Rock Me Gently

Rock Me Gently

Infobox Single
Name = Rock Me Gently


Artist = Andy Kim
from Album =
B-side = Rock Me Gently (instrumental)
Released = 1974
Format = Single 45 RPM
Recorded =
Genre = Pop, Rock
Length = 3:24
Label = Capitol Records
Writer = Kim
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position = * #1 US
* #1 USA
* #1 Germany
Last single =
This single =
Next single =

Rock Me Gently was a song that was a Billboard #1 hit for Andy Kim in 1974. It has been called the "ultimate bubblegum teen-pop radio entry" of its time.cite news|title=Critique: Jeep Rocks The '70s |publisher=Adweek|date=2007-10-22|author=Lippert, Barbara]

The Canadian singer, who had achieved several hits from 1968 to 1971, had not had a Top 100 single since September 1971, and had been without a record label since early 1973. Nevertheless, he said in a 1974 interview, "I never mentally admitted defeat in spite of three years off the charts". He formed his own label, "Ice Records", and personally financed the recording session that produced "Rock Me Gently". He could only afford to record two sides, and deciding the second side was good enough to be the A-Side of another single, he put an instrumental of Rock Me Gently on its B-Side.cite book|title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits|author=Bronson, Fred|publisher=Billboard|year=1988]

The single impressed Capitol Records executives, who signed Kim to a deal. The "Rock Me Gently" single debuted on the Hot 100 on June 22 1974, and took 14 weeks to reach #1 on September 28. It also rose to #2 on the UK Singles Chart. Even the instrumental B-Side received substantial airplay on R&B stations. It would be Kim's last top 10 hit in either country.

In 1989, Canadian country singer, Michelle Wright released at version as a single on her debut album, "Do Right By Me", and reached #7 on the Canadian RPM country singles chart.

The song resurfaced in 2007 in a television commercial for Jeep Liberty.
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before = "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" by Barry White
title = Billboard Hot 100 number one single
years = September 28 1974
after = "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John

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