Rock Your Baby

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‹The template Infobox single is being considered for merging.› "Rock Your Baby"
Single by George McCrae
from the album Rock Your Baby
B-side	"Rock Your Baby (Part 2)"
Released	May 1974
Format	7 inch single
Genre	Disco
Length	3:14 (radio edit) 6:24 (album version)
Label	TK Records
Writer(s)	Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
Producer	Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch

"Rock Your Baby" is a popular song by George McCrae. Written and produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch of KC and the Sunshine Band, "Rock Your Baby" was one of the landmark recordings of early disco music. A massive international hit, the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States, spending two weeks at the top in July 1974, number one on the R&B singles chart,^[1] and repeating the feat on the UK singles chart, spending three weeks at the top of the chart in July 1974. In total it sold over 11 million copies internationally.

The backing track for the record had been recorded in 45 minutes as a demo, and featured guitarist Jerome Smith (June 18, 1953 – July 28, 2000)^[2] of KC and the Sunshine Band. The track was not originally intended for McCrae, but he happened to be in the studio, added a vocal, and the resultant combination of infectious rhythm and falsetto vocals made it a hit.

The hit song later inspired a reply hit "Rockin' Chair" sung by Gwen McCrae then-wife of George McCrae released one year later on TK's Cat subsidiary label with the music and arrangements sounding almost near-similar.

The song has been covered by Italian singer Spagna on her 2004 album L'arte di arrangiarsi.

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 389.
^ Obituary at [1]^{[dead link]}

Preceded by "Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)" by The Impressions	Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single July 6–13, 1974	Succeeded by "My Thang (Part 1)" by James Brown
Preceded by "Rock The Boat" by The Hues Corporation	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single July 13–20, 1974	Succeeded by "Annie's Song" by John Denver
Preceded by "She" by Charles Aznavour	UK number-one single July 27, 1974 (3 weeks)	Succeeded by "When Will I See You Again" by The Three Degrees

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