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"Rock with You"
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"Rock with You" cover
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Off the Wall
ReleasedNovember 1979
Format7"
Recorded1979
GenreDisco/R&B/Soul
Length3:39
LabelEpic Records
Writer(s)Rod Temperton
Producer(s)Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones
Peak chart positions
Michael Jackson singles chronology


"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
(1979)		"Rock with You"
(1979)		"Off the Wall"
(1980)


Michael Jackson's chronology
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
(2006)		"Rock with You"
(2006)		"Billie Jean"
(2006)
Off the Wall track listing

"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
(1)		"Rock with You"
(2)		"Working Day and Night"
(3)
HIStory track listing

"Black or White"
(3)		"Rock with You"
(4)		"She's out of My Life"
(5)


"Rock with You" was a successful single released by singer Michael Jackson in late 1979. The original title was "I Want to Eat You Up", but it was quickly changed to fit Jackson's image. On February 27, 2006, "Rock with You" was re-released as a single as part of the box set. It reached number fifteen in the UK Singles Chart in March 2006.

History

"Rock with You" was released as the second single from Jackson's fifth solo LP and breakthrough album, Off the Wall. The song, written by Heatwave group member and songwriter Rod Temperton, helped Jackson score one of the first Billboard number-one singles in the 1980s, as well as one of the last big hit songs of the disco era, as by early 1980, disco was showing signs of waning in appeal and popularity. A video for the song showed a smiling Jackson lip-synching to the video in a sequined suit against a background of multi-colored strobe lights. The song reached number one on both the pop and R&B singles chart and became one of Jackson's most-loved songs.

Cover versions

The song was later covered by singer Brandy in 1995 for Quincy Jones' album, Q's Jook Joint. It was also covered by Ashanti in 2005 as a remix to her single "Rock With Me (Aww Baby)" and performed at the BET Awards.

Mixes

  1. Album version – 3:39
  2. Album version #2 – 3:39 - Some instruments are mixed differently. This version was used for the 7"/Video edit.
  3. Video/7" edit – 3:23
  4. Masters at Work Remix – 5:29
  5. Frankie's Favorite Club Mix – 7:49
  6. Frankie's Radio Mix


The Masters at Work Remix and Frankie Knuckles remixes both contain unreleased vocals and ad-libs not heard on the album version. This is because the remixers were given access to the "master tapes" of the song to produce their remix. The master tapes contained additional vocals and cuts that didn't make it on the final album version.

Track listing

Original release

UK single

  1. "Rock with You" - 3:40
  2. "Get on the Floor" - 4:57

U.S. single

  1. "Rock with You" - 3:40
  2. "Working Day and Night" - 5:04

Visionary single

CD side
  1. "Rock with You" (7" edit) - 3:23
  2. "Rock with You" (Masters at Work Remix) - 5:33


DVD side
  1. "Rock with You" (Music video)


Preceded by
"Please Don't Go" by KC and the Sunshine Band		Billboard Hot 100 number one single
January 19 - February 9, 1980		Succeeded by
"Do That to Me One More Time" by Captain & Tennille
Preceded by
"Do You Love What You Feel" by Rufus & Chaka		Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single
January 5 - February 9, 1980		Succeeded by
"Second Time Around" by Shalamar
Preceded by
"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes		ARC Weekly Top 40 number one single
January 19, 1980 - February 8, 1980		Succeeded by
"Do That to Me One More Time" by Captain & Tennille

External links

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Got to Be There: "Got to Be There" • "Rockin' Robin" • "I Wanna Be Where You Are" • "Ain't No Sunshine"
Ben: "Ben"
Music and Me: "With a Child's Heart" • "Music and Me" • "Happy"
Forever, Michael: "We're Almost There" • "Just a Little Bit of You"
The Wiz: "Ease on Down the Road" (w/Diana Ross) • "You Can't Win (Pt. 1)" • "A Brand New Day" (w/Diana Ross)
Off the Wall: "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" • "Rock With You" • "Off the Wall" • "She's out of My Life" • "Girlfriend"
One Day in Your Life: "One Day in Your Life"
Thriller: "The Girl Is Mine" (w/Paul McCartney) • "Billie Jean" • "Beat It" • "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
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B-side(s) "I Can't Help It" (UK release)
Released July 1979
Format 45 RPM
Recorded 1979
Genre Disco/R&B
Length 6:03 (Album version)
3:55 (7" edit)
Label Epic Records
Writer(s) Michael Jackson

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B-side(s) "Working Day and Night" (UK)
"Get on the Floor" (U.S.)
Released 1980
Format CD single
Recorded 1979
Genre Disco/R&B
Length 4:06
Label Epic Records
Producer(s) Rod Temperton
Peak chart positions
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B-side(s) "I Can't Help It" (UK release)
Released July 1979
Format 45 RPM
Recorded 1979
Genre Disco/R&B
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3:55 (7" edit)
Label Epic Records
Writer(s) Michael Jackson

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B-side(s) "It's the Falling in Love"
  • "Can't Get Outta the Rain"

Released January 1983
Format 7" single
Recorded 1982
Genre Pop-Rock/R&B
Length 4:53
Label Epic Records
Writer(s) Michael Jackson

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Off the Wall
(1979) One Day in Your Life
(1981)

Alternate cover

Special edition cover.

Off the Wall is African American pop and R&B singer Michael Jackson's fifth solo album.
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Released 1979
Genre Pop/R&B/Funk
Length 5:13
Label Epic Records
Writer(s) Michael Jackson
Composer(s) Michael Jackson
Producer(s) Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson

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