Roll with It (Steve Winwood song)

"Roll with It"
Single by Steve Winwood
from the album Roll with It
B-side	"The Morning Side"
Released	1988
Format	12", 7"
Genre	Pop, blues
Length	4:30 (single edit)
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Steve Winwood, Will Jennings
Producer	Steve Winwood, Tom Lord-Alge
Steve Winwood singles chronology

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"Roll with It" is a song recorded by Steve Winwood for his album, Roll with It, released on Virgin Records. It was written by Winwood and songwriter Will Jennings.

The single spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the summer of 1988.^[1] It topped the Billboard adult contemporary chart for two weeks, and also spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard mainstream rock chart. In addition, the song reached #30 on the R&B chart.^[2] In the United Kingdom, the song reached #53 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song "Roll With It" was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1989, Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal performance. The album Roll with It was also nominated as Album of the Year.

[edit] References

^ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 705.
^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 336.

Preceded by "Hold On to the Nights" by Richard Marx	Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 30, 1988 - August 20, 1988	Succeeded by "Monkey" by George Michael
Preceded by "Make Me Lose Control" by Eric Carmen	Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart) number-one single August 6, 1988 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" by Elton John

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