- Source: Like a Rock (song)
"Like a Rock" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger. The single peaked at No. 1 on the US Album Rock Tracks chart.
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."
Reception
Cash Box called it an "emotional ballad of perseverance and commitment." Billboard called it a "slow-paced, rough-edged ballad [that] mourns the certainties of youth."
Classic Rock History critic Janey Roberts rated it as Seger's 10th best song.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Like a Rock.
Bob Seger – lead vocals
The Silver Bullet Band
Chris Campbell – bass
Craig Frost – organ
Additional musicians
Dawayne Bailey – acoustic guitar
Douglas Kibble – background vocals
Russ Kunkel – drums
Bill Payne – piano
Rick Vito – slide guitar
The Weather Girls (Izora Armstead and Martha Wash) – background vocals
Chart performance
In media
This song's greatest exposure was in Chevrolet truck television advertisements from 1991 until 2004, for their massively successful "Like a Rock" campaign. Chevrolet originally wanted to use Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." for the ad campaign but when Springsteen declined "Like a Rock" was chosen.
"Livin' Inside My Heart"
The B-side of some versions of the "Like a Rock" single was "Livin' Inside My Heart". Seger said of the song: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.
See also
List of number-one mainstream rock hits (United States)
References
External links
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