Retro Video of the Week: "Round and Round" by Ratt

A mere 35 years ago today, the world learned how to Ratt 'n' Roll, as Sunset Strip rockers Ratt released their debut album, Out of the Cellar.  The iconic cover art featured '80s vixen Tawny Kitaen -- then girlfriend of Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby, and future Whitesnake video queen, brief wife of David Coverdale, dimwitted yet hot actress girlfriend of Jerry Seinfeld on the "The Nose Job" episode of Seinfeld, co-host of America's Funniest People, and Chuck Finley batterer -- crawling towards the enticing lights of an open cellar door in an alley, while dressed in a torn black dress.

The album would peak at #7 on the Billboard album charts and would eventually go triple platinum in the U.S. -- making it the band's best-selling album.  While there are some other great tracks on the album -- "I'm Insane," "She Wants Money," and "Wanted Man" come to mind -- "Round and Round" is the group's most well-known song.  It was the debut single off of Out of the Cellar, and it hit #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #16 on the Canadian chart -- the band's highest-charting single in either country.

The video for "Round and Round" got a lot of play on MTV, with its fancy dinner party being invaded by rats and rockers.  It also featured Milton Berle -- who, if you didn't know, is rumored to have had a massive dong.  He was the band's manager's uncle, and he also made a cameo at the end of the "Back For More" video.