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“Rock Me to the Top” by Tesla
From the album Mechanical Resonance (1986)
“Rock Me to the Top” by Tesla appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1986 on the album Mechanical Resonance. Its best result is #919 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,272 hard rock song of all time.
"Rock Me to the Top" comes from Mechanical Resonance, the debut album Tesla released on Geffen in December 1986, and Jeff Keith and Tommy Skeoch wrote it together. Keith sings lead, Skeoch and Frank Hannon split the electric guitars, Brian Wheat plays electric bass and Troy Luccketta drums, and everybody but the drummer piles in on backing vocals. Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero produced it, with Barbiero doubling as engineer.
The title wears its ambition on its sleeve, and the album got there slowly: it didn't hit its Billboard 200 peak until April 1987 and wasn't certified platinum until 1989.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 919 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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