Rock Steady (Aretha Franklin song)

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"Rock Steady"
Rock Steady by Aretha Franklin Side-A US vinyl.png
One of Side-A labels of US vinyl single
Single by Aretha Franklin
from the album Young, Gifted and Black
A-side "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)"
ReleasedOctober 11, 1971
(Atlantic #2838)
RecordedUnedited, undubbed master (#21312) w/o horns on February 15, 1971 [1]
Studio Criteria Studios (Miami, FL) [2]
Genre Funk [3]
Length3:15
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Aretha Franklin
Producer(s) Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
"Spanish Harlem"
(1971)
"Rock Steady"
(1971)
"Day Dreaming"
(1972)

"Rock Steady" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin, released in October 1971, from her eighteenth album, Young, Gifted and Black (1972). [4] The single reached the No. 9 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts that same year. It also peaked at No. 2 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart. The original A-side, a rendition of the song "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" peaked at No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 9 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart.

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Personnel

Charts

Chart (1971)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 9
US Hot Soul Singles ( Billboard )2
Chart (1994)Peak
position
UK Club Chart ( Music Week ) [6] 41

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