"Rock Me" is a song by English singer

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. It was co-written by Dave Roth and

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and produced by Roth and Andy Chatterley for her fifth studio album, '' The Sea'' (2011). The song was released as the album's first single on 24 June 2011 in Germany, also serving as the official

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for

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TV channel

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's coverage of the

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Chart performance

"Rock Me" debuted and peaked at number 38 on the

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, spending three weeks in the chart.

Music video

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for "Rock Me" was directed by German filmmaker Marcus Sternberg and filmed at the Projekts Skatepark in

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. It features Melanie C dancing around in the skate park, and in front of a wall with letters "Rock Me" painted on it. The visuals premiered online on 7 June 2011.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of '' The Sea''. * Andy Chatterley – engineer, producer *

Melanie Chisholm Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born 12 January 1974), commonly known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Sporty Spice. W ...

– vocals, writer *

– writer * Dave Roth – producer, writer * Jason Tarver – engineer

Chart

Release history

References

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