Block Rockin' Beats

"Block Rockin' Beats"
Single by the Chemical Brothers
from the album Dig Your Own Hole
B-side"Morning Lemon"
Released24 March 1997 (1997-03-24)
StudioOrinoco (South London, England)
Genre
Length
  • 5:14 (album version)
  • 5:00 (single version)
  • 3:24 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers singles chronology
"Where Do I Begin"
(1997) 		"Block Rockin' Beats"
(1997) 		"Elektrobank"
(1997)
Alternate covers
CD2
Music video
"Block Rockin' Beats" on YouTube

"Block Rockin' Beats" is a song by British big beat duo the Chemical Brothers. Released in March 1997 by Freestyle Dust and Virgin as the second single and opening track from their second studio album, Dig Your Own Hole (1997), it topped the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 40 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It received a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.[3]

Two different edits of "Block Rockin' Beats" exist: the version found on Dig Your Own Hole has an intro, while the version released as a single begins with the bass line. The B-side "Morning Lemon" is also available on the second disc of the limited edition Singles 93–03.

Blender included the song in their ranking of "Greatest Songs Since You Were Born" in 2005,[4] while LA Weekly ranked it number 14 in their list of "The 20 Best Dance Music Tracks in History" in 2015.[5]

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/song/block-rockin-beats-mt0008267782 [bare URL]
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Complex was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The Chemical Brothers". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Blender Magazine: Greatest Songs Since You Were Born". Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ "The 20 Best Dance Music Tracks in History". LA Weekly. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2020.