Rock'n Me
| "Rock'n Me" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma" |
"Rock'n Me" is a song by American rock group Steve Miller Band, written by the group's leader Steve Miller. The song was released as the second single from the group's ninth studio album Fly Like an Eagle in 1976. The North American release of the single was credited to Steve Miller, while the European release was credited to the Steve Miller Band.
The song was the band's second #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed at the top for 1 week,[2] and also topped the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada.[3]
Steve Miller acknowledged the intro to Rock'n Me was a tip of the hat to "All Right Now". "Yeah, it's a tack on the wall for Paul. I did one concert in the two years that I was off the road. I went to London and played with Pink Floyd...it was a big, huge outdoor show so we needed a big rock and roll number that was really going to excite everybody. I just put it together and didn't think much about it."[1]
The cities mentioned in the song include Phoenix, Arizona; Tacoma, Washington; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Atlanta, Georgia; and Los Angeles, California.
The song is a playable track on the video game Rock Band 2, and featured in Grand Theft Auto V and Tap Tap Revenge 3 for iOS.
Charts
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Top Singles[3] | 1 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] | 22 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] | 23 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[6] | 11 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[2] | 1 |
| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] | 25 |
| songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS | 44 |
References
- ^ Ashley Brown, ed. (1990). "Space Cowboy". The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated History of Popular Music. Vol. Vol. 11 (Reference ed.). Marshall Cavendish. p. 1227. ISBN 1-85435-026-9.
{{cite encyclopedia}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2010) [First published in 1983]. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (9th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-8230-8554-5.
- ^ a b "Top Singles". RPM. Vol. 26 (No. 7): p. 23. November 13, 1976. ISSN 0315-5994. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
{{cite journal}}:|issue=has extra text (help);|page=has extra text (help);|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ "Steve Miller Band – Rock'n Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Steve Miller Band – Rock'n Me". Top 40 Singles.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Steve Miller Band – Rock'n Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
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