“Rock Me Tonite” was both a blessing and a curse for Squier. It remains his highest-charting song, peaking at #15 in September 1984, and it made the album Signs Of Life his third platinum-selling release in a row.
However its video of Squier flamboyantly dancing around in a bedroom has often been c...
I'm rockin' tonight--I'm walkin' on air
Gonna find me some trouble--gonna grab my share
I want you tonight--I want you with me
Make me guilty of love in the first degree
Yeah
(You want it all right)...We're goin' in style
Say you walk right--you talk right--and your hair's so wild
(Snow-white)—Hey, that's not what I mean
We go down in the shadows and crawl between
Moonlight in the city brings the magic to your eyes
Freezin' a moment--leave me paralyzed
Breathe an emotion--set it dancin' in my ear
Bring on the rhythm when I hold you near
Take me in your arms--roll me through the night
Take me to your heart--rock me tonight
(You do it all right)--Your passion to see
You been schooled in the arts of romancin' me
(Hold tight)--You're in for a ride
Can you feel the blood poundin' way down inside?
No one's stoppin' us now
We go down, down where the music's loud
(If it's all night)—Hey, that's all right by me
Go and play on my love--play it all for me
Life's never easy--we can make it if we try
Takin' our chances side by side
Live for the moment--on that we can agree
Come and take me where I long to be
Take me in your arms--roll me through the night
Take me to your heart--rock me tonight
Take me in your arms
It's all right (It's all right)
Take me to your heart--rock me tonight
A time for all...and all in time
A step beyond the borderline
Of who we are and where we long to be... (Oo yeah)
Every night you hear the sound
Of wakin' up and breakin' down
You find a chance and heave it all away
C'mon, babe
Take me in your arms--roll me through the night
Take me to your heart--rock me tonight
(Down, down) Take me in your arms
It's all right (It's all right)
Take me to your heart (C'mon, take me) rock me tonight
Take me in your arms--turn me to the light
Take me to your heart
Rock me! Rock, rock, rock and rock me
Rock, rock, rock, and roll it
Ow!
It's all right
Ye-yeah, ye-yeah
Take me to the light
Rock Me Tonite was written by Billy Squier.
Rock Me Tonite was produced by Billy Squier & Jim Steinman.