The Stroke
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| Template:Infobox song/link by Billy Squier | ||||
| from the album Don't Say No | ||||
| B-side | "Two Daze Gone" | |||
| Released | April, 1981 | |||
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| Label | Capitol | |||
| [[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | William Squier | |||
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"The Stroke" is a song written and recorded by American rock artist Billy Squier. It was released in 1981 as the debut single from his 3× platinum album Don't Say No.
This was Squier's first single to chart (although "In the Dark" charted first at Album Rock), peaking at No. 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box Top 100.[3] It was a much bigger hit on rock radio, hitting No. 3 on the Top Tracks chart. It was Squier's only single released in the UK, where it made #52.
It was named the 59th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[4]
An acoustic blues version, "Stroke Me Blues", was released on his 1998 album Happy Blue.
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 5 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 17 |
| US Billboard Top Tracks[3] | 3 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[6] | 17 |
| US Record World[7] | 6 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1981) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[8][5] | 41 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9] | 63 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 76 |
In popular culture
- The song was the inspiration for rap artist Maestro Fresh Wes' hit "Let Your Backbone Slide" (1989).[11]
- In 1991 the German hard rock band Bonfire released a cover version as a single and on their album Knock Out.
- The song is featured in the 1995 film Billy Madison, during the scene where the titular character is seen arriving to school in his Pontiac Firebird. It also appears in the film's closing credits.
- In 2007, the song was used in an episode of the Adult Swim series Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil.[12]
- Also in 2007, the song was used for the character Chazz Michael Michaels' solo figure-skating routine in Blades Of Glory.
- Rapper Mickey Avalon samples the song in his 2009 song "Stroke Me".[13]
- The song was sampled in "Berzerk" by Eminem on his 2013 album The Marshall Mathers LP 2.[14]
- Baseball player Davis Schneider of the Toronto Blue Jays uses the song as his walk-up music in the Rogers Centre.[15]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Talevski, Nick (2006). Rock Obituaries – Knocking on Heaven's Door. Omnibus Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-8460-9091-2.
Later joining Billy Squier's hard rock group in the late Seventies, [Bobby] Chouinard appeared on the hard-rock anthems 'Everybody Wants You', 'In the Dark', and 'The Stroke'.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Elliott, Paul (May 30, 2016). "The Top 20 Greatest Funk Rock Songs". TeamRock. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Billy Squier – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Winistorfer, Andrew (January 5, 2009). "VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs list only slightly less annoying than their hip-hop list". Prefix Magazine. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending AUGUST 22, 1981". Cash Box. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Record World Singles" (PDF). Record World. August 29, 1981. p. 23. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."National Top 100 Singles for 1981". Kent Music Report. January 4, 1982. p. 7. Retrieved January 11, 2022 – via Imgur.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top 100 Singles of 1981". RPM. Vol. 35, no. 22. December 26, 1981. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top 100 Hits for 1981". The Longbored Surfer. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Behind the Vinyl Podcast: Maestro Fresh-Wes, Darby Mills (Headpins), Kim Mitchell on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lucy, Daughter of the Devil – The Music: Episode 8". Quick Stop Entertainment. November 3, 2007. Archived from the original on January 21, 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kaufman, Gil (October 29, 2009). "Mickey Avalon Goes Big With Travis Barker, Dr. Luke On Second Album". MTV.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
In the meantime, Avalon has also been dropping songs like the just-released Luke-produced Billy Squier-sampling sex rap "Stroke Me" and "What Do You Say," a hop-along party rhyme that was on the soundtrack to "The Hangover."
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Russell, Alex (August 27, 2013). "Listen: Eminem "Berzerk" (Prod. By Rick Rubin)". Complex. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Walk up Database".
External links
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