Roll with It (Steve Winwood song)

"Roll with It"
Artwork for UK releases
Single by Steve Winwood
from the album Roll with It
B-side "The Morning Side"
Released August 11, 1988
Format 12-inch single, 7-inch single
Genre Pop rock, blues
Length 4:30 (single edit)
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Steve Winwood, Tom Lord-Alge
Steve Winwood singles chronology
"Talking Back to the Night (remix)"
(1988)		 "Roll with It"
(1988)		 "Put on Your Dancing Shoes"
(1988)

"Talking Back to the Night (remix)"
(1988)		 "Roll with It"
(1988)		 "Put on Your Dancing Shoes"
(1988)

"Roll with It" is a song recorded by Steve Winwood for his album, Roll with It, released on Virgin Records. It was written by Winwood and songwriter Will Jennings. Publishing rights organization BMI later had Motown songwriters Holland-Dozier-Holland credited with co-writing the song due to its resemblance to the Junior Walker hit "(I'm a) Roadrunner".

The single spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the summer of 1988.[1] It topped the Billboard adult contemporary chart for two weeks, and also spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard mainstream rock chart. In addition, the song reached No. 30 on the R&B chart.[2] In the United Kingdom, the song reached No. 53 on the UK Singles Chart.

"Roll with It" was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1989, Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal performance. The album Roll with It was also nominated as Album of the Year.

The song was the last #1 hit of Casey Kasem's 18-year run as the original host of American Top 40 (he would return to host the program 10 years later), as well as being the first #1 song of Shadoe Stevens' hosting tenure.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 705.
  2. ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 336.
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