Roll Over Beethoven
 
 
Roll Over Beethoven is a 1956 hit single by Chuck Berry originally released on Chess Records, with "Drifting Heart" as the B-side.

The lyrics of the song mention rock and roll and the desire for rhythm and blues to replace classical music. The song has been covered by many other artists and Rolling Stone ranked it #97 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Covers:

Jerry Lee Lewis / The Beatles / The Electric Light Orchestra / Mountain / Ten Years After / Raul Seixas / Leon Russell / Status Quo / The Rolling Stones / The Byrds / The 13th Floor Elevators / The Sonics / Wes Paul / Gene Vincent / Quartz / Uriah Heep / Kickhunter / Johnny Rivers / Iron Maiden / Narvel Felts.
  
I'm gonna write a little letter, 
Gonna mail it to my local DJ. 
Yeah an' it's a jumpin' little record 
I want my jockey to play. 
Roll Over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today. 

You know, my temperature's risin' 
The jukebox's blowin' a fuse. 
My heart's beatin' rhythm and my soul keeps a-singin' the blues. 
Roll Over Beethoven and tell Tschaikowsky the news. 

I got the rockin' pneumonia, 
I need a shot of rhythm and blues. 
I caught the rollin' arthiritis sittin' down at a rhythm review. 
Roll Over Beethoven they're rockin' in two by two. 

Well, if you feelin' like it 
Go get your lover, then reel and rock it. 
Roll it over and move on up just 
A trifle further and reel and rock with it, 
Roll it over, 
Roll Over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues. 

Well, early in the mornin' I'm a-givin' you a warnin' 
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes. 
Hey diddle diddle, I am playin' my fiddle, 
Ain't got nothin' to lose. 
Roll Over Beethoven and tell Tschaikowsky the news. 

You know she wiggles like a glow worm, 
Dance like a spinnin' top. 
She got a crazy partner, 
Ya oughta see 'em reel and rock. 
Long as she got a dime the music wont never stop. 

Roll Over Beethoven, 
Roll Over Beethoven, 
Roll Over Beethoven, 
Roll Over Beethoven, 
Roll Over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues.