Rock This Town

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“Rock This Town”
Single by Stray Cats from the album Stray Cats
B-side	"You Can't Hurry Love"
Released	1981
Genre	Rockabilly
Label	Arista
Writer(s)	Brian Setzer
Producer	Dave Edmunds

"Rock This Town" is a song by the Stray Cats from their UK debut album Stray Cats. Its first US Release was on the 1982 album Built for Speed. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982, becoming the first of the band's three top ten hits. It later appeared on The Dirty Boogie.

[edit] Appearances in other media

Rock This Town has been seen in other media, most often appearing in video games.

[edit] Video games

• Elite Beat Agents, covered by Mark Latham.
• Cars as one of the songs on the soundtrack.
• Donkey Konga
• Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4
• Guitar Hero II

Rock This Town is the only song to be featured in both Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero.

[edit] Television

The song was danced to on the TV show Dancing with the Stars on April 23, 2007.

This song is featured for the luxury car company Lincoln in their latest commercials for the 2007 MKZ, MKX, and Navigator sales event.

The song was used as an episode title for Degrassi: The Next Generation.

The song was used for a montage in an episode of America's Funniest Home Videos.

An acoustic, instrumental version of the song was frequently heard on the Peruvian children's show Nubeluz as one of the background tunes that played when competition was in progress.