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| name = Rock This Town | cover = Rock_This_TownUK45.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Stray Cats | album = Stray Cats/Built for Speed | B-side = You Can't Hurry Love | released = February 6, 1981 (UK) August 31, 1982 (U.S.) | format = 7" | recorded = 1981 | studio = | venue = | genre = Rockabilly | length = 3:24 | label = Arista (UK) EMI America (U.S.) | writer = Brian Setzer | producer = Dave Edmunds | prev_title = Runaway Boys | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Stray Cat Strut | next_year = 1981 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative covers | type = single | cover = Rock_This_TownUS45.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = US 7" single cover }} }} "Rock This Town" is the second single by American rockabilly band Stray Cats, released February 6, 1981 by Arista Records in the UK, where it peaked at No. 9 on the Singles Chart.[1] It was taken from the band's 1981 debut album, Stray Cats. Its first US release, by EMI America, was on the June 1982 album Built for Speed. Released as a single on August 31, 1982, it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of September 18, 1982, and peaked at No. 9.[2] The song was listed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".[3] Cover versionsThe song was covered in the 2006 video game Guitar Hero II. In popular culture{{In popular culture|date=October 2018}}"Rock This Town" was featured in the 2006 video games Cars[4] and Elite Beat Agents,[5] and in the TV show The Americans (2013). Weekly charts
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18719/stray-cats/ |title=STRAY CATS |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=November 30, 2018}} 2. ^Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications) 3. ^{{cite web|last=Schatz |first=Lake |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/01/brian-setzers-stray-cats-to-reunite-for-first-show-in-10-years/ |title=Brian Setzer’s Stray Cats to reunite for first show in 10 years |publisher=Consequence of Sound |date=January 4, 2018 |accessdate=November 30, 2018}} 4. ^ {{Citation|title=Cars|date=June 5, 2006|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814044/soundtrack?mode=desktop|accessdate=September 10, 2016|publisher=IMDb}} 5. ^ {{Citation|title=Elite Beat Agents|date=November 6, 2006|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1836787/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_sndmode=desktop|accessdate=October 11, 2017|publisher=IMDb}} 6. ^{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} External links
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