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"Let's Do Rock Steady", also known as "(People Get Ready) Let's Do Rock Steady" and "People Do Rock Steady", is rocksteady song by Dandy Livingstone that was first released in October 1967 as the flip side to his single "We Are Still Rude". [1] It was then released in early 1968 on his album Rock Steady with Dandy as "People Do Rock Steady". [2]
Prince released a version on his 2007 live album, Indigo Nights. The song features Beverley Knight. In 2008, the song was sampled by Japanese R&B singer Namie Amuro in her own song, "Rock Steady". Richard Elliot also covered this song as an instrumental in 2010 off his album, which was also titled Rock Steady. Aretha's vocals were replaced by ...
Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. [1] A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was the dominant style of music in Jamaica for nearly two years, performed by many of the artists who helped establish reggae, including harmony groups such as the Techniques, the Paragons, the Heptones and the Gaylads; soulful singers such as Alton Ellis, [2] Delroy ...
The lyrics warn a "rudy" to think of his future and change his ways, otherwise he will end up in prison. However, the reception was not what was intended and it was received as glorifying the rude boy culture.
Rock Steady" spent ten weeks on the chart before exiting at number 65, on 13 January 2007. [22] As of July 2018, the song was the group's eighth best selling single in the United Kingdom. [23] In Austria, "Rock Steady" debuted at number 67 on 17 November 2006, before peaking at number 20 on 22 December 2006. [24]
"Rock Steady" is a song from American blues singer Bonnie Raitt's first live album, Road Tested (1995), written by Bryan Adams and Gretchen Peters. The song was written as a duet with Adams and Raitt for her Road Tested Tour, which also became one of her albums.
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). [13] 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.
Rock Steady is the fifth studio album by American rock band No Doubt, released on December 11, 2001, by Interscope Records. The band began writing the album with initial recording sessions in Los Angeles and San Francisco, then traveled to London and Jamaica to work with various performers, songwriters, and producers.