Song · Michael Jackson
“Rock with You” by Michael Jackson
From the album Off the Wall (1979)
“Rock with You” by Michael Jackson appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2014 and 2024. It was first released in 1979 on the album Off the Wall. Its best result is #155 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,978 indie & aaa song of all time and #245 of the '70s.
Karen Carpenter had first refusal on Rod Temperton's "Rock with You" while she worked on her first solo album, and she passed, so it ended up with Michael Jackson on Off the Wall, his fifth solo album, in 1979. Temperton wrote and arranged it, Quincy Jones produced, and Bruce Swedien recorded and mixed it, with Jackson singing lead and stacking his own backing vocals.
It's disco-funk silk: John "JR" Robinson on drums, Marlo Henderson and David Williams on electric guitar, David "Hawk" Wolinski on Rhodes, Greg Phillinganes and Michael Boddicker on synthesizer, plus horns and flutes from Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, Bill Reichenbach Jr., Kim Hutchcroft and Larry Williams. The album's second single, it topped both the pop and R&B charts in America early in 1980, and it's reckoned one of disco's final hits.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 835 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2018 | 627 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2022 | 246 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2023 | 155 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 798 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
Also listed as: Rock With You.
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