Rock Star (Hannah Montana song)
| "Rock Star" | ||||
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| Single by Hannah Montana | ||||
| from the album Hannah Montana 2 | ||||
| Released | January, 2008 | |||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||
| Genre | Teen pop, pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | Walt Disney Records | |||
| Hannah Montana singles chronology | ||||
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"Rock Star" is a song by Hannah Montana. It is the last single from the soundtrack Hannah Montana 2. The track is performed by Miley Cyrus as her alter ego Hannah Montana. The song was featured in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana and was also used to promote the 3D concert film Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert. In the concert itself, "Rock Star" was the first song performed by Cyrus.
"Rock Star" was declared, by Radio Disney, the 21st best song of 2008.[1]
"Rock Star" was written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman.
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[edit] On Hannah Montana
The song was first heard in the second season episode "Bye Bye Ball" in which Hannah performs the song at an Italian restaurant along with Joey Vitolo (Joey Fatone).[2]
The song is later heard in the episode "(We're So Sorry) Uncle Earl" in which Miley Stewart's Uncle Earl (David Koechner) fulfills his life long dream of becoming a rock star after performing the song on stage with Hannah. Earl includes a dramatic guitar solo which wins the praise of music critic Barney Bittman (Gilbert Godfried). Bittman describes the song as "pure, old school, kick butt rock and roll – the way it should be."[3]
In "Ready, Set, Don't Drive" Miley listens to the song in her car on the way to Ashley's party and improvises the lyrics. The song distracts her from turning off her turn signal which leads to her arrest by Officer Diaria.[4]
The song is later heard again in the episode "Judge Me Tender", performed by Jackson during American's Top Talent.[5]
The song is then performed by Hannah Montana in Hannah Montana: The Movie during the scene, "The Reveal", but stops mid-song when she sees Travis emerge from the crowd.[6]
[edit] Music video
The video shows Miley Cyrus (as Montana) performing at The Best of Both Worlds Tour.
[edit] Charts
"Rock Star" managed to reach number eighty-one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number eighty in Canada.
| Chart (2008)[7] | Peak position |
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| Canadian Hot 100 | 80 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 81 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 53 |
[edit] Legal action
The band Lustra is considering taking legal action claiming that the guitar riff in this song is directly plagiarized from their song "Scotty Doesn't Know," which is featured in the film EuroTrip.[8]
[edit] References
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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Rock Star (Hannah Montana song) |
- ^ Best Songs of 2008
- ^ "Bye Bye Ball". Hannah Montana. January 13, 2008. No. 21, season 2.
- ^ "(We're So Sorry) Uncle Earl". Hannah Montana. March 21, 2008. No. 22, season 2.
- ^ "Ready, Set, Don't Drive". Hanah Montana. November 9, 2008. No. 2, season 3.
- ^ "Judge Me Tender". Hanah Montana. October 18, 2009. No. 24, season 3.
- ^ Hannah Montana: The Movie#Plot
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=777056&model.vnuAlbumId=1107397
- ^ MTV Buzzworthy Blog » Miley Cyrus Finds Herself In Hot Water…Again
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