Rock Steady (The Whispers song)

"Rock Steady"
"Rock Steady"
	A-side label of U.S. 12-inch vinyl single
Single by the Whispers
from the album Just Gets Better with Time
Released	June 13, 1987
Recorded	1987
Genre	R&B
Length	4:50
Label	SOLAR; Capitol;
Songwriter(s)	Babyface; L.A. Reid; Bo Watson; Dwayne Ladd;
Producer(s)	L.A. Reid; Babyface For Deelesongz Inc;
The Whispers singles chronology
Alternative cover art
	Artwork for Belgian vinyl releases
Music video
	"Rock Steady" on YouTube

"Rock Steady" is a single released by American group the Whispers, from their eighteenth studio album Just Gets Better with Time (1987). It was produced by the production duo Antonio "L.A." Reid & Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.

Chart Performance[]

It was released on June 13, 1987,^[1] and to date has been their highest charting single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number seven in late August, and was their second and final number one on the Hot Black Singles Chart.^[2]

Charts[]

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)^[3]	45
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[4]	7
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles^[4]	1
UK Singles Chart^[5]	38

Year-end chart (1987)	Position
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)^[6]	73

Songs influenced by "Rock Steady"[]

A re-recorded version of the instrumental from this song was used on Kylie Minogue's song "Look My Way" from her debut album Kylie (1988).^[7] The actual instrumental from "Rock Steady" was sampled in the truncated version of "Look My Way" that appeared on Minogue's 1993 remix album Kylie's Non-Stop History 50+1.^[8]
The drum beat also appeared at the beginning of the third remix of Was (Not Was)' song, "Out Come the Freaks," which appeared on their 1987/88 album, What Up, Dog?.

References[]

^ 1019. The Whispers - Rock Steady (CD-Maxi) - 1987 Crawlability, Inc. Retrieved 10-22-2010.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 620.
^ dutchcharts.nl - The Whispers - Rock Steady (In Dutch) Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 10-22-2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Rock Steady - The Whispers Billboard. Nielson Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 10-22-2010.
^ UK chart information. Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 1 February 2020
^ "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 99 (52). December 26, 1987.
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-snx62RBhuo
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdGndz5cICo

[1] 1019. The Whispers - Rock Steady (CD-Maxi) - 1987 Crawlability, Inc. Retrieved 10-22-2010.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 620.

[3] utchcharts.nl - The Whispers - Rock Steady (In Dutch) Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 10-22-2010.

[rocksteady-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Rock Steady - The Whispers Billboard. Nielson Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 10-22-2010.

[5] UK chart information. Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 1 February 2020

[6] "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 99 (52). December 26, 1987.

[7] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-snx62RBhuo

[8] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdGndz5cICo

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Studio albums	Bingo One for the Money Open Up Your Love Headlights Whisper in Your Ear The Whispers Imagination Love Is Where You Find It So Good Just Gets Better with Time More of the Night
Singles	"Make It with You" "And The Beat Goes On" "It's a Love Thing" "Rock Steady"

Rock Steady (The Whispers song)

Contents

Chart Performance[]

Charts[]

Songs influenced by "Rock Steady"[]

See also[]

References[]