Rocking Music

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"Rocking Music"
Rocking Music Martin Solveig.jpg
Single by Martin Solveig
from the album Sur la terre
Released16 February 2004 (2004-02-16)
Length3:37
Label Universal Licensing Music
Songwriter(s) Martin Solveig
Producer(s) Martin Solveig
Martin Solveig singles chronology
"Madan"
(2003)
"Rocking Music"
(2004)
"I'm a Good Man"
(2004)
Music video
"Rocking Music" on YouTube

"Rocking Music" is a song written, produced, and performed by French DJ and record producer Martin Solveig. The song was released on 16 February 2004 and was the second single from Solveig's debut studio album, Sur la terre (2002). "Rocking Music" peaked at number 47 on the French Singles Chart and number 35 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Music video

The music video is about a girl with black ink. The girl has black ink for almost two minutes, at which point rain starts to fall, and the ink on her dissolves into a lighter skin. At the end, her lips turn black.

Track listing

CD single and digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Rocking Music" (Radio Edit)3:37
2."Rocking Music" (Main Vocal)7:36
3."Rocking Music" (Dub)6:57

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Australia16 February 2004CD singleMixture Stereophonic [16]
France17 February 2004
  • CD single
  • digital download
Universal Licensing Music [ citation needed ]
United Kingdom12 April 2004
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD single
Defected [17]

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