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 Funk [2]
Length4:30 (single/video edit)
5:20 (album version)
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) 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 of the same name, released on Virgin Records. It was written by Winwood and songwriter 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".

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The song was the last #1 hit of Casey Kasem's 18-year run as the original host of American Top 40 (he would return to host the program 10 years later), as well as being the first #1 song of Shadoe Stevens' hosting tenure. The 1990 movie Nuns on the Run also made use of the song, as well as the movie Short Time released that same year.

Release and reception

The single spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the summer of 1988. [3] 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. [4] 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.

Track listing

7": Virgin / VS 1085 United Kingdom

  1. "Roll With It" - 4:30
  2. "The Morning Side" - 3:57

7": Virgin / 7-99326 United States

  1. "Roll With It" - 4:30
  2. "The Morning Side" - 5:12

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

  1. "Roll With It" (12" Remix) - 9:56
  2. "The Morning Side" - 3:57
  3. "Roll With It" (7" Remix) - 4:30

12": Virgin / 7 96648-0 United States

  1. "Roll With It" (12" Remix) - 9:53
  2. "Roll With It" (Steve Testifies Dub) - 6:44
  3. "The Morning Side" (7" Version) - 3:57

Personnel

Charts

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