Rock Steady (All Saints song)

"Rock Steady"
A portrait of four women side-by-side in a background of black colour. The women are standing in front of a centred white circle in the black background. The title 'All Saints' appears in large, white, bold, capital letters above the women with the word 'Rock Steady' appearing in small, narrow, white, capital letter at the bottom left of the title.
Single by All Saints
from the album Studio 1
B-side
  • "Dope Noize"
  • "Do Me"
Released6 November 2006 (2006-11-06)
Recorded2006
StudioMayfair (London, England)
Genre
Length2:47
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Greg Kurstin
All Saints singles chronology
"All Hooked Up"
(2001) 		"Rock Steady"
(2006) 		"One Strike"
(2016)

"Rock Steady" is a song performed by English-Canadian recording girl group All Saints from their third studio album, Studio 1 (2006). It was co-written by group member Shaznay Lewis in collaboration with the track's producer Greg Kurstin. The song was released by Parlophone on 6 November 2006. All Saints collaborated with Kurstin on a number of songs; six were chosen for the album. "Rock Steady" was released as the first single from it. The song contains prominent 2 tone, dance-pop, reggae fusion, rocksteady and ska musical characteristics. It is lyrically influenced by the personalities of the group members themselves.

"Rock Steady" received mainly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. The song also garnered charting success for All Saints both in the United Kingdom and internationally. It debuted at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart before reaching a peak of number three the following week. It became All Saints' ninth consecutive top 10 hit in the United Kingdom. The single also garnered chart success internationally; peaking within the top 10 in the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary and Spain, and the top 40 in several other countries.

The accompanying music video for "Rock Steady" was directed by W.I.Z. and it was released on 30 September 2006; it features the group acting as professional bank robbers. In order to promote the song, All Saints performed "Rock Steady" live on various television shows, including Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Popworld and Top of the Pops, and was subsequently performed on their Red Flag Tour (2016) and Testament Tour (2018).

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