"I WANNA BE SEDATED" RAMONES (1978)

The inventors of the two-minute, three-chord punk song. What the Ramones did for rock & roll seems so simple, but their impact was huge. There was nothing else like it before them. And for me, “I Wanna Be Sedated” is the ultimate Ramones anthem. It follows you around throughout life. In car rides. At parties. In karaoke bars. The second I hear it, all the memories come back. And then just like that, the blast from the past is gone.

“20, 20, 20, 4, hours to go, I wanna be sedated. Nothing to do, nowhere to go, oh I wanna be sedated.”