"Rock Steady" is a song from American

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singer

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's first live album, ''

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'' (1995), written by

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and

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. The song was written as a duet with Adams and Raitt for her Road Tested Tour, which also became one of her albums. The original demo version of the song appears on Adams' 1996 single "

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". It was officially released via

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on October 23, 1995, to AOR radio. The song reached number 17 in Adams' native Canada and entered the top 50 in the

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region of Belgium and the United Kingdom.

Critical reception

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'' named "Rock Steady" Single of the Week, writing, "What a brilliant idea to put these two together! A moaning bottleneck riff rips open this track, which has "classic" stomped all over it. Rait's bluesy feel and Adams' R&R pedigree fuse into a perfect rock song, which will energise radio listeners at any time of the day."

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Release history

References

1995 songs 1995 singles Bonnie Raitt songs Bryan Adams songs Capitol Records singles Male–female vocal duets Song recordings produced by Don Was Songs written by Bryan Adams Songs written by Gretchen Peters {{1990s-rock-song-stub