The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (album) - Track Listing

Track Listing

Version A
No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length
1. "God Save the Queen" (orchestral rendition with spoken word over the music about how punk rock and the Sex Pistols were "invented" (alternate title: God Save The Queen (Symphony)") Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Paul Cook Malcolm McLaren 3:23
2. "Johnny B Goode" Chuck Berry Johnny Rotten 2:36
3. "Roadrunner" Jonathan Richman Johnny Rotten 3:47
4. "Black Arabs" (disco medley, includes "Anarchy in the UK", "God Save the Queen", "Pretty Vacant" and "No One is Innocent") Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook, Ronnie Biggs performed by a group called Black Arabs 4:51
5. "Anarchy in the UK" (Mike Thorne remix (beef-ed up drums) of previously unreleased session from October 1976) Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook Johnny Rotten 4:00
6. "Substitute" Pete Townshend Johnny Rotten 3:10
7. "Don't Give Me No Lip, Child" (cover of Dave Berry, 1964) Barry Richards, Jean Thomas, Don Thomas Johnny Rotten 3:27
8. "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart Johnny Rotten 3:06
9. "L'Anarchie Pour Le UK" (performed by a trio of French street musicians with accordion and fiddle. (alternate title: "Anarchie Pour Le UK")) Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook Louis Brennon 3:28
10. "Belsen Was a Gas" (alternate title: "Einmal war Belsen Vortrefflich") Rotten, Jones, Sid Vicious, Cook Johnny Rotten 2:12
11. "Belsen Vos a Gassa" (alternate title: "Einmal war Belsen wirklich Vortrefflich") Rotten, Jones, Vicious, Cook Ronnie Biggs 2:17
12. "Silly Thing" Jones, Cook Paul Cook 2:51
13. "My Way" Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux Sid Vicious 4:06
14. "I Wanna Be Me" Matlock, Cook, Jones, Rotten Johnny Rotten 3:03
15. "Something Else" Eddie Cochran, Sharon Sheeley Sid Vicious 2:14
16. "Rock Around the Clock" Max C. Freedman, James E. Myers Edward Tudor-Pole 2:04
17. "Lonely Boy" Jones, Cook Steve Jones 3:07
18. "No One Is Innocent" Jones, Cook, Biggs Ronnie Biggs 3:04
19. "C'mon Everybody" Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart Sid Vicious 1:56
20. "EMI" (orchestral rendition with Steve Jones speaking the lyrics (alternate title: "EMI (Orch)")) Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook Steve Jones 3:44
21. "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" Jones, Cook, Julien Temple Edward Tudor-Pole, Steve Jones, Paul Cook & others 4:21
22. "Friggin' in the Riggin'" Traditional; arranged by Jones Steve Jones 3:37
23. "You Need Hands" Max Bygraves Malcolm McLaren 2:54
24. "Who Killed Bambi?" Edward Tudor-Pole/Vivienne Westwood Edward Tudor-Pole 3:07
Version B
No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length
1. "God Save the Queen (Symphony)" (orchestral rendition with spoken word over the music about punk rock and the Sex Pistols were "invented") Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Paul Cook Malcolm McLaren 3:23
2. "Rock Around the Clock" Max C. Freedman, James E. Myers Edward Tudor-Pole 2:04
3. "Johnny B Goode" Chuck Berry Johnny Rotten 2:36
4. "Roadrunner" Jonathan Richman Johnny Rotten 3:47
5. "Black Arabs" (disco medley, includes "Anarchy in the UK", "God Save the Queen", "Pretty Vacant" and "No One is Innocent") Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook, Ronnie Biggs performed by a group called Black Arabs 4:51
6. "Anarchy in the UK" Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook Johnny Rotten 3:32
7. "Watcha Gonna Do About It?" Ian Samwell, Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane Johnny Rotten 1:55
8. "Who Killed Bambi?" Edward Tudor-Pole/Vivienne Westwood Edward Tudor-Pole 3:07
9. "Silly Thing" Jones, Cook Paul Cook 2:51
10. "Substitute" Pete Townshend Johnny Rotten 3:10
11. "Don't Give Me No Lip, Child" Dave Berry Johnny Rotten 3:27
12. "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart Johnny Rotten 3:06
13. "Lonely Boy" Jones, Cook Steve Jones 3:07
14. "Something Else" Eddie Cochran, Sharon Sheeley Sid Vicious 2:14
15. "Anarchie Pour Le UK" (performed by a trio of French street musicians with accordion and fiddle) Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook Louis Brennon 3:28
16. "Einmal war Belsen Vortrefflich" Rotten, Jones, Sid Vicious, Cook Johnny Rotten 2:12
17. "Einmal war Belsen wirklich Vortrefflich" Rotten, Jones, Vicious, Cook Ronnie Biggs 2:17
18. "No One Is Innocent" Jones, Cook, Biggs Ronnie Biggs 3:04
19. "My Way" Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux Sid Vicious 4:06
20. "C'mon Everybody" Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart Sid Vicious 1:56
21. "EMI (Orch)" (orchestral rendition with Steve Jones speaking the lyrics) Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook Steve Jones 3:44
22. "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" Jones, Cook, Julien Temple Edward Tudor-Pole, Steve Jones, Paul Cook & others 4:21
23. "You Need Hands" Max Bygraves Malcolm McLaren 2:54
24. "Friggin' in the Riggin'" Traditional; arranged by Jones Steve Jones 3:37
Single-album version
No. Title Length
1. "God Save the Queen (Symphony)" 3:23
2. "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" 4:21
3. "You Need Hands" 2:54
4. "Silly Thing" 2:51
5. "Lonely Boy" 3:07
6. "Something Else" 2:14
7. "Rock Around the Clock" 2:04
8. "C'mon Everybody" 1:56
9. "Who Killed Bambi?" 3:07
10. "No One Is Innocent" 3:04
11. "L'Anarchie Pour Le UK" 3:28
12. "My Way" 4:06

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