(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew

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"(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
The Rock Steady Crew (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew single cover.jpg
Single by Rock Steady Crew
from the album Ready for Battle
ReleasedSeptember 13, 1983 (1983-9-13) [1]
Length
  • 5:27
  • 3:47 (7-inch)
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Rock Steady Crew singles chronology
"(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
(1983)		"Uprock"
(1984)

"(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew" is a song by American hip-hop group the Rock Steady Crew from their debut studio album, Ready for Battle (1984). It was released in 1983 through Charisma/Virgin Records as the album's lead single and as the group's debut single. Written by Budd "Blue Soldier" Dixon, Ruza Blue and Stephen Hague, and produced by Dixon and Hague, the lead vocals were performed by 15 year old Daisy Castro, aka "Baby Love". [2] The single peaked at number one on the Belgian and Dutch singles charts and reached the top 10 in several other European countries, including the United Kingdom.

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Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
Chart (1983–1984)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 33
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [4] 7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [1] 1
Ireland (IRMA) [5] 5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [6] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [7] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [8] 5
Norway (VG-lista) [9] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 4
UK Singles (OCC) [12] 6
West Germany (GfK) [13] 6

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
Chart (1983)Position
Belgium (Ultratop) [14] 33
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [15] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [16] 15
Chart (1984)Position
West Germany (GfK) [17] 40

Sales and certifications

Certifications for "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI) [18] Gold100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Silver250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ Jilou RasulL: Dance of Justice, Red Bulletin (in German), October 13, 2020
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  4. ↑ "The Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – (Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 48, 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  7. ↑ "The Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  8. ↑ "The Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  9. ↑ "The Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew". VG-lista. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  10. ↑ "The Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew". Singles Top 100. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  11. ↑ "The Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1983" (in Dutch). Ultratop . Retrieved March 18, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved March 18, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1983" (in Dutch). MegaCharts . Retrieved March 18, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1984" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved March 18, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Dutch single certifications – Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved July 16, 2022.Enter (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1983 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
  19. ↑ "British single certifications – Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved July 16, 2022.


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