"Roll with It" | ||||
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Single by Steve Winwood | ||||
from the album Roll with It | ||||
B-side | "The Morning Side" | |||
Released | May 1988 [1] | |||
Genre | Funk [2] | |||
Length | 4:30 (single/video edit) 5:20 (album version) | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Steve Winwood, Tom Lord-Alge | |||
Steve Winwood singles chronology | ||||
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"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".
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.
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.
The music video, directed by David Fincher and filmed in sepia-tone, depicts Winwood performing the song in a bar.
7": Virgin / VS 1085 United Kingdom
7": Virgin / 7-99326 United States
12" and CD Single: Virgin / VST 1085, VSCD 1085 United Kingdom
12": Virgin / 7 96648-0 United States
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