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“Hello There” is a song written by Rick Nielsen and first released on Cheap Trick’s 1977 album In Color. The song was also often used as the first song of Cheap Trick concerts, and as a result was the first song on the band’s seminal live album Cheap Trick at Budokan. The song is a frantic, energetic, raucous hard rock song. Ed Masley of The Arizona Republic described “Hello There” as “Cheap Trick’s ‘Helter Skelter.‘“ Denise Sullivan of Allmusic describes the song as being “all about the good-time/partying spirit, asking the proverbial question, ‘Are you ready to rock? As performed on In Color, the song starts with Nielsen playing a frenzied, fuzzy guitar part for two and a half bars, then Bun E. Carlos’ strong drum beat appears, and finally Tom... Read on...