Rock This Town

This article is about the song. For other uses, see Rock This Town (disambiguation).

"Rock This Town"
Single by Stray Cats
from the album Stray Cats / Built for Speed
B-side	"You Can't Hurry Love"
Released	January 29, 1981 (UK) September 14, 1982 (U.S.)
Format	7"
Recorded	1981
Genre	Rockabilly
Label	Arista (UK) EMI America (U.S.)
Writer(s)	Brian Setzer
Producer	Dave Edmunds
Alternative covers US 7" single cover

"Rock This Town" is a song by the Stray Cats from their UK debut album Stray Cats. Its first U.S. release was on the 1982 album Built for Speed. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982, becoming the first of the band's three top ten hits in the U.S. It had also previously reached this position on the UK Singles Chart in 1981.

The song has been listed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll.

In other media

• It is featured in the My little pony Friendship is magic (TV series) episode "Sweet and Elite."
• It is featured in the Alvin and the Chipmunks episode "Royalty Received."
• It is featured in Coyote Ugly.
• It is featured in Private School.
• It is featured in Cars.
• It is featured in True Love and Chaos.
• It is featured in The Taming of Rebecca.
• It is featured in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.
• Cover version is featured in Elite Beat Agents.
• Cover version is featured in Guitar Hero II.
• Cover version is featured in ad for Monopoly Streets
• It is featured in North American version Donkey Konga.
• It is featured in Dance Dance Revolution.