| "Rock This Town" | ||||
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| Single by Stray Cats | ||||
| from the album Stray Cats/Built for Speed | ||||
| B-side | "You Can't Hurry Love" | |||
| Released | January 30, 1981 (U.K.)[1] August 31, 1982 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly | |||
| Length | 2:39 (Single Version) 3:28 (Album Version) | |||
| Label | Arista (UK) EMI America (U.S.) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Setzer | |||
| Producer(s) | Dave Edmunds | |||
| Stray Cats singles chronology | ||||
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| Alternative covers | ||||
 US 7" single cover | ||||
"Rock This Town" is the second single by American rockabilly band Stray Cats, released January 30, 1981 by Arista Records in the U.K., where it peaked at No. 9 on the Singles Chart.[2] It was taken from the band's 1981 debut album, Stray Cats.
Its first US release, by EMI America, was on the June 1982 album Built for Speed. Released as a single on August 31, 1982, it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of September 18, 1982, and peaked at No. 9.[3]
"Rock This Town" was listed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".[4]
The song has been featured in a variety of media, including the video games Guitar Hero II, Elite Beat Agents, and the video game based on the 2006 Pixar film Cars (video game).
- ^ "News". Record Mirror: 2. 24 January 1981. Retrieved December 18, 2020 – via flickr.com.
- ^ "STRAY CATS". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ Schatz, Lake (January 4, 2018). "Brian Setzer's Stray Cats to reunite for first show in 10 years". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 30, 2018.