"We Rock" is the first official single by the cast of the 2008 Disney Channel television film Camp Rock and was featured on the soundtrack of the same name. It premiered on Radio Disney on April 19, 2008, and was released by Walt Disney Records onto the iTunes Store on June 3. The song was written by Kara DioGuardi and Greg Wells and produced by Wells. It featured vocals from Demi Lovato, Aaryn Doyle, Renee Sandstrom, Anna Maria Perez de Taglé, Roshon Fegan, Jordan Francis, Nick, Kevin, and Joe Jonas (Jonas Brothers), Alyson Stoner, Meaghan Martin and Kara DioGuardi as a background singer.
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| Single by Camp Rock cast | ||||
| from the album Camp Rock | ||||
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| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
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| Label | Walt Disney | |||
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| Producer(s) | Greg Wells | |||
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| "We Rock" on YouTube | ||||
Release
editA preview of the song was shown on Disney Channel on New Year's Eve of 2007. Disney officially released the song on April 19, 2008. Disney also released a single CD, Exclusive Camp Rock Fan Pack of the song through Target retail stores only, on May 20; Target also sold other Camp Rock products as well, such as special edition novels, poster books, tote bags, clothing, etc. The Exclusive Camp Rock Fan Pack included the CD single, an instrumental version, the music video, a mini-poster, a ringtone, and more.[1] "We Rock" is available on iTunes in two new versions. One of them is the song and an exclusive Radio Disney interview and another one is the music video and an exclusive Radio Disney interview with the Jonas Brothers.[2][3]
Music videos
editThe music video premiered on Disney Channel on April 19, 2008. It is an excerpt from the film where the cast of Camp Rock performs a shortened version of the song.
Around the World version
editDisney Channel premiered the "We Rock - Around the World" music video on May 18, 2008. The music video features guest appearances from Disney Channel stars around the world including Selena Gomez, Jason Dolley, Mitchel Musso, and fans showing banners and the feature dance move of the song. This video was featured on the Camp Rock DVD.
Other music videos
editTwo music videos of the song was also included on the film's DVD. The first video was the "Cast Video", where the Camp Rock cast are on the set of the film, with they are dance and performing in certain scenes, along with the song in the finale scene.[4] The second video is called "Crew Video", where Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas made introduction for the film's crew with the cast watching the show. As the crew are also dancing and performing the song at the Final Jam, including director Matthew Diamond.
Charts
edit| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Australian Hitseekers Singles Chart[5] | 7 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] | 70 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] | 41 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[8] | 97 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 33 |
| US Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)[10] | 1 |
| Venezuela Pop Rock (Record Report)[11] | 1 |
References
edit- ^ Welcome to Music
- ^ Camp Rock: We Rock (Radio Disney Exclusive) - Single[permanent dead link]
- ^ Radio Disney Exclusive - Camp Rock: We Rock - Single
- ^ "Camp Rock – We Rock (Cast Video)". YouTube. 19 August 2008. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 6 October 2008" (PDF) (971). Australian Web Archive. October 20, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Cast Of Camp Rock – We Rock" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
- ^ "Cast Of Camp Rock Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Cast Of Camp Rock - We Rock". Billboard. billboard.com. June 20, 2008. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ "Camp Rock Cast - Hot Singles Sales". Billboard. June 14, 2008. p. 54.
- ^ "Pop Rock" (in Spanish). Record Report. 2008-07-19. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19.