Block Rockin' Beats

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All tracks are written by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons except "Block Rockin' Beats", written by Rowlands, Simons, and Jesse Weaver

"Block Rockin' Beats"
Blockrockinbeats.jpg
Single by the Chemical Brothers
from the album Dig Your Own Hole
B-side "Morning Lemon"
Released24 March 1997 (1997-03-24)
Studio Orinoco (South London, England)
Genre
Length
  • 5:14(album version)
  • 5:00 (single version)
  • 3:24 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers singles chronology
"Where Do I Begin"
(1997)		"Block Rockin' Beats"
(1997)		"Elektrobank"
(1997)
Alternate covers
Block Rockin' Beats.jpg
CD2
UK CD1, Canadian and Australian CD single [24]
No.TitleLength
1."Block Rockin' Beats" 
2."Prescription Beats" 
3."Morning Lemon" 
UK CD2 [25]
No.TitleLength
1."Block Rockin' Beats" 
2."Block Rockin' Beats" (The Micronauts remix) 
3."Block Rockin' Beats" (The Micronauts bonus beats) 
4."Block Rockin' Beats" (radio edit) 
UK 12-inch single [26]
No.TitleLength
1."Block Rockin' Beats" 
2."Morning Lemon" 
3."Block Rockin' Beats" (The Micronauts remix) 
European CD single [27]
No.TitleLength
1."Block Rockin' Beats" 
2."Prescription Beats" 
US and Japanese maxi-CD single [28] [29]
No.TitleLength
1."Block Rockin' Beats" 
2."Prescription Beats" 
3."Morning Lemon" 
4."Block Rockin' Beats" (The Micronauts remix) 
US 12-inch single [30]
No.TitleLength
1."Block Rockin' Beats" 
2."Morning Lemon" 
3."Block Rockin' Beats" (The Micronauts bonus beats) 
4."Block Rockin' Beats" (The Micronauts remix) 
5."Prescription Beats" 

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Dig Your Own Hole album booklet. [31]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [51] Gold35,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [52] Silver200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom24 March 1997
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 [53]
United States7 April 1997 Alternative radio Astralwerks [54]
Japan28 April 1997CD
  • Freestyle Dust
  • Virgin
 [55]

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