Songoftheday 2/16/13 - If you get back up they gonna come around all the sycophants they love to make romance to the ugly sound of em tellin you what you wanna hear an you pretend...

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - "Fake Friends"
from the album Album (1983)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #35 (two weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 4

Today's song of the day is by grrrl rocker supreme Joan Jett, who blastest into the homes of America with her 1982 #1 smash "I Love Rock & Roll", then followed it with her top-10 cover of the Shondells' classic "Crimson & Clover". After she re-released her earlier hit "Do You Wanna Touch Me", that also made the top-20 in 1982.

After such a fruitful year, Jett the and Blackhearts finally finished their next album, simply titled Album, and released it in 1983 with the lead-off single "Fake Friends", written by Jett with producer Kenny Laguna...

"Fake Friends" turned into Joan's fourth top-40 hit, as well as reached the top-20 on the rock radio chart. It also was a minor hit in Australia.

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..and here's Joan on TV performing the song...

Finally, here's Joan from last year in Brazil...

Up tomorrow: a stoic continent.