"Stop the Rock" is a song by British

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group

Apollo 440 Apollo 440 (also known as Apollo Four Forty or @440) are an English electronic music group formed in Liverpool in 1990. The group have written, recorded and produced five studio albums, collaborated with and produced other artists, remixed as ...

from their third studio album, ''

Gettin' High on Your Own Supply ''Gettin' High on Your Own Supply'' is the third studio album by English electronic music group Apollo 440. It was released on 6 September 1999 in the United Kingdom by Stealth Sonic Recordings and Epic Records and in the United States by 550 ...

'' (1999). Released on 16 August 1999, it was the group's breakout single.

Composition and recording

The song was inspired by

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's " Caroline". The lead vocal was performed by Ian Hoxley, formerly of

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. Trevor Gray, Howard Gray, Ian Hoxley and

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are credited as

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Release

The single was released on 16 August 1999 through Stealth Sonic and

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. It spent six weeks on the UK singles chart, peaking at 10.

Music video

Synopsis

The video shows a group of four agents in a car who chase after a dog after its owner lets it go on the loose throughout

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. The owner is tasered and after going all over the city, eventually the dog shows up to an Apollo 440 concert where one of the members looks the dog in the eye and growls, scaring it away. It then goes back to the owner.

Charts

Release history

References

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