"Rock Steady" is a song by American group the Whispers, released as a single from their 18th studio album Just Gets Better with Time (1987). Originally recorded as a demo in 1986 by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, he later produced the song along with Antonio "L.A." Reid.
Chart performance It was released on June 13, 1987,The Whispers - Rock Steady (CD-Maxi) - 1987 Crawlability, Inc. Retrieved 10-22-2010. peaking at No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 10 on the US Cash Box Top 100 and it was their second and final number one on the Hot Black Singles chart.
Charts Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for "Rock Steady"Chart (1987)Peakposition US Cash Box10
Year-end charts +1987 year-end chart performance for "Rock Steady"Chart (1987)PositionUS Billboard Hot 10073US Crossover Singles (Billboard)8
Songs influenced by "Rock Steady" A re-recorded version of the instrumental from this song was used on Kylie Minogue's song "Look My Way" from her debut album Kylie (1988).Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The actual instrumental from "Rock Steady" was sampled in the truncated version of "Look My Way" that appeared on Minogue's 1993 remix album Kylie's Non-Stop History 50+1.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
See also List of Hot Black Singles number ones of 1987
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