The prison band was there
and they began to wail
The band was jumpin'
and the joint began to swing
Let's rock everybody, let's rock
Jailhouse Rock est une chanson de rock 'n' roll écrite par Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller pour Elvis Presley, dont la version a été éditée par RCA en septembre 1957. La chanson a été créée pour le film Jailhouse Rock (Le Rock du bagne), réalisé par Richard Thorpe en 1957.
Le tandem Leiber/Stoller a également composé Treat Me Nice qui figure sur la face B du 45 tours, ainsi que I Want to Be Free et (You're So Square) Baby Don't Care qui se trouvent sur un E.P. paru en octobre pour accompagner la sortie du film.
Aux États-Unis, la chanson fut n°1 du Billboard Hot 100 pendant sept semaines en octobre, novembre et décembre 1957. Elle est restée trois semaines en tête du hit parade britannique au début de l'année 1958.
En 2003, Jailhouse Rock a été classée 67e plus grande chanson de tous les temps par le magazine Rolling Stone.
The warden threw a party in the county jail
The prison band was there and they began to wail
The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
You should've heard them knocked-out jailbirds sing
Let's rock everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang
The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang
Let's rock everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Number forty-seven said to number three
"You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see
I sure would be delighted with your company
Come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me"
Let's rock everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Sad sack was sittin' on a block of stone
Way over in the corner weepin' all alone
The warden said, "hey, buddy, don't you be no square
If you can't find a partner, use a wooden chair"
Let's rock everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Shifty Henry said to Bugs, "For Heaven's sake
No one's lookin' now's our chance to make a break"
Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said, "Nix, Nix
I want to stick around a while and get my kicks"
Let's rock everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
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