Rock This Town
| "Rock This Town" | ||||
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| Single by Stray Cats | ||||
| from the album Stray Cats/Built for Speed | ||||
| B-side | "You Can't Hurry Love" | |||
| Released | February 6, 1981 (UK) August 31, 1982 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly | |||
| Length | 3:24 | |||
| Label | Arista (UK) EMI America (U.S.) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Setzer | |||
| Producer(s) | Dave Edmunds | |||
| Stray Cats singles chronology | ||||
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 US 7" single cover | ||||
"Rock This Town" is the second single by American rockabilly band Stray Cats, released February 6, 1981 by Arista Records in the UK, where it peaked at No. 9 on the Singles Chart.[1] It was taken from the band's 1981 debut album, Stray Cats.
Its first US release, by EMI America, was on the June 1982 album Built for Speed. Released as a single on August 31, 1982, it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of September 18, 1982, and peaked at No. 9.[2]
The song was listed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".[3]
Cover versions
The song was covered in the 2006 video game Guitar Hero II.
In popular culture
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"Rock This Town" was featured in the 2006 video games Cars[4] and Elite Beat Agents,[5] and in the TV show The Americans (2013). The song was also featured on a Season 3 episode of Stranger Things.
Weekly charts
| Chart (1981-82) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 38 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] | 3 |
| Canada (RPM) Top Singles | 6 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[8] | 6 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company) | 9 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 9 |
| US Billboard Mainstream Rock | 4 |
References
- ^ "STRAY CATS". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ Schatz, Lake (January 4, 2018). "Brian Setzer's Stray Cats to reunite for first show in 10 years". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Cars, IMDb, June 5, 2006, retrieved September 10, 2016
- ^ Elite Beat Agents, IMDb, November 6, 2006, retrieved October 11, 2017
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Stray Cats – Rock This Town" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Rock This Town". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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