Roll On Down the Highway

"Roll On Down the Highway"

7" single cover
Single by Bachman–Turner Overdrive
from the album Not Fragile
B-side "Sledgehammer"
Released January 1975
Recorded 1974
Genre Rock
Length 3:56
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Fred Turner, Robbie Bachman
Bachman–Turner Overdrive singles chronology
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet/Free Wheelin'"
(1974)
"Roll On Down the Highway"
(1975)
"Hey You"
(1975)

"Roll On Down the Highway" is a song written by Fred Turner and Robbie Bachman. Turner and Randy Bachman had originally been contracted by Ford to write a song for the automotive company's commercials but Ford never picked up the composition[1] and Robbie helped turn it into a top-20 hit. The song was first recorded by Canadian rock group Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO) for their 1974 album Not Fragile. The lead vocal is provided by Turner. It was the second of two singles issued from the LP, and was the follow-up to the group's greatest hit, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet."

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles [2] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 14
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[3] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (1975) Rank
Canada [4] 54
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[5] 133

References

  1. "ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY by BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE". songfacts.com. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  2. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  3. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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