"Long Before Rock 'N' Roll" is Mando Diao's eleventh single and the first from their third album, Ode to Ochrasy. The song earned a lot of airplay on MTV Central and is known for its shoutpart. The song was performed at Late Night with Conan O'Brien when the band appeared there on May 25, 2007.
The song mentions the year 1954 as a time which was "before rock 'n' roll". However, rock 'n' roll already existed in 1954.
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