Queen: The Greatest Legend Lives Forever

Rock It (Prime Jive)

When I hear that rock and roll
It gets down to my soul
When it's real rock and roll
When I hear that rock and roll
It gets down to my soul
When it's real rock and roll
Oh rock and roll
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
You really think they like to rock in space
Well I don't know
What do you know
What do you hear
On the radio
Coming through the air
I said Momma
I ain't crazy
I'm all right, all right
Hey c'mon baby said it's all right
To rock'n'roll on a Saturday night
I said "Shoot and get your suit and come along with me"
I said "C'mon baby down come and rock with me"
I said "Yeah"
What do you do
To get to feel alive
You go downtown
And get some of that prime jive
I said Momma
I ain't crazy
I'm all right, all right
Hey c'mon baby said it's all right
To rock'n'roll on a Saturday night
I said "Shoot and get your suit and come along with me"
I said "C'mon baby down come and rock with me"
I said "Yeah"
We're gonna rock it
Hey c'mon baby said it's all right
To rock'n'roll on a Saturday night
I said "Shoot and get your suit and come along with me"
I said "C'mon baby down come and rock with me"
I said "Yeah"
We're gonna rock it... tonight
(We want some prime jive)
(We want some prime jive)...
We're gonna rock it tonight
(We want some prime jive)...
C'mon honey
(We want some prime jive)
We're rocking tonight
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
We're rocking tonight
C'mon honey we're rocking tonight
Get get get get get
Get some of that prime jive
Get some of that prime jive
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon honey
Get some of that prime jive
Get some of that get get down (Down)
C'mon honey, c'mon honey, we're gonna rock it tonight

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♪ Song fact: When it comes to "rock" songs, Queen is best known for "We Will Rock You," but three years later they released this lesser-known tribute to the pleasures of rock and roll. It's fairly straightforward, inviting a girl to come along for a rockin' ride. Queen drummer Roger Taylor wrote this and wanted to sing it, but Brian May and the producer Reinhold Mack suggested Freddie Mercury should. They eventually recorded both versions, Brian voted for Freddie's, John Deacon voted for Roger's. Finally they decided to make a compromise and leave Freddie singing the intro and Roger taking the lead vocals from then on. Mercury sang it on stage. Synthesizers were played by the producer Reinhold Mack. Freddie Mercury played organ in the song. The line, "I said Mama, I ain't crazy" is likely a reference to the 1972 Slade hit "Mama Weer All Crazee Now."