Roll to Me

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"Roll to Me"
Single by Del Amitri
from the album Twisted
Released 13 June 1995
Format CD single
Recorded 1994
Genre Alternative rock, Pop rock
Length 2:12
Label A&M
Writer(s) Justin Currie
Del Amitri singles chronology

"Driving With the Brakes On"
(1995)		 "Roll to Me"
(1995)		 "Tell Her This"
(1996)

"Roll to Me" is a 1995 single from Del Amitri, included on their album "Twisted". "Roll to Me" became their most popular song in the US, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was less successful in their native UK, peaking at No. 22, lower than previous singles, "Here and Now" and "Driving With the Brakes On", but was a massive airplay hit there. The band are known not to consider the song one of their best, however, and have often seemed irked by the fact that what they see as a throwaway pop song gave them their biggest hit.[1]

The song's video was featured in the MTV series Beavis and Butt-head in the Season 6 episode "Prank Call", the 2011 film One Day and in the trailer to the 1996 remake of Flipper. It has also been in featured in the season four episode of Family Guy, Peterotica.

Track Listing

B-sides:

UK Version One:

  • "In the Frame"
  • "Food for Songs [Acoustic]"
  • "One Thing Left to Do [Acoustic]" (Currie, Harvie)

UK Version Two:

  • "Spit in the Rain"
  • "Stone Cold Sober [Remix]"
  • "Move Away Jimmy Blue [Remix]" (Currie, Harvie)

US Version:

  • "Long Way Down"
  • "Scared to Live"
  • "Someone Else Will"

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 5
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[3] 22
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40 8
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks 1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1995) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 55

References

  1. ↑ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=13172
  2. ↑ Canadian peak
  3. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 149. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  4. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1995". Retrieved 2010-08-27. 

External links

Del Amitri
Studio albums
Compilations
Singles
  • "Kiss This Thing Goodbye"
  • "Stone Cold Sober"
  • "Nothing Ever Happens"
  • "Kiss This Thing Goodbye (re-release)"
  • "Move Away Jimmy Blue"
  • "Spit in the Rain"
  • "Always the Last to Know"
  • "Be My Downfall"
  • "Just Like a Man"
  • "When You Were Young"
  • "Here and Now"
  • "Driving with the Brakes On"
  • "Roll to Me"
  • "Tell Her This"
  • "Not Where It's At"
  • "Some Other Sucker's Parade"
  • "Don't Come Home Too Soon"
  • "Cry To Be Found"
  • "Just Before You Leave"
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