I mean, I had nothing against gays. "Let there be no doubt, 'Rock Me Tonite' was a Billy Squier video in every sense. Squier sings the first verse, during which the synthesizer adds a short bass figure. In addition to being the top-selling R&B single for 1985, the song spent six weeks at number one. On the second verse, the drums and guitar join, as well as a backing vocal. He had a string of arena rock and power ballad type hits in the 80s.He's probably best known for the song "The Stroke", on his 1981 album 'Don't Say No'.Said album has been RIAA certified as triple-platinum. The album contains a cover of the Billie Holiday classic "Good Morning Heartache". Engineers – Ron Banks (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Carl Beatty and Steve Goldman (Track 5); Frank Heller, Peter Robbins and Bob Rose (Track 8). Rock Me Tonight went on to top the R&B Albums chart for 14 nonconsecutive weeks, and peaked inside the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" is the debut single for Harlem-born R&B/soul singer Freddie Jackson. "Rock Me Tonite" is a hit song written and recorded by American rock artist Billy Squier. "[It] was based on the ritual of going to a concert," Squier recalled in 2011. Mallet put together some storyboards, but they were quickly rejected. If it has damaged his career he has no one to blame but himself. As it ends, heavy guitar chords return in the background until a break where Squier sings "Take me in your arms ..." unaccompanied. So much has happened in my life Since we parted What about you Oh, now I've got myself together And I know just what I want And right now, girl, it's you, you. At the next chorus, another synth part joins, bringing the song into the bridge. The director was initially enthusiastic, but then a week later changed his mind, saying it wasn't "something he'd want his kids to see." From Paul Laurence’s pen, “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” is a classic song that works on so many levels. Rock Me Tonight is the platinum selling 1985 debut album from American R&B/Soul singer Freddie Jackson. See all 29 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. This article is about the Freddie Jackson album. The synthesizers exit, to return during the next verse, accompanied by some lead guitar parts. Listen Now with Amazon Music : Rock Me Tonight "Please retry" Amazon Music Unlimited: Price New from Used from … It was not what he had envisioned, and he expressed his misgivings. Despite its major success, the song is sometimes associated with the end of Squier's career as a singles artist due to the music video, which was described as one of the worst ever in the 2011 book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. "He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)" (Keith Diamond, "Love Is Just a Touch Away" (Freddie Jackson, Barry Eastmond) – 5:19, "I Wanna Say I Love You" (Freddie Jackson, Barry Eastmond) – 4:40, "Sing a Song of Love" (Barry Eastmond) – 5:02, "Calling" (Keith Diamond, Barry Eastmond) – 5:30, Freddie Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals, Barry Eastmond – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming, Robert Aries – keyboards (8), Kurzweil synthesizer (8), drum programming (8). It's a bad part of a good life. Mick Kleber, an executive at Squier's label, Capitol Records, clarifies that Giraldi was interested but wanted a bigger budget to work with. It also returned him to #1 on the Top Rock Tracks chart in August 1984. "[8], 1984 Billy Squier single known for its widely criticized video, This article is about the Billy Squier song. ", Christmas Is the Time to Say 'I Love You', https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock_Me_Tonite&oldid=1005988068, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 10 February 2021, at 12:33. Rock me tonight for old times sake Sweet, baby, yeah Roll with me tonight for old times sake Oh, girl, come on and rock. By early fall it had reached No. Listen to Rock Me Tonight by Freddie Jackson on Apple Music. "Within the song, Squier's old standards collide with his newfangled attempt at sounding hip, resulting in a catchy three-parts-pop, one-part-rock final product." "[5], Squier himself, and other observers, believe its homoeroticism alienated a significant portion of his fan base (predominantly teenaged boys at the time) and ruined his career. Rock Me Tonight is the platinum selling 1985 debut album from American R&B/Soul singer Freddie Jackson. Mastered by Jack Skinner at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) and Eddy Schreyer at, This page was last edited on 31 March 2021, at 08:25. Stream songs including "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) [Originally Performed by Freddie Jackson] [Karaoke Version]". Squier had a very sensible idea for the video: scenes of both he and his fans getting ready for his concert and meeting up at the show. The singer’s debut solo single “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” follows. Capitol was disturbed that Squier had talked directly to Ortega, in contravention of their preferred practice, but deferred to him. "Rock Me Tonite" was the first single from his third album, and MTV held a coveted "World Premiere" slot for it, which would deliver lots of eyeballs. At the conclusion he leaves the room with a pink guitar to join his band in performing the song. [2], At that point, Ortega, a friend of Squier's girlfriend, called up Squier's managers and offered to direct the video. It has damaged his career and he has no one to blame but himself. "I was like, 'Get rid of him.'" Ortega reassured him that the finished version would look as he had wanted it to. [2], Ortega suggested to him that he do some of the same moves he did during his show, without his guitar. While Squier has remained steadfast that the video alone was responsible for the initial decline in his popularity, other commentators have been less certain. Track 8 mixed by Peter Robbins at Unique Recording Studios. He took it to Bob Giraldi, a director at the time much sought after in the wake of his highly successful video for Michael Jackson's "Beat It". Capitol told him not to worry since the single was so successful, but his girlfriend told him it would ruin him. He has accused Ortega of deceiving him and altering his original concept, which Ortega denies. He rejected a suggestion by Ortega that it look instead like Tom Cruise's air guitar scene near the beginning of the 1983 film Risky Business. It also returned Squier to No. Listen Now with Amazon Music : Rock Me Tonight "Please retry" Amazon Music Unlimited: Price New from Used from … But in this video I'm sort of pretty boy. His idea was to show him doing that, paralleled by younger fans doing the same and then sneaking out to the show. "I wish I had had the balls to say to the label, 'We're not putting it out,'" Mohler laments. Squier sings with increasing intensity and volume into the chorus, announced by a drum roll. For the title song, see, List of number-one R&B albums of 1985 (U.S.), "Freddie Jackson US albums chart history", "Freddie Jackson US singles chart history", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock_Me_Tonight&oldid=1015225019, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, January–March 1985 at Digital By Dickinson (Bloomfield, NJ); Celestial Sound Studios and. 1 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. 9 and 8, respectively. "I liked Billy Squier very much," says Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions, "but then I saw him doing this video in a very terrible way. He had done choreography in some of Mallet's videos, and directed the clip for The Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited." The latter two, "Love Is Just a Touch Away" and "He'll Never Love You", peaked at Nos. "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" and "You Are My Lady" sailed this album through the world of soul back in 1985.Great album from Mr.F. Freddie Jackson. The video for the track was directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega, who later directed the High School Musical films. Rock Me Lyrics: Rock me tonight / Rock me tonight / Rock me tonight / And make everything alright / You move your body along with mine / Makes me feel like I’m on cloud nine / No one else makes me Capitol and his management said they had talked to MTV about pushing the date back, but the cable channel couldn't guarantee a later date (Arnold Stiefel, Rod Stewart's manager, suggests that had Squier's management been firmer on this point, they could have held MTV to its commitment no matter what date was ultimately set). " Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) " is the debut single for Harlem -born R&B / soul singer Freddie Jackson. Let's celebrate rock and all the CRAZY history behind it. [2], The shoot was held in Los Angeles within two weeks of the world premiere date. While other songs on the album make similar efforts to blend an electronic sound with Squier's guitar-based rock, Allmusic says, only "Rock Me Tonite" succeeds.[3]. Neither manager was particularly enthusiastic about Ortega, and pressured Squier to get rid of him. The video misrepresents who I am as an artist. "If we admit it, when we're getting ready to go out, we're checking our clothes and our hair." Roll with me tonight for old times sake Ooh Ooh, girl, I'm gonna love you real good Come on, let me do it now, you know I could I really miss the way you squeeze and moan And call out my name, woo, you can call me, baby Kleber thinks that Mallet may not have believed the song would be a hit, especially compared with some of the other videos he had done for Capitol at the time, and was just being courteous. For the Freddie Jackson album, see, I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, "YouTube Hall of Fame: The Worst Music Videos of All Time", "Martha, Martha, Martha! [2], Squier and his management then approached David Mallet, another popular music-video director of the time, whose work included Billy Idol's "White Wedding." 4.6 out of 5 stars 61 ratings. Rock Me Tonight : Tracklist (Vinyl) A : Rock Me Tonite : 3:67: B : Can't Get Next To You : 4:30 * Items below may differ depending on the release. Complete your Freddie Jackson collection. It was released in June 1984 as the lead single from his platinum-plus album Signs of Life. "By going around the label, he had thrown down the gauntlet," Kleber says. The success of Rock Me Tonight garnered Jackson a Grammy Award nomination in 1986 for Best New Artist, losing out to Sade. [2] He has never matched his early chart success since then. "I've got a hit for the next record," he told her when he got out of the water. Listen Now with Amazon Music : Rock Me Tonight "Please retry" Amazon Music Unlimited: Price New from Used from … In 2011, Squier talked about the experience as "an MBA course in how a video can go totally wrong.". Discover releases, reviews, track listings, recommendations, and more about Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) at Discogs. "Rock Me Tonite" is a hit song written and recorded by American rock artist Billy Squier. As a result, he fired both his managers within a month. It also returned him to #1 on the Top Rock Tracks chart in August 1984.[1]. It was released in June 1984 as the lead single from his platinum-plus album Signs of Life. Squier says the idea for the song came to him while he was on vacation in Greece with his girlfriend, while swimming off Santorini. Squier's idea was that the resulting footage should be grainy and in darker, subdued colors, evoking the 1980 film American Gigolo. I was a good-looking, sexy guy. "[2], The original concept for the video was Squier's. That certainly didn't hurt in selling records. Let there be no doubt “Rock Me Tonight” was a Billy Squier video in every sense. It was traumatizing to me. [2] It begins with snapping fingers and footsteps, quickly joined by staccato chords from a synthesizer. They said that none could agree on the best video, but all agreed that "Rock Me Tonite" was the worst. Listen to Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) (In the Style of Freddie Jackson) [Karaoke Version] - Single by Cooltone Karaoke on Apple Music. Assistant Engineers – Dean Cochren, Larry DeCarmine, Cathy Goode, Frank Heller and Kurt Upper (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Mike Nicolette (Track 8). 9 and 8, respectively. [2] Directed by Kenny Ortega, it shows Squier dancing around a bed with pastel-colored satin sheets. [2], By this point, a date had already been set for the video's world premiere on MTV. The chorus repeats through the song's fadeout. I couldn't take the music serious anymore. "If anything, I tried to toughen the image he was projecting," he told the author of a 1986 book about the record industry. Giraldi has said that Squier's original intuitions were right and that the video would have worked out had he directed it. [4] Martha Quinn, an MTV VJ when "Rock Me Tonite" was released, called it "a super-fun video and a super-great song," and commented, "I don’t remember that video being poorly received at the time. This page was created to highlight artists and rock bands. "I couldn't figure out why Capitol didn't pull that video and make another one," said Warren DeMartini of Ratt, who were opening for Squier at the time. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and the top 10 in Cash Box magazine. 31. Taken from the namesake debut title album, Rock Me Tonight, the popular ballad was written and produced by Paul Laurence. The album contains a cover of the Billie Holiday classic "Good Morning Heartache". Rock me tonight for old times sake Would you, baby, hey? The latter two, "Love Is Just a Touch Away" and "He'll Never Love You", peaked at Nos. Stream songs including "He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)", "Love Is Just a Touch Away" and more. Executive Producers – Beau Huggins and Varnell Johnson. Rock Me Tonight Music Showcase. "I didn't like the sheets but I trusted the guy." Released on April 28, 1985, the album yielded four top–10 singles on the U.S. R&B chart, with the first two, "You Are My Lady" and "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)", reaching number one. And I'm preening around a room. 4.6 out of 5 stars 43 ratings. While he is still angry at Ortega, who he believes purposely misled and exploited him, he is philosophical about the video. Squier's concert ticket sales immediately suffered, and he later fired his managers. [2], According to Squier, he played the song for Giraldi and shared the concept with him. However, Capitol was not as open as other labels at the time to spending large amounts of money on videos, so he declined because he did not expect the label to be forthcoming (the final video was still the most expensive Capitol had put out at the time). The success of Roc… He hired Stiefel to replace them, finished his tour and then took two years to release his next album, Enough Is Enough. Rock me tonight for old times sake (Sake) Won't you, baby, hey Rock Me Tonight. See all 29 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. January 1, 1985 4.7 out of 5 stars 72 ratings. Tom Mohler, one of Squier's managers, asked Ortega to make sure there was footage of the band performing the entire song to use as coverage; he says Ortega promised to do so but did not. In Canada's RPM, it reached No. Producers – Barry Eastmond (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Paul Laurence (Track 5); Robert Aries (Track 8). Rock Me Tonight Freddie Jackson Format: Audio CD. But like it or not, it was more of a sticky point then. The single was released in June 1984. They devoted an entire chapter of the book to it. Squire himself, also claimed the effeminate nature of the video alienated a lot of his base, which were predominantly teenage boys at the time. Taken from the namesake debut title album, Rock Me Tonight, the popular ballad was written and produced by Paul Laurence. Rock me tonight for old times sake Sweet, baby, yeah Roll with me tonight for old times sake Oh, girl, come on and rock So much has happened in my life Since we parted What about you Oh, now I've got myself together And I know just what I want And right now, girl, it's you, you 35 Years Later, Original VJ Quinn Remembers MTV's Early Days", "Comment, 'The Video that Killed the Rock and Roll Star, "Was Billy Squier's Career Really Destroyed by the 'Rock Me Tonite' Video? I have a lot of gay friends. Listen to Rock Me Tonight by Shedly Abraham Feat. Squier learned later that he could have done so himself, as Bruce Springsteen had been able to do with a video he disliked. He said the director's representatives delayed him until after the book's deadline passed, so he never got an answer. While they understood why, it was painful for Mohler in particular, since Squier had been best man at his wedding earlier in the year. Squier showed up on the soundstage and saw the decorated set. The song is Squier's highest charting U.S. single, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hitting number 10 on the Cash Box singles chart. "'Rock Me Tonite' represents Squier's effort to become acquainted with the emerging techno-pop scene of the early and mid-'80s," says AllMusic. "The first thing he showed me was a scene of me riding into a diner on a white horse," says Squier. Released on April 28, 1985, the album yielded four top–10 singles on the U.S. R&B chart, with the first two, "You Are My Lady" and "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)", reaching number one. Billy Squier Discography Price Guide Recently Listed Email Alerts Refine Search Results. People said "He's gay." [2], Squier was aghast when he saw the video. Or "He's on drugs." https://www.last.fm/music/Freddie+Jackson/_/Rock+Me+Tonight Rock me tonight for old times sake Sweet, baby, yeah Roll with me tonight for old times sake Oh, girl, come on and rock So much has happened in my life Since we parted What about you [7], Writing for Ultimate Classic Rock, Jeff Giles disagrees with the assessment that the video ended Squier's career: "Just a quick scan through the top rock hits of 1983 and 1984 is all you need to find evidence that Squier was hardly alone in filming cheesy, low-budget or gender-bending videos. James Vaval, 829 Shazams. It shows Squier waking up in a bed with satiny, pastel-colored sheets, then prancing around the bed as he gets dressed, ultimately putting on a pink tank top over a white shirt. For I Want My MTV, their 2011 oral history of the network's early years, authors Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks interviewed over 400 people, primarily artists, managers, filmmakers, record company executives and MTV employees. Billy Squier (born May 12, 1950, in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts) is a rock musician. "[2], Ortega has refused to accept blame for the video, saying it was filmed as Squier had conceived. The song is Squier's highest charting U.S. single, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hitting number 10 on the Cash Box singles chart. See all 29 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. [2], Mohler pleaded with Capitol president Jim Mazza to just cancel the video, but the label stood firm. 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