Song Name: Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth (Alternately; Jerkin' Back n' Forth, Jerkin' Back & Forth, Jerkin' Back and Forth, etc.) Artist: DEVO * New Traditionalists, Greatest Hits (Album/Single Version) * New Traditionalists: Live 1981 Seattle, Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace 12/9/88, Butch Devo And The Sundance Gig (Live Versions) Run Time: about 3:00 (Album/Single Version) Year Written: 19xx Year Recorded: 1980-81 Year Released: 1981 Years Performed: 1981-82, 1988-91, 1996, 1999(June 6 Only), 2013(June 9 Only) Writing Credits: Original release credits Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale