Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)

"Here We Go"
Single by C+C Music Factory
from the album Gonna Make You Sweat
Released March 3, 1991
Format 7", 12", CD single
Recorded 1990
Genre Eurodance, alternative dance
Length 5:42
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Robert Clivillés, Freedom Williams
Producer(s) Robert Clivillés, David Cole
C+C Music Factory singles chronology
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
(1990)
"Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)"
(1991)
"Things That Make You Go Hmmm..."
(1991)

"Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" is a song by American dance artist C+C Music Factory. It was released in 1991 as the second single from the album, Gonna Make You Sweat. The song was a success in the US, reaching number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[1] "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" also went to number one on the dance chart, for three weeks.[2] It also reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.

Chart positions

Peak positions

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 20
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 24
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[4] 21
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 11
Canada Dance (RPM)[6] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 16
Germany (Media Control Charts)[8] 14
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 19
New Zealand (RIANZ)[3] 9
Spain (AFYVE)[11] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 33
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[3] 11
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[12] 20
US Billboard Hot 100 3
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 7
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Canada Dance (RPM)[13] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] 35

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
U.S.[15] Gold 1991 500,000

See also

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 100.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 49.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  4. Belgian peak
  5. Canada peak
  6. Canada dance peak
  7. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  8. German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  9. Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  10. "Single top 100 over 1991" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  11. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  12. UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  13. Year-end Canada dance peak
  14. "Billboard Top 100 - 1991". Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  15. U.S. certifications riaa.com (Retrieved August 5, 2008)
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