https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:53:18 +0000 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 22:22:52 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5914 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=60675&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#60675 Author: MMathews
Subject: 5914
Posted: 12 April 2022 at 10:22pm

I'll add myself to chorus of those who could not believe
this never hit the top 40. I bought the 45, I bought the
12" single ....I watched the video a hundred times or
more on MTV (what a great video!)...and Z100 had it in
high rotation at the time.

So yeah, this is one of those 80s hits where the chart
position just simply does NOT apply to the record's
popularity.

BTW, I never saw the point of "scratch mixing" .. found
it kind of ridiculous if you ask me, however on this
record it worked to make it a great instrumental. And of
course I was forced to accept scratch mixing as an effect
that would be dubbed into countless more hits as the
years went on. Sigh. But there it is.

MM ]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2022 22:22:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=60675&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#60675 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=60669&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#60669 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5914
Posted: 11 April 2022 at 2:14pm

I just received a copy of the "Rockit" promo 12" in the mail, and I can confirm that the "Short Version" matches the 3:42 version commonly found on CD.]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:14:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=60669&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#60669 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=60619&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#60619 Author: AdvprosD
Subject: 5914
Posted: 03 April 2022 at 10:55am

Thanks for bumping this thread up mjb50. I tried searching without the quotation marks and the closest thing I found was the Newcleus thread.

Sometimes the search function is finicky.

Edit: Also thanks Aaron.

Edited by AdvprosD]]> Sun, 03 Apr 2022 10:55:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=60619&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#60619 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=60618&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#60618 Author: mjb50
Subject: 5914
Posted: 03 April 2022 at 9:57am

The ~3:42 UK 7" version is also known as the Short Version, and it's even on the US 12". I think this the "not the 45" edit Gene referred to.

The US 7" version runs about 3:55, plus or minus a second depending on slight differences in mastering speed and how far the fadeout goes.
(YouTube clip of reissue 45)

It looks the US 7" version is on these CDs, and probably some others:

• Nick at Nite Goes to Outer Space [1997]
• Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976–1999 [1999]
• Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack For A Century [1999 26-CD box set]
• Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music [2000] [5-CD box set]
• Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap [2021]
• Millennium Of Pop - Das Jahrhundert Album [1999, Germany]
• City Retro Two [2000, Australia]
• Synth Pop [2015, Europe]

On a bunch of European comps there also exists a ~3:20 edit that's the same as the UK 7"/Short version but cuts out ~2:33 to 2:50 and abruptly fades or truncates the end. I don't know anything about its origins.

The video edit also runs about 3:20, but it's different, with the first edit being only 8 seconds into the song.
]]> Sun, 03 Apr 2022 09:57:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=60618&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#60618 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=48538&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#48538 Author: Back2TheFuture
Subject: 5914
Posted: 09 November 2017 at 1:49pm

crapfromthepast wrote: Could the 3:40 version be the UK single version? I have it on a UK 5-CD set called One Hundred Dance Hits Of The Eighties (1990), it's on JCI's Only Dance 1980-1984 (1995, L/R channels reversed), and I have it on the hard drive as being from a disc called Back To the 80's Vol. 1 Disc 3 (unknown). It's easy to recreate from the LP version, with one simple edit at 2:13.

Ok, so I just pulled out my old, dopey UK 45 for Herbie Hancock's "Rock It" from my basement and matched it digitally with the track on Only Dance 1980-1984 in Cool Edit Pro and it matched exactly. That means that it's most definitely the UK 45 single version on "Only Dance" and "100 Dance Hits Of The Eighties."]]> Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:49:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=48538&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#48538 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=48535&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#48535 Author: 995wlol
Subject: 5914
Posted: 09 November 2017 at 11:00am

NightAire wrote: I STILL can't believe this song didn't break the top- 40; this was one of THE defining moments of pop music in the 80s. The music video is the stuff legends are made of... I still don't understand my perception of this song at the time (mega-hit, everybody playing it) vs. the chart realities (#71). (#71!!!)

I wonder if there were factors that caused this song's
radio airplay to be under-reported. I very
specifically remember 99 1/2 WLOL in Minneapolis
constantly playing Rockit and have come across
numerous airchecks that back this up. In fact it
continued to get airplay well past its initial chart
run. However, WLOL never reported Rockit in its weekly
survey--not even as an extra. I have no idea why this
would have happened, but maybe other stations did the
same...]]> Thu, 09 Nov 2017 11:00:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=48535&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#48535 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=48527&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#48527 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 5914
Posted: 07 November 2017 at 4:54pm

I believe the 45 version is also on the Soul Train
25th Anniversary CD.]]> Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:54:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=48527&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#48527 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=48525&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#48525 Author: NightAire
Subject: 5914
Posted: 07 November 2017 at 12:57am

One minor detail update:

The longest 12" version named "Rockit" in the 1980s was the LP version, running 5:22.

The 6:15 version I mentioned above, appeared under the name "Megamix," and contains samples from Rock It, Autodrive, Future Shock, TFS, Rough, and Chameleon '84.

I had no idea until a few moments ago that the 6:15 Megamix was anything other than a remix of Rockit on steroids... probably because I didn't own the parent album, "Future Shock."


I hope this reduces a little bit of confusion.

BONUS: there was a radio edit of "Megamix" in '84!!!

Edited by NightAire]]> Tue, 07 Nov 2017 00:57:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=48525&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#48525 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=36973&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#36973 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 5914
Posted: 06 March 2013 at 8:22pm

Could the 3:40 version be the UK single version? I have it on a UK 5-CD set called One Hundred Dance Hits Of The Eighties (1990), it's on JCI's Only Dance 1980-1984 (1995, L/R channels reversed), and I have it on the hard drive as being from a disc called Back To the 80's Vol. 1 Disc 3 (unknown). It's easy to recreate from the LP version, with one simple edit at 2:13.

The LP version is more common on CD. The first mastering was on Future Shock, with digital clones on CBS's promo CBS Records Compact Disc Demonstration II (1984; digitally exactly 1.7 dB louder) and Realm's 3 CD Greatest Hits Of The '80s Vol. 1 (1995; digitally exactly 0.2 dB quieter). All sound quite nice.

There are different analog transfers on Sony Germany's Mixed Masters Vol. 4 (1989, sounds quite nice), Sony's Club Columbia (1990, also sounds quite nice), and Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 27 Rolling Stone 1983-1985 (1995, compressed, extremely bright and shrill-sounding EQ; sounds a little like a modern remaster job - avoid)

Unrelated: I have Vols. 1, 2, and 4 of Mixed Masters. Does anyone have Vol. 3 or any volumes higher than 4?

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:22:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=36973&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#36973 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=30692&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#30692 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 5914
Posted: 25 June 2011 at 6:06pm

The song was more popular because of the video. That was
the appeal. ]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:06:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&PID=30692&title=herbie-hancock-rockit#30692