CHUCK BERRY - SCHOOL DAYS

SCHOOL DAYS

CHUCK BERRY

SONGWRITER: CHUCK BERRY

WHEN: LIVE 1982

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: AFTER SCHOOL SEASSION

LABEL: CHESS

GENRE: ROCKABILLY

YEAR: 1957

"School Days" (also known as "School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)") is a rock-and-roll song written and recorded by Chuck Berry and released by Chess Records as a single in March 1957 and on the LP After School Session two months later (see 1957 in music). It is one of his best-known songs and is often considered a rock-and-roll anthem.

The last verse of the song contains the lyrics "Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old."Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll became the title of a 1987 concert film and documentary about Berry; the song itself is also commonly mistitled as Hail Hail Rock and Roll. Much of the song's musical arrangement was reused by Berry in 1964 in "No Particular Place to Go". The same arrangement was also used for "Big Ben Blues".

Berry recorded the song on January 21, 1957, at Universal Recording Studios in Chicago, Illinois. The session(s) were produced by the Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil. Backing Berry were guitarist Hubert Sumlin(known for his work with Howlin' Wolf), bassist Willie Dixon, and drummer Fred Below.

Up in the morning and out to school

The teacher is teaching the golden role

American history and pracitcal math

You study them hard, hoping to pass

Working your fingers right down to the bone

The guy behind you won't leave you alone

Ring, ring, goes the bell

The cook in the lunchroom is ready to sell

You're lucky if you can find a seat

You're fortunate if you have time to eat

Back in the classroom open your books

Keep it the teacher don't know how mean she looks

Soon as 3 o'clock rolls around

You finally lay your burdon down

Close up your books get out of your seat

Down the halls and in to the street

Up to the corner and round the bend

Right to the juke joint you go in

Drop the coin right in to the slot

You gotta hear something that's really hot

With the one you love you're making romance

All day long you been wanting to dance

Feeling the music from head to toe

Round and round, and round you go

Drop the coin right in

Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' roll

Deliver me from the days of old

Long live rock 'n' roll

The feeling of drums loud and bold

Rock! Rock! Rock 'n' roll

The feeling is there body and soul.