Original Footage Smothers Brother Comedy Hour 1969
It was released on their 1969 album At Your Birthday Party. It was written by the band's lead singer John Kay, and was the band's fifth American single release. The association with Grusin came as he was scoring the 1968 psychedelic sex farce movie Candy, where it is the culmination to the soundtrack.
The single, produced by Gabriel Mekler, was released in 1969 and backed with "Jupiter's Child", peaking at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 19, 1969. It was Cashbox's top debut the week of March 1, 1969. The song is considered the highlight of the album though it had been released for the soundtrack well ahead of the album.
The song followed on the heels of the band's two 1968 hits, "Born to Be Wild" which peaked at #2 and "Magic Carpet Ride" which peaked at #3.
Lyrics
She asked me maybe
I would share her sorrow
About the men that tried to treat her wrong
Though just a baby
A waiting her tomorrow
It's rock me baby, rock me baby
All night long
She needs an answer to her confusion
someone to guide her with tenderness
But if she's asking for a solution
All that she gets
You know it's something like this
Don't know where we come from
Don't know where we're going to
But if all of this should have a reason
We would be the last to know
So let's just hope there is a promised land
Hang on 'till then as best you can
Everybody's ills you know it
Fills her with compassion
That's why she tries
To save the world alone
She helps the needy in her own fashion
And tries to give them all her own
Rock me baby, rock me baby
All night long
Songwriters: Mc Kinley Morganfield
Rock me lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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