YMMV / Joan Jett

• Covered Up:
  • Undeniably "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by The Arrows, and several of the ones listed on the main page will definitely count as well depending on the listener.
  • Most Americans think of "Do You Wanna Touch Me" as her song. It was a big hit for her in 1982, and still sees some airplay in America today. The original version was recorded and co-written by Gary Glitter in 1973...and thanks to his multiple convictions for child molestation and possession of hardcore child pornography, his version doesn't see airplay anywhere. This has actually caused a few problems whenever its licensed out; British Glee fans were not amused when "Do You Wanna Touch Me" was covered by the show, and an 2008 Hewlett-Packard TV commercial featuring the Joan Jett version was pulled once HP learned that a convicted child molester wrote the song...and was getting royalties from their ad! When Green Day sampled Jett's version, "Oh Yeah!", although Glitter was still credited, the band announced that all royalties would be donated to organizations designed to combat sexual abuse.
• Epic Riff: "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", "Bad Reputation", many others. "Love is Pain" is especially noticeable because she tends to signal it by playing a little trill on two other notes before launching into it.
• Harsher in Hindsight: One of her most famous lyrics is "I don't give a damn about my bad reputation." In 2015, that statement was put to the test when former bandmate Jackie Fox accused her of standing by and laughing as she was raped. A witness confirmed the story and Jett defended Fox's rapist (their manager) as recently as 2018, three years after the testimonies from Fowley's former victims emerged.
• Signature Songs: "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" and "Bad Reputation".