You Got Me Rocking

"You Got Me Rocking"
Single by the Rolling Stones
from the album Voodoo Lounge
B-side"Jump on Top of Me"
Released26 September 1994 (1994-09-26)
Length3:36
LabelRolling Stones, Virgin
Songwriter(s)Jagger/Richards
Producer(s)Don Was, the Glimmer Twins
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"Love Is Strong"
(1994) 		"You Got Me Rocking"
(1994) 		"Out of Tears"
(1994)

"You Got Me Rocking" is a song by English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones from their 1994 album, Voodoo Lounge. The song was released as a single in the UK in September 1994, where it reached No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also released as a single in the United States, reaching number 13 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in 1995. A recording from the 1997–1998 Bridges to Babylon Tour opened the 1998 live album No Security. It was also included on the Stones' 2002 career retrospective, Forty Licks.

Background and composition

Begun early in 1993, "You Got Me Rocking" was initially a blues flavoured number; bootlegs have Jagger and Richards working the song as a slower, blues flavoured ramble, with Jagger shouting the hook "you got me rocking". Changed to a straightforward rocker in the vein of "Start Me Up", the song quickly evolved as Richards made the transition from piano to guitar. The lyrics moved to a more upbeat tone, as singer Mick Jagger presents redemption from a series of career ending instances of various professionals:

I was a hooker losing her looks; I was a writer can't write another book;
I was all dried up dying to get wet; I was a tycoon drowning in debt.

The lyrics can be interpreted as an answer to the Rolling Stones' critics, who often deride the band for their advancing age. Recording on "You Got Me Rocking" lasted from mid-summer to early winter 1993, when final touches were put on.

Live performances

"You Got Me Rocking" is notable as one of the few latter-day songs from the band's career to remain on their setlist long after being released. The song was performed some 50 times during the 2005–2006 A Bigger Bang Tour.

B-side

The B-side is the little-known "Jump on Top of Me", which also appears on the soundtrack to Prêt-à-Porter. "You Got Me Rocking" appeared on the soundtrack to The Replacements in 2000.

Track listings

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

Additional Performers

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 64
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 29
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[3] 35
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 39
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 23
UK Dance (Music Week)[6] 6
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[7] 4
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[8] 13
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[9] 2

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
United Kingdom 26 September 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[10]
Japan 2 November 1994
  • Mini-CD
  • maxi-CD
 [11][12]

References

  1. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 18 Dec 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. ^ "The Rolling Stones – You Got Me Rocking" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – The Rolling Stones" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  4. ^ "The Rolling Stones – You Got Me Rocking" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Rolling Stones: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 8 October 1994. p. 26. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  7. ^ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 24 September 1994. p. 8. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  8. ^ "The Rolling Stones Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  9. ^ "The Rolling Stones Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 24 September 1994. p. 25.
  11. ^ "ユー・ガット・ミー・ロッキング | ザ・ローリング・ストーンズ" [You Got Me Rocking | The Rolling Stones] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  12. ^ "ユー・ガット・ミー・ロッキング | ザ・ローリング・ストーンズ" [You Got Me Rocking | The Rolling Stones] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 26 February 2024.