Rock My Heart

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"Rock My Heart"
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Single by Haddaway
from the album The Album
ReleasedMarch 1994
Genre Eurodance
Length3:57
Label Coconut
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dee Dee Halligan
  • Junior Torello
Haddaway singles chronology
"I Miss You"
(1993)		"Rock My Heart"
(1994)		"Stir It Up"
(1994)
Music video
"Rock My Heart" on YouTube

"Rock My Heart" is a song by Trinidadian-German musician Haddaway, released in March 1994 as the fourth and final single from his debut album, The Album (1993). It was written and produced by Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Torello. Like the previous single "I Miss You", the song was a hit in several countries, particularly in the UK, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Ireland and Belgium, where it reached the top 10. In Israel, it peaked at number one for two weeks. "Rock My Heart" shot into the Eurochart Hot 100 at number 17 on 9 April 1994 and peaked at seven four weeks later.

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Critical reception

AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis wrote that "Rock My Heart" "shine just as brightly" as "What Is Love" and "Life". [1] A reviewer from Billboard deemed the song "among the most potent offerings" from the album. [2] Pan-European magazine Music & Media noted that "escorted by his steady female background singers, Haddaway bounces like a pinball wizard on a synthesiser trampoline." [3] Alan Jones from Music Week gave it four out of five, writing, "This busy bounder is more akin to the happy house style of "What Is Love" and "Life", though with some Cappella-like synth phrases. As with all Haddaway songs, it's more contagious than the common cold." [4] Dele Fadele from NME felt it "is not a patch" on "What Is Love", remarking that the rhythm "sports some 2 Unlimited lifts", and concluding that "you get the feeling that he'll be around to bother you for a while yet." [5] The Reading Evening Post called the song "effervescent", adding that it "should follow his others into the charts". They also wrote that "he undeniably has a way with this sort of repetitive Euro synth pop." [6] James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update declared it as a "typically cheesy 130bpm Euro galloper". [7]

Chart performance

"Rock My Heart" was a sizeable hit all over Europe, entering the top 10 in Belgium (5), Denmark (10), Finland (4), Germany (10), Ireland (9), Scotland (6), Switzerland (10) and the United Kingdom. In the latter, the single peaked at number nine on 10 April 1994, [8] during its third week at the UK Singles Chart, spending two weeks at that position. On the UK Dance Singles Chart, it reached number eight. Additionally, it was a top 20 hit in Austria (12), France (11), Iceland (13), the Netherlands (12), Spain (11) and Sweden (17). While in Italy, the song was a top 30 hit, peaking at number 21. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Rock My Heart" climbed to number seven in May 1994, after having debuted as number 17 on the chart. Outside Europe, the song peaked at number-one in Israel, with two weeks at the top. It also reached number seven on the Canadian RPM Dance/Urban chart, number 25 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, number 43 in New Zealand and number 83 in Australia.

Airplay

"Rock My Heart" entered the European airplay chart Border Breakers at number 16 on 26 March 1994 due to crossover airplay in West Central-, West-, North West- and South-Europe. It peaked at the third position on 23 April. [9]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Rock My Heart" features Haddaway in a desert-like setting along with backing singer Natascha Wright, who has also worked with DJ BoBo and La Bouche. She appears like a tall tree-like creature with her hair looking like twigs. In between, dancers painted in gold and silver performs. Haddaway also performs choreography with them in some scenes. The video received heavy rotation on MTV Europe [10] and was A-listed on Germany's VIVA. [11]

Track listings

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
EuropeMarch 1994—Coconut
United Kingdom21 March 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
Logic [42]

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