Rock Steady (Bonnie Raitt and Bryan Adams song)

"Rock Steady" is a song from American blues singer Bonnie Raitt's first live album, Road Tested (1995), written by Bryan Adams and Gretchen Peters. The song was written as a duet with Adams and Raitt for her Road Tested Tour, which also became one of her albums. The original demo version of the song appears on Adams' 1996 single "Let's Make a Night to Remember". The song reached number 17 in Adams' native Canada and entered the top 50 in the Flanders region of Belgium and the United Kingdom.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	117
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	45
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	17
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)	5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)	10
UK Singles (OCC)	50
US Billboard Hot 100	73
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	30
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)	25

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)	81

References

"New Releases: Singles". Music Week. October 28, 1995. p. 43.
"ARIA chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022". ARIA. Retrieved 2 December 2023 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
"Bonnie Raitt & Bryan Adams – Rock Steady (Live)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
"Top RPM Singles: Issue 2851." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
"Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2846." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
"Tipparade-lijst van week 47, 1995" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
"Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
"Bonnie Raitt Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
"Bonnie Raitt Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
"Bonnie Raitt Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
"RPM Year End Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks". RPM. Retrieved June 24, 2023 – via Library and Archives Canada.

v t e Bryan Adams
Discography Videography Awards and nominations Backing band
Studio albums	Bryan Adams You Want It You Got It Cuts Like a Knife Reckless Into the Fire Waking Up the Neighbours 18 til I Die On a Day Like Today Room Service 11 Tracks of My Years Get Up Shine a Light Pretty Woman – The Musical So Happy It Hurts Classic / Classic Pt. II
Live albums	Live! Live! Live! Unplugged Live at the Budokan Bare Bones Live at Sydney Opera House Wembley 1996 Live
Soundtrack albums	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Colour Me Kubrick
Compilation albums	So Far So Good The Best of Me Anthology Ultimate
Singles	"Let Me Take You Dancing" "Straight from the Heart" "Cuts Like a Knife" "This Time" "I'm Ready" "Run to You" "Somebody" "Heaven" "Summer of '69" "One Night Love Affair" "It's Only Love" "Diana" "Christmas Time" "Heat of the Night" "Hearts on Fire" "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" "There Will Never Be Another Tonight" "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" "Do I Have to Say the Words?" "Please Forgive Me" "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" "Let's Make a Night to Remember" "Star" "18 til I Die" "I'll Always Be Right There" "Back to You" "I'm Ready" "On a Day Like Today" "When You're Gone" "Cloud Number Nine" "The Best of Me" "Inside Out" "Here I Am" "Open Road" "Flying" "Room Service" "This Side of Paradise" "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" "Tonight We Have the Stars" "You've Been a Friend to Me" "One World, One Flame" "Joe and Mary" "So Happy It Hurts" "On the Road" "Kick Ass" "Never Gonna Rain"
Collaborations	"All for Love" "Rock Steady" "I Finally Found Someone" "Don't Give Up" "Bang the Drum" "Feels Like Home"
Videography	Unplugged Live at Slane Castle Live at the Budokan Live in Lisbon Live at Sydney Opera House Wembley 1996 Live
Tours	Ultimate Tour
Other topics	Pretty Woman: The Musical Queen Elizabeth II domestic rate stamp (Canada) "Young Lust"
Category

v t e Bonnie Raitt
Studio albums	Bonnie Raitt (1971) Give It Up (1972) Takin' My Time (1973) Streetlights (1974) Home Plate (1975) Sweet Forgiveness (1977) The Glow (1979) Green Light (1982) Nine Lives (1986) Nick of Time (1989) Luck of the Draw (1991) Longing in Their Hearts (1994) Fundamental (1998) Silver Lining (2002) Souls Alike (2005) Slipstream (2012) Dig In Deep (2016) Just Like That... (2022)
Compilation albums	The Bonnie Raitt Collection (1990) The Best of Bonnie Raitt (2003)
Live albums	Road Tested (1995) Decades Rock Live: Bonnie Raitt and Friends (2006)
Singles	"You've Been in Love Too Long" "Runaway" "Keep This Heart in Mind" "Nick of Time" "Something to Talk About" "I Can't Make You Love Me" "Not the Only One" "Love Sneakin' Up On You" "You Got It" "Rock Steady" (with Bryan Adams) "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (with Jackson Browne) "Right Down the Line"
Other songs	"Angel from Montgomery" "Just Like That"
Related articles	Discography

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