The Ramones “Leave Home” released 40 years ago on this date, January 10th, 1977. Their second album, Leave Home is filled with breakneck, fuzzed-out surfy-pop-infused punk tracks, three of which became single releases: “I Remember You,” “Swallow My Pride” and “Carbona Not Glue” (not released until 1991). “Carbona Not Glue” appears on our original-issue LP. The track was pulled soon after the initial album release and replaced with “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker” in the US and “Babysitter” in the UK. Danny Fields, The Ramones’ manager, realized Carbona was a stain removal registered trademark and pushback by the producers of the product (who were likely against kids huffing their cleaning solution) would be forthcoming, even though the lyrics suggest that Carbona was a superior high to regular old glue-sniffing. Other noteworthy tracks on Leave Home include “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment,” “Suzy is a Headbanger,” the cover of The Rivieras’ “California Sun,” and “Pinhead.” The Ramones’ signature rallying cry “Gabba Gabba Hey!” comes from the last lines in “Pinhead” and provided endless audience call-and-response at Ramones shows for the rest of their career.

Gabba-gabba, we accept you, we accept you, one of us
Gabba-gabba, we accept you, we accept you, one of us

I don’t want to be a pinhead no more
I just met a nurse that I could go for
I don’t want to be a pinhead no more
I just met a nurse that I could go for

I don’t want to be a pinhead no more
I just met a nurse that I could go for
I don’t want to be a pinhead no more
I just met a nurse that I could go for

D-U-M-B, everyone’s accusing me
D-U-M-B, everyone’s accusing me

I don’t want to be a pinhead no more
I just met a nurse that I could go for
I don’t want to be a pinhead no more
I just met a nurse that I could go for

Gabba-gabba-hey, gabba-gabba-hey
Gabba-gabba-hey, gabba-gabba-hey
Gabba-gabba-hey, gabba-gabba-hey
Gabba-gabba-hey, gabba-gabba-hey
Gabba-gabba-hey, gabba-gabba-hey