Rock'n Me

"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]

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 (Mega Single Top 100)^{[ 1]}	22
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^{[ 1]}	23
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^{[ 1]}	11
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	1

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^{[ 1]}	25
Germany (Media Control AG)^{[ 1]}	44

References

↑ Ashley Brown, ed. (1990). "Space Cowboy". The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated History of Popular Music. Vol. 11 (Reference ed.). Marshall Cavendish. p. 1227. ISBN 1-85435-026-9.
↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Top Singles". RPM. Vol. 26 (No. 7): p. 23. November 13, 1976. ISSN 0315-5994. Retrieved June 25, 2011.

Preceded by "If You Leave Me Now" by Chicago	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single November 6, 1976	Succeeded by "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" by Rod Stewart
Preceded by "Disco Duck (part one)" by Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots	RPM Top Singles number-one single November 13, 1976	Succeeded by "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot

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Studio albums	Children of the Future Sailor Brave New World Your Saving Grace Number 5 Rock Love Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden The Joker Fly Like an Eagle Book of Dreams Circle of Love Abracadabra Italian X Rays Living in the 20th Century Born 2 B Blue (Steve Miller solo album) Wide River Bingo! Let Your Hair Down

Live albums	Steve Miller Band Live! King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents the Steve Miller Band Live in Chicago

Compilations	Anthology Living in the U.S.A. Greatest Hits 1974–78 The Very Best of the Steve Miller Band Box Set Young Hearts

Singles	"The Joker" "Take the Money and Run" "Rock'n Me" "Fly Like an Eagle" "Jet Airliner" "Jungle Love" "Swingtown" "Heart Like a Wheel" "Abracadabra" "I Want to Make the World Turn Around"

Songs	"Mercury Blues" "You Send Me"

Related articles	Discography Pompatus Capitol Records Mercury Records Roadrunner Records

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