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"Rock Steady" is a song performed by British-Canadian recording girl group All Saints from their third studio album, ''Studio 1''. It was co-written by group member Shaznay Lewis in collaboration with the track's producer Greg Kurstin. The song was released by Parlophone Records on 6 November 2006 on CD, digital, maxi-single and 12" vinyl format.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rock Steady (2 ):Amazon:Music )〕 "Rock Steady" was the last official single to be released by the group. All Saints collaborated with Kurstin on a number of songs; six were chosen for the album. "Rock Steady" was released as the first single from it. The song contains prominent 2 Tone, dance-pop, reggae fusion, rocksteady and ska musical characteristics. It is lyrically influenced by feelings of feminism and confidence in reference to the personalities of the group members themselves. "Rock Steady" received mainly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. On 11 November 2006, the single debuted at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart before reaching a peak of number three the following week. It became All Saints' ninth consecutive top ten hit in the United Kingdom. The single also garnered chart success internationally; peaking within the top ten in the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary and Spain, and the top forty in several other countries. The music video accompanying "Rock Steady" was directed by W.I.Z. and it was released on 29 September 2006 after the song premiered on The Chris Moyles Show on 21 September 2006. The video features the group acting as professional bank robbers. All Saints performed the single live on various television shows, including: ''Popworld'', ''Top of the Pops'' and ''Saturday Night Takeaway''. ==Background== All Saints announced in January 2006 that the group had officially reformed after splitting in 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Latest news and profile of All Saints — hellomagazine.com )〕 On 20 September 2006, the group revealed that the title of their 'comeback single' was "Rock Steady" and that it would be released on 6 November, accompanied by two B-sides entitled "Dope Noise" and "Do Me". The single premiered on BBC Radio 1's The Chris Moyles Show on 21 September 2006. "Rock Steady" was the first song group member Shaznay Lewis wrote with Greg Kurstin and it was also the first demo the group recorded in four years. Shaznay also revealed in an interview with ''The Sun'' that the song makes lyrical reference to the group members themselves.〔 The song was produced by Greg Kurstin. Kurstin also performed all instrumentation involved in the song and, recorded and mixed the song at Mayfair Studios in London, England.〔 John Hudson was Kurstin's recording assistant for the track and Jasper Irm, Simon Hayes and Toshi Minesaki were involved in its engineering.〔 All backing vocals in the song are sung by group members Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton.〔 "Rock Steady" was mastered by Geoff Pesche.〔 The song is composed in the key of D minor, the beat is set in common time and moves at 130 (closer to 137) beats per minute.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=All Saints – Rock Steady Sheet Music )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FP Music – original artist exercise music for fitness professionals )〕 "Rock Steady" features a different and new style in music in comparison to previous All Saints tracks. The song is upbeat and contains prominent 2 Tone, dance-pop, reggae fusion, rocksteady and ska or as described by the ''Huddersfield Daily Examiner'', "sassy reggae pop" musical characteristics. The song is constructed in verse-chorus form. The first verse is sung by Shaznay and the second verse is sung by Nicole. Melanie Blatt leads the song's middle 8 along with Natalie. All the verses are sung in call and response with the chorus being sung as a combined vocal by all group members with Shaznay on lead. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rock Steady (All Saints song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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