Rock and Roll Is Dead

Not to be confused with Rock & Roll Is Dead or Rock Is Dead.
"Rock and Roll Is Dead"
Single by Lenny Kravitz
from the album Circus
B-side
  • "Another Life"
  • "Confused"
  • "Is It Me, Is It You?"
ReleasedAugust 28, 1995 (1995-08-28)
Length3:22
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Lenny Kravitz
Producer(s)Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz singles chronology
"Is There Any Love in Your Heart"
(1994) 		"Rock and Roll Is Dead"
(1995) 		"Circus"
(1995)
Music video
"Rock and Roll Is Dead" on YouTube

"Rock and Roll Is Dead" is a song by American musician Lenny Kravitz, released in August 1995 by Virgin as the first single from his fourth album, Circus (1995). The song, both written and produced by Kravitz, reached the top 20 in Canada, Finland, New Zealand, and Spain, but it underperformed in the United States, peaking at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video for "Rock and Roll Is Dead" was storyboarded by Andrew Trovaioli and directed by Ruven Afanador.[citation needed] It shows Kravitz performing the song with his band, as well as Kravitz with visual artistic related backgrounds. Kravitz was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the song in 1996.[1]

  1. ^ "Lenny Kravitz". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 10, 2021.