I Like to Rock (song)
"I Like to Rock" is a song by Canadian rock band April Wine written by primary lead singer and songwriter Myles Goodwyn. The song appears on the band's eight studio album Harder ... Faster (1979) as the second single. The song features Myles Goodwyn's rough-and-ready vocals over the band's well known combination of hard rock and blues rock.
| "I Like to Rock" | ||||
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| Single by April Wine | ||||
| from the album Harder ... Faster | ||||
| B-side | "Ladies Man" | |||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | Le Studio | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 4:23 | |||
| Label | Aquarius, Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Myles Goodwyn | |||
| Producer(s) | Myles Goodwyn, Mike Stone, Brian Greenway | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "I Like to Rock" on YouTube | ||||
The song was a moderate success when released in 1980, reaching #75 in Canada, #86 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #41 on the UK Singles Chart, their highest peak in the UK. It has gained substantial popularity internationally since the 1980s, becoming a mainstay of April Wine's setlist. The song is arguably the band's signature song, and has become a staple of classic rock and album-oriented rock radio stations in both the US and Canada