Michael Damian - Rock On (1989) HQ

"Rock On" is a song written by English singer David Essex. Recorded in 1973 and released as a single by Essex, the song hit #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Rock On" was covered by soap opera star and singer Michael Damian in 1989, and featured in the teen film Dream a Little Dream, starring the late Corey Haim and Corey Feldman. Damian's version, which he also released from his independent album Where Do We Go from Here on the Cypress Records label, was a harder-edged interpretation that employed none of the vocal or instrumental distortion in the original 1973 David Essex version. It became Damian's first hit in eight years and reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, thus outperforming Essex's original Billboard ranking. It also reached #1 on the Cash Box Top 100 and went to #1 in Canada, as well. This version was ranked #99 on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s (despite the fact that Damian actually had four Billboard-charting singles during the 1980s).