Rock DJ (song)

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"Rock DJ"
Single by Robbie Williams
from the album Sing When You're Winning
Released	July 31, 2000 (UK) August 7, 2000 (Australia)
Format	CD
Recorded	2000
Genre	Pop
Length	4:16
Label	Chrysalis
Chart positions
#1 (UK, Ireland, Argentina, New Zealand & Mexico) #2 (Latvia) #4 (Australia) #7 (Austria) #9 (Germany & Switzerland) #18 (Sweden) #40 (France) DNC (USA)
Robbie Williams singles chronology
"Win Some Lose Some" (1999)	"Rock DJ" (2000)	"Kids" (2000)

"Rock DJ" was the first single on Sing When You're Winning, British pop singer Robbie Williams's fourth album. The song opened at the top of the UK Singles Chart.

Contents 1 Music Video 2 U.S. Reaction 3 Formats and Track listings 4 External links

[edit] Music Video

The music video was surrounded by controversy because of its explicit content. The video begins with Williams dancing on a roller-disco with girls skating around him. He wants to get the attention of the female DJ standing above the stage, so he begins stripping off his clothes. After this does not get her attention, he starts stripping his flesh, muscles and organs, too, until the only thing that is left from him are his bones. In the end, he achieves the DJ's attention and dances with her as a skeleton. The video ends with titles, reading "No Robbies were Harmed During the Making of this Video".

The video's ending (beginning with Williams taking off his skin) was cut by most music channels around Europe, including VIVA, MCM and MTV. VH1 Europe decided to use its own video for the song, created from recording studio footage. An example of TV stations that still plays the full video are Bulgarian channel MM and Canadian channel MusiquePlus.

In 2001, "Rock DJ" won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects.

In 2006, this song's music video has been voted by MTV viewers as the 7th Most Groundbreaking Videos Ever.

[edit] U.S. Reaction

Though the album "Rock DJ" appeared in, Sing When You're Winning was never released in the U.S. and neither was the single "Rock DJ" got some attention in America due to the music video's shock value. Because of the controversial video "Rock DJ" won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects and was featured on Fuse network's Pants-Off Dance-Off. In the u.k. it was thirst played on Top of The Pops at 2:00am, then it was never shown in the U.K. again

[edit] Formats and Track listings

UK CD / Cassette

1. Rock DJ
2. Talk To Me
3. Rock DJ (Player One Remix)

UK DVD

1. Rock DJ (Video)
2. Making of Rock DJ (Short Documentary)

USA CD Promo

1. Rock DJ (Nayan's Funky Ass Radio Edit)
2. Rock DJ (Nevin's Funky Ass Remix Edit)

USA 12" Promo 1

1. Rock DJ (Nevins Club Mix)
2. Rock DJ (Nevins Club Instrumental)
3. Rock DJ (Rizzo's Drum Dub)
4. Rock DJ (Nayan's Extended Mix)
5. Rock DJ (Nayan's Instrumental)

USA 12" Promo 2

1. Rock DJ (Rizzo's Extended Vocal Mix)
2. Rock DJ (Album Version)

[edit] External links

• Official site of Robbie Williams - the full version of the Rock DJ video is available here.

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