Roll with It (Steve Winwood song)

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"Roll with It"
Steve Winwood Roll with It single.jpg
Artwork for UK releases
Single by Steve Winwood
from the album Roll with It
B-side "The Morning Side"
ReleasedMay 1988 [1]
Genre
Length4:30 (single/video edit)
5:20 (album version)
Label Virgin
Songwriters
Producers Steve Winwood, Tom Lord-Alge
Steve Winwood singles chronology
"Talking Back to the Night (remix)"
(1988)		"Roll with It"
(1988)		"Put on Your Dancing Shoes"
(1988)

"Roll with It" is a song recorded by Steve Winwood for his album Roll with It , released on Virgin Records. It was written by Winwood and long-time collaborator Will Jennings. Publishing rights organization BMI later had Motown songwriters Holland-Dozier-Holland credited with co-writing the song due to its resemblance to the Junior Walker hit "(I'm a) Roadrunner".

Contents

Release and reception

The single spent four straight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart starting on the issue dating July 30, 1988. [5] It topped the Billboard adult contemporary chart for two weeks, and also spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard mainstream rock chart. In addition, the song reached No. 30 on the R&B chart. [6] In the United Kingdom, the song reached No. 53 on the UK Singles Chart.

"Roll with It" was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1989, Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal performance. The album Roll with It was also nominated as Album of the Year.

Music video

The music video, directed by David Fincher and filmed in sepia-tone, depicts Winwood performing the song in a bar. As he and his band play, bar patrons erotically dance with each other.

Track listings

7-inch: Virgin / VS 1085 United Kingdom

  1. "Roll with It" – 4:30
  2. "The Morning Side" – 3:57

7-inch: Virgin / 7-99326 United States

  1. "Roll with It" – 4:30
  2. "The Morning Side" – 5:12

12-inch and CD Single: Virgin / VST 1085, VSCD 1085 United Kingdom

  1. "Roll with It" (12-inch remix) – 9:56
  2. "The Morning Side" – 3:57
  3. "Roll with It" (7-inch remix) – 4:30

12-inch: Virgin / 7 96648-0 United States

  1. "Roll with It" (12-inch remix) – 9:53
  2. "Roll with It" (Steve Testifies dub) – 6:44
  3. "The Morning Side" (7-inch version) – 3:57

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Bacon, Tony (2006). Singles. Backbeat UK. p. 232. ISBN   978-1-871547-73-3.
  2. ↑ Evans, Paul (2004). "Steve Winwood". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 882–883. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  3. ↑ Molanphy, Chris (12 July 2024). "Song(s) of the Summer Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate . Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  4. 1 2 Smith, Troy L. (10 November 2022). "Every No. 1 album of the 1980s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com . Retrieved 13 December 2024. The production [on "Roll with It"] is slick and Winwood is fully capable of writing a big pop hook. But his brand of blue-eyed soul never reaches the heights of contemporaries...
  5. ↑ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 705.
  6. ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 336.
  7. ↑ "Steve Winwood – Roll with It". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  8. ↑ Nanda Lwin (1999). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada. ISBN   1-896594-13-1.
  9. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 8568." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 8576." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Playlist Report: RAI - Italy" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 5, no. 36. 3 September 1988. p. 5.
  12. ↑ "Tipparade-lijst van week 29, 1988" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "Steve Winwood – Roll with It" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  14. ↑ "Steve Winwood – Roll with It". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  15. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  16. ↑ "Steve Winwood Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  17. ↑ "Steve Winwood Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  18. ↑ "Steve Winwood Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  19. ↑ "Steve Winwood Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  20. ↑ "Steve Winwood Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  21. ↑ "Steve Winwood Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  22. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Steve Winwood – Roll with It" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  23. ↑ "Top 100 Singles of '88" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 49, no. 10. 24 December 1988. p. 9. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  24. ↑ "No. 1 Awards: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 100, no. 52. 24 December 1988. p. Y-20.
  25. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1988" . Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  26. ↑ "No. 1 Awards: Top Dance Sales 12-inch Singles". Billboard. Vol. 100, no. 52. 24 December 1988. p. Y-25.
  27. ↑ "No. 1 Awards: Top Adult Contemporary Singles". Billboard. Vol. 100, no. 52. 24 December 1988. p. Y-26.
  28. ↑ "No. 1 Awards: Top Album Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 100, no. 52. 24 December 1988. p. Y-22.
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