Colonel William A. Phillips

"Rock Me" is a song by English singer Melanie C from her fifth solo album, The Sea. It was released as the album's buzz single on 24 June 2011 in Germany. Written by Melanie C, Dave Roth and David Jost, it serves as official theme song for German TV channel ZDF's coverage of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[1] Melanie C performed this on The Sea – Live tour as the opening song.

Music video

The video premiered two weeks before the release of the single. It was filmed at the Projekts Skatepark in Manchester, UK. It featured Melanie C dancing around in the skate park, and in front of a wall with letters "Rock Me" painted on it. Melanie C was also the choreographer for the music video.

Melanie C in a music video scene..

Chart performance

The song debuted and peaked at number 38 in the German Singles Chart, spending only three weeks in the chart.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Rock Me".

CD single[2]
  1. "Rock Me" – 3:11
  2. "Stop This Train" – 4:00 (Melanie C, Peter-John Vettese)

Digital download[3]

  1. "Rock Me" – 3:11
  2. "Stop This Train" – 4:00
  3. "Rock Me" (Dance Mix) – 3:29
  4. "Rock Me" (Music Video) - 3:12

Chart

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Belarus (Unistar Top 20)[4] 4
Germany (Official German Charts)[5] 38

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Germany 24 June 2011[6] CD single, digital download 313 Music, Warner Music, Red Girl

References

  1. ^ "Album Announcement". MelanieC.net. Red Girl Records Ltd. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Rock Me (2track): Melanie C: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Rock Me - Single von Melanie C - Rock Me - Single bei iTunes vorbestellen". iTunes Store. Apple Inc.
  4. ^ "Top 20 Unistar" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  5. ^ "MELANIE C – Rock Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  6. ^ Corner, Lewis (7 June 2011). "Mel C unveils 'Rock Me' music video". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 June 2011.