Rock This Town

Infobox Single
Name = Rock This Town


Artist = Stray Cats
from Album = Stray Cats / Built for Speed
B-side = "You Can't Hurry Love"
Released = January 29, 1981 (U.K.)September 14, 1982 (U.S.)
Format = 7"
Genre = Rockabilly
Label = Arista (U.K.)
EMI America (U.S.)
Writer = Brian Setzer
Producer = Dave Edmunds
Chart position = * #9 Billboard Hot 100 (U.S.)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Background = khaki


Lower caption = US 7" single cover

"Rock This Town" is a song by the Stray Cats from their UK debut album "Stray Cats". Its first US Release was on the 1982 album "Built for Speed". It peaked at #9 on the UK Singles Chart in 1981 and on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982, becoming the first of the band's three top ten hits in the U.S. It later appeared on The Dirty Boogie.

Appearances in other media

"Rock This Town" has been seen in other media, most often appearing in video games.

Video games

*"Elite Beat Agents", covered by Mark Latham.
*"Cars" as one of the songs on the soundtrack.
*"Donkey Konga"
*"Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4"
*"Guitar Hero II"

"Rock This Town" is the first song to be featured in both "Dance Dance Revolution" and "Guitar Hero".

Television

The song was danced to on the TV show "Dancing with the Stars" on April 23, 2007.

This song is featured for the luxury car company Lincoln in their latest commercials for the 2007 MKZ, MKX, and Navigator sales event.

The song was used as an title for "".

The song was used for a montage in an episode of "America's Funniest Home Videos".

An acoustic, instrumental version of the song was heard regularly on the Peruvian children's show "Nubeluz" as one of the background tunes that played when competition was in progress.