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"Like a Rock" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger. The single peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks.[1]

"Like a Rock"
Single by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
from the album Like a Rock
B-side
  • "Livin' Inside My Heart"
  • "Katmandu" (live version)
ReleasedMay 1986
Recorded1985–1986
GenreHeartland rock, country rock
Length4:36 (DJ 45 version)
5:56 (single and album version)
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Bob Seger
Producer(s)Punch Andrews, David N. Cole, Bob Seger
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band singles chronology
"American Storm"
(1986)
"Like a Rock"
(1986)
"It's You"
(1986)
Music video
"Like a Rock" on YouTube

Background and writing


Seger told the New York Times that the song "was inspired partly by the end of a relationship that had lasted for 11 years. You wonder where all that time went. But beyond that, it expresses my feeling that the best years of your life are in your late teens when you have no special commitments and no career. It's your last blast of fun before heading into the cruel world."[2]


Reception


Cash Box called it an "emotional ballad of perseverence and commitment."[3] Billboard called it a "slow-paced, rough-edged ballad [that] mourns the certainties of youth."[4]


Personnel


Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Like a Rock.[5]

The Silver Bullet Band

Additional musicians


Chart performance


Chart (1986) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles 33
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 5
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 12
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[1] 21
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[1] 1

In media


The song was parodied as "Tastes Like Liberty" for Krusty Burger's Ribwich in The Simpsons episode "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can". The song was also featured in the 2005 film The Weather Man, starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine.

This song's greatest exposure was in Chevrolet truck television advertisements from 1991 until 2004,[6] for their massively successful "Like a Rock" campaign, which was also one of their longest-running ad campaigns. The song helped sell millions of trucks over the years and is still widely associated with Chevrolet today.


"Livin' Inside My Heart"


The b-side of some versions of the "Like a Rock" single was "Livin' Inside My Heart." Seger said of "Livin' Inside My Heart:

I wanted so bad to put "Living Inside My Heart" on my Greatest Hits, Volume 2 record and I fought and fought and fought. My manager said: “No, that’s a movie song.” I said: “No, I want it on there.” It’s beautiful. I was so bummed when they wouldn’t let me put it on there. I was actually working on my new album and let that one slide, and I wished I had worked harder on that Greatest Hits, Volume 2 package because there were other songs that I really wanted on there.[7]


See also



References


  1. "Bob Seger > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  2. The Pop Life – Bob Seger's view of life and loving
  3. "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. May 17, 1986. p. 13. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  4. "Reviews". Billboard. May 24, 1986. p. 77. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  5. Like a Rock (CD). Bob Seger. Capitol Records. 1986. CDP 7 446195 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. Chevrolet "Like A Rock" From The Mid-90s
  7. Sharp, Ken (September 10, 2018). "How Bob Seger changed the face of American Music". Classic Rock. Louder Sound. Retrieved June 29, 2022.






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