Rock Me Gently (Erasure song)

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"Rock Me Gently"
Single by Erasure
from the album Erasure
B-side	"Chertsey Endlos"
Released	12 February 1996
Recorded	1995
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	4:04 (single version) 10:02 (album version)
Label	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Vince Clarke Andy Bell
Producer(s)	Thomas Fehlmann Gareth Jones
Erasure singles chronology
"Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" (1995) "Rock Me Gently" (1996) "In My Arms" (1997)
Music video
"Rock Me Gently" on YouTube

"Rock Me Gently"

A 23 second sample of "Rock Me Gently" where the Galás performs her free form vocals over the ambient soundscape of the breakdown.

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"Rock Me Gently" is a song by English synth-pop duo Erasure. It was written by group members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, and appears on their seventh studio album, Erasure (1995). Mute Records released it in February 1996 as a single in selected European countries, including Germany and Czech Republic. It was not released in the UK or the US. In its album form, the song is an extended, ten-plus minutes mid-tempo synth ballad with ambient elements and a free-form vocal performance by American singer Diamanda Galás, during the song's breakdown. Bell's lead vocals were accentuated by the London Community Gospel Choir, who sang background (as they did on previous Erasure single "Stay with Me"). "Rock Me Gently" was significantly altered for its single release, adding a radio-friendly drum track to the mix and editing out most of the Galás interlude. An extended version of this mix was included on the CD single, retaining the Galás section while keeping the new instrumentation.