ~ Leave Home | 2:44 |
| 15. | "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" (Original ABC distributed single version) | Joey Ramone | 1977 ~ Rocket to Russia | 2:49 |
| 16. | "Cretin Hop" | Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Tommy Ramone | 1977 ~ Rocket to Russia | 1:58 |
| 17. | "Rockaway Beach" | Dee Dee Ramone | 1977 ~ Rocket to Russia | 2:08 |
| 18. | "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" | Joey Ramone | 1977 ~ Rocket to Russia | 2:50 |
| 19. | "Teenage Lobotomy" | Tony Bongiovi, Tommy Ramone | 1977 ~ Rocket to Russia | 2:03 |
| 20. | "Surfin' Bird" | Carl White, Alfred Frazier, John Harris, Turner Wilson | 1977 ~ Rocket to Russia | 2:37 |
| 21. | "I Don't Care" (Sire single version) | Joey Ramone | 1977 ~ Rocket to Russia | 1:40 |
| 22. | "I Just Want to Have Something to Do" | Joey Ramone | 1978 ~ Road to Ruin | 2:43 |
| 23. | "I Wanna Be Sedated" | Joey Ramone | 1978 ~ Road to Ruin | 2:31 |
| 24. | "Don't Come Close" | Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone | 1978 ~ Road to Ruin | 2:46 |
| 25. | "She's the One" | Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone | 1978 ~ Road to Ruin | 2:15 |
| 26. | "Needles and Pins" (Sire remixed single version) | Sonny Bono, Jack Nitzsche | 1978 ~ Road to Ruin | 2:23 |
| 27. | "Rock 'n' Roll High School" (Ed Stasium Mix) | Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone | Rock 'n' Roll High School film | 2:21 |
| 28. | "I Want You Around" (Ed Stasium Mix) | Dee Dee R. / Joey R. / Johnny Ramone | Rock 'n' Roll High School film | 3:02 |
| 29. | "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" | Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone | 1980 ~ End of the Century | 3:52 |
| 30. | "I Can't Make It on Time" | Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone | 1980 ~ End of the Century | 2:33 |
| 31. | "Chinese Rocks" | Dee Dee Ramone, Richard Hell | 1980 ~ End of the Century | 2:30 |
| 32. | "I'm Affected" | Joey Ramone | 1980 ~ End of the Century | 2:54 |
| 33. | "Danny Says" | Joey Ramone | 1980 ~ End of the Century | 3:06 |
Disc two
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The KKK Took My Baby Away" | Joey Ramone | 1981 ~ Pleasant Dreams | 2:31 |
| 2. | "She's a Sensation" | Joey Ramone | 1981 ~ Pleasant Dreams | 3:26 |
| 3. | "It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)" | Joey Ramone | 1981 ~ Pleasant Dreams | 3:23 |
| 4. | "We Want the Airwaves" | Joey Ramone | 1981 ~ Pleasant Dreams | 3:22 |
| 5. | "Psycho Therapy" | Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone | 1983 ~ Subterranean Jungle | 2:39 |
| 6. | "Howling at the Moon (Sha–La–La)" | Dee Dee Ramone | 1984 ~ Too Tough to Die | 4:06 |
| 7. | "Mama's Boy" | Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Tommy Ramone | 1984 ~ Too Tough to Die | 2:12 |
| 8. | "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)" | Joey Ramone, Daniel Rey | 1984 ~ Too Tough to Die | 4:33 |
| 9. | "I'm Not Afraid of Life" | Dee Dee Ramone | 1984 ~ Too Tough to Die | 3:13 |
| 10. | "Too Tough to Die" | Dee Dee Ramone | 1984 ~ Too Tough to Die | 2:38 |
| 11. | "Endless Vacation" | Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone | 1984 ~ Too Tough to Die | 1:50 |
| 12. | "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)" (UK 12" version) | Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Jean Beauvoir | 1986 ~ Animal Boy | 3:57 |
| 13. | "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" | Richie Ramone | 1986 ~ Animal Boy | 3:23 |
| 14. | "Something to Believe In" (Sire single version) | Dee Dee Ramone, Jean Beauvoir | 1986 ~ Animal Boy | 4:09 |
| 15. | "I Don't Want to Live This Life (Anymore)" | Dee Dee R. | Originally issued as a B–side on the "Crummy Stuff" UK 12" single. | 3:29 |
| 16. | "I Wanna Live" | Dee Dee R. / D. Rey | 1987 ~ Halfway to Sanity | 2:39 |
| 17. | "Garden of Serenity" | Dee Dee R. / D. Rey | 1987 ~ Halfway to Sanity | 2:28 |
| 18. | "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" | Joey R. | 1989 ~ Brain Drain | 2:05 |
| 19. | "Pet Sematary" (Sire single version) | Dee Dee R. / D. Rey | 1989 ~ Brain Drain | 3:34 |
| 20. | "I Believe in Miracles" | Dee Dee R. / D. Rey | 1989 ~ Brain Drain | 3:21 |
| 21. | "Tomorrow She Goes Away" | Joey R. / D. Rey | 1992 ~ Mondo Bizarro | 2:41 |
| 22. | "Poison Heart" | Dee Dee R. / D. Rey | 1992 ~ Mondo Bizzaro | 4:04 |
| 23. | "I Don't Want to Grow Up" | Tom Waits / Kathleen Brennan | 1995 ~ ¡Adios Amigos! | 2:46 |
| 24. | "She Talks to Rainbows" | Joey R. | 1995 ~ ¡Adios Amigos! | 3:14 |
| 25. | "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." (Bonus track from the Japanese edition of ¡Adios Amigos! with vocals by C. J. Ramone) | Lemmy / Würzel / Phil Campbell / Phil Taylor | 1995 ~ ¡Adios Amigos! | 1:24 |
Reissue
editIn 2001 (possibly because of Joey Ramone's death), Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology was re-released. This new version did not include the 80-page booklet and altered the track listing of CD 1. "I'm Affected" and "I Can't Make it on Time" were removed and replaced with "Baby I Love You", which was the band's highest charting hit in the UK.
Personnel
editRamones
- Joey Ramone – lead vocals
- Johnny Ramone – guitar
- Dee Dee Ramone – bass guitar, backing vocals (disc 1: all tracks; disc 2: tracks 1-20)
- C. J. Ramone – bass guitar, backing vocals (disc 2: tracks 21-25)
- Marky Ramone – drums (disc 1: tracks 22-33; disc 2: tracks 1-5, 18-25)
- Richie Ramone – drums (disc 2: tracks 6-17)
- Tommy Ramone – drums (disc 1: tracks 1-21)
Additional musicians
- Barry Goldberg – organ, piano
- Benmont Tench – keyboards
- Steve Douglas – saxophone
- Graham Gouldman - backing vocals
- Russell Mael - backing vocals
- Ian Wilson – backing vocals
- Rodney Bingenheimer - handclaps
- Harvey Robert Kubernick – handclaps
Production
- Jean Beavoir – mixing, original version recording producer, producer
- Don Berman, Ian Bryan, Ron Cote, John Dixon, DJ Walker Bruce, Gold Andy Hoffman, Don Hünerberg, Ray Janos, Tom Lester, Robbie Norris, Garris Shipon, Harry Spiridakis, Joe Warda – assistant engineer
- Keith Bessey, Robert Musso, Anders Oredson – engineer, mixing
- Martin Bisi, Jorge Esteban, Harvey Goldberg, Judy Kirschner, Larry Levine, Boris Menart, Chris Nagle – engineer
- Joe Blaney, Jason Corsaro – mixing
- Tony Bongiovi, Ritchie Cordell, Graham Gouldman, Glen Kolotkin, Craig Leon, The Ramones, Phil Spector – original recording producer, producer
- Sean Donahue – DJ
- Tommy Ramone – associate producer, engineer, original recording producer, producer
- Danny Fields, David Fricke – liner notes
- Oz Fritz, Glenn Rosenstein – mixing assistant
- Bryce Goggin – assistant engineer, engineer
- Paul Hamingson – engineer, mixing assistant
- Bill Inglot, Gary Stewart, Don Williams – compilation producer
- Gary Kurfirst – executive producer
- Bill Laswell, Dave Stewart – producer
- Daniel Rey – musical coordination, original recording producer, producer
- Donna Sekulidis – production coordination
- Joel Soiffer – remixing
- Ed Stasium – engineer, mixing, musical director, original recording producer, producer
Charts
edit| Chart (1999-2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[5] | 46 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[6] | 39 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[7] | 44 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] | 13 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[9] | 74 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[10] | 6 |
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[11] | 32 |
| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Croatian International Albums (HDU)[12] | 25 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina (CAPIF)[13] | Platinum | 60,000^ |
| Australia (ARIA)[14] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[15] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[16] | Gold | 100,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
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- ^ a b "Hey! Ho! Let's Go: Ramones Anthology CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
- ^ Sinclair, Tom (1999-07-23). "Hey Ho Let's Go! The Ramones Anthology Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
- ^ "The Ramones: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 16, 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Ramones – Hey Ho Let's Go! - Anthology" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – Ramones – Hey Ho Let's Go! - Anthology". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Ramones – Hey Ho Let's Go! - Anthology". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Ramones – Hey Ho Let's Go! - Anthology". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Lista prodaje 38. tjedan 2024" (in Croatian). HDU. September 25, 2024. Archived from the original on September 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ "Spanish album certifications" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Select Álbumes under "Categoría", select 2005 under "Año". Select 45 under "Semana". Click on "BUSCAR LISTA".
- ^ "British album certifications – Ramones – Ramones Mania". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 6, 2021.