The Shot Heard 'Round the World
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| "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" | |||||
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| Song by Ween | |||||
| from the album Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks | |||||
| Released | April 9, 1996[1] | ||||
| Recorded | c. late 1995 | ||||
| Studio | Graphic Sound Studio (Ringoes, New Jersey) | ||||
| Length | 3:09 | ||||
| Label | Lava Records | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Dorough | ||||
| Producer(s) | Greg Frey | ||||
| Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks track listing | |||||
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"The Shot Heard 'Round the World" is a song originally written and performed by Bob Dorough for the educational program Schoolhouse Rock! in 1975. Ween covered the song for Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks in 1996.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks (compilation, 1996)
Song Details[edit | edit source]
Ween recorded this song for the 1996 tribute album Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks. Dean Ween has mentioned studio personnel included Belgian tour manager Rene De Wever, an unnamed pianist, an unnamed flutist, and Pat Frey.
Quotes[edit | edit source]
"I love this track. We brought in a piano player and a flute player and had Rene De Wever (our Belgian tour manager) do the spoken intro, and I think it's me and Pat Frey on drums if I remember correctly" - Dean Ween
Song Themes[edit | edit source]
Personnel[edit | edit source]
- Gene Ween – [?]
- Dean Ween – guitar, drums, [?]
- Pat Frey – drums
- [?] – cowbell
- [?] – piano
- [?] – flute
- Rene De Wever – spoken intro
- Greg Frey – producer, engineer, mixing[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Newspapers.com archive of Tampa Bay Times, Saturday, March 30, 1996, Page 23.
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/master/34245-Various-Schoolhouse-Rock-Rocks