Raise a Little Hell

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"Raise a Little Hell"
Single by Trooper
from the album Thick as Thieves
B-side "A Fine Mess (You've Gotten Us Into)"
ReleasedJuly 1978 [1]
Genre
Length3:43
Songwriters
Producer Randy Bachman
Trooper singles chronology
"Oh, Pretty Lady"
(1978)		"Raise a Little Hell"
(1978)		"Round Round We Go"
(1978)

"Raise a Little Hell" is a song by Canadian rock band Trooper, released in July 1978 as the lead single from their album Thick as Thieves . It is the band's only US Billboard Hot 100 entry. [2] Widely regarded as their signature and most popular song, the song has become a staple track of classic and arena rock, regularly being played in sport stadiums across Canada and the United States.[ citation needed ]

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In 2012, the song received a SOCAN Classic Award in recognition of 100,000 radio plays. [3]

Film and television

The song appeared in the television series Call Me Fitz and Stranger Things ; and the films Gutterball (2008), Drive Angry (2011) and Bandit (2022).

Legacy

"Raise a Little Hell" has become both a staple of classic rock radio stations and a popular sports anthem in Canada and the United States, most notably at National Hockey League and Major League Baseball games. CKKQ-FM "the Q" ranked the song at #10 on its list of "The 150 Best Canadian Songs".

from 1992 until the 2000s, the Ottawa Senators used "Raise a Little Hell" as its goal song.

The song is briefly used in the first season of Stranger Things . In 2025 it was used in a lip sync competition on Canada's Drag Race season 6 between Paolo Perfección and Sami Landri. [4]

Other versions

The song is covered by Canadian punk band GrimSkunk and appears on Fubar: The Album , which is the soundtrack to the film "FUBAR".

The song is covered by American rock band Head East and appears on their 2013 album Raise a Little Hell. [5] [ circular reference ]

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [6] 27
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 59

References

  1. ↑ Trooper - Raise a Little Hell 45cat.com
  2. ↑ "Trooper chart history". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  3. ↑ Trooper dominate SOCAN awards The Music Express
  4. ↑ "'Canada's Drag Race' Season 6, Episode 2 recap: Yo-ho, yo-ho, a drag queen's life for me | Xtra Magazine". 2025-11-28. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  5. ↑ Head East
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4657a." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  7. ↑ "The Hot 100". September 19, 1978. p. 12. Retrieved February 10, 2021.


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