Rock the Boat (The Hues Corporation song)

"Rock the Boat"
Single by The Hues Corporation
from the album Freedom for the Stallion
B-side	"All Goin' Down Together"
Released	May 1974
Recorded	1973
Genre	Disco soul R&B
Length	3:22 (album version) 3:06 (single version)
Label	RCA Records
Songwriter(s)	Wally Holmes
Producer(s)	John Florez
The Hues Corporation singles chronology
"Freedom for the Stallion" (1973) "Rock the Boat" (1974) "Rockin' Soul" (1974)
Performance video" Rock the Boat" (on TopPop) on YouTube

"Rock the Boat" is a song by American trio The Hues Corporation, written by Wally Holmes. "Rock the Boat" was first featured on their 1973 debut studio album Freedom for the Stallion (the single edit later appeared on certain editions of the band's 1974 second album Rockin' Soul).^[1] It was released as the third single from the album in early 1974, to follow up Stallion's title song, which had peaked at number sixty-three on the Hot 100, and "Miracle Maker (Sweet Soul Shaker)" which did not chart.

Initially, "Rock the Boat" appeared as though it would also flop, as months went by without any radio airplay or sales activity. Not until the song became a disco favorite in New York did Top 40 radio finally pick up on the song, leading the record to finally enter the Hot 100 and zip up the chart to number one the week of July 6, 1974, in only its seventh week on the chart (and fourth week in the Top 40). The record also reached the top ten in the United Kingdom. "Rock the Boat" is considered one of the earliest disco songs. Some authorities proclaim it to be the first disco song to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while others give that distinction to "Love's Theme" by Love Unlimited Orchestra or "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" by MFSB, both chart-toppers from earlier in 1974. The song became a gold record. It is a heavy airplay favorite on oldie and adult contemporary stations today.