Rock This Town | |
Cover: | Rock_This_TownUK45.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Stray Cats |
Album: | Stray Cats/Built for Speed |
B-Side: | You Can't Hurry Love |
Released: | January 30, 1981 (U.K.)[1] August 31, 1982 (U.S.) |
Recorded: | 1981 |
Genre: | Rockabilly |
Length: | 2:39 (Single Version) 3:28 (Album Version) |
Label: | Arista (UK) EMI America (U.S.) |
Producer: | Dave Edmunds |
Prev Title: | Runaway Boys |
Prev Year: | 1980 |
Next Title: | Stray Cat Strut |
Next Year: | 1981 |
"Rock This Town" is the second single by American rockabilly band Stray Cats, released January 30, 1981 by Arista Records in the U.K., where it peaked at No. 9 on the Singles Chart.[2] 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.[3]
"Rock This Town" was listed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".[4]
The song has been featured in a variety of media, including the video games Guitar Hero II, Elite Beat Agents, and the video game based on the 2006 Pixar film Cars (video game).
Chart (1981–1982) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 38 |
Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 6 |
Chart (1981) | Position | |
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Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[6] | 35 | |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] | 56 | |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] | 41 |