{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Short description|1994 single by Haddaway}} {{for|the film|Rock My Heart (film)}} {{Infobox song | name = Rock My Heart | cover = Rock my heart.jpg | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = Haddaway | album = The Album | released = March 1994 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = * Eurodance<ref name="yle">{{cite web|first1= Antti |last1= Koivukangas |first2= Jukka |last2= Isojoki |title= ABC i Eurodance: H som i Haddaway |website= Yle |date= 8 August 2016 |access-date= 19 December 2025 |url= https://yle.fi/a/7-1064833 |language= sv}}</ref> * house<ref name="alanjones">{{cite magazine|first= Alan |last= Jones |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-03-19.pdf |title= Market Preview: Mainstream – Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 19 March 1994 |page= 12 |access-date= 15 April 2021}}</ref> * synth pop<ref name="readingeveningpost">"Haddaway Rock My Heart". ''Reading Evening Post''. 25 March 1994. page 48.</ref> | length = 3:57 | label = Coconut | writer = * Dee Dee Halligan * Junior Torello | producer = * Dee Dee Halligan * Junior Torello | prev_title = I Miss You | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Stir It Up | next_year = 1994 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|6BdnVwqXXWU|"Rock My Heart"}}}} }}

"'''Rock My Heart'''" is a song by Trinidadian-German musician Haddaway, released in March 1994, by Coconut Records, as the fourth and final single from his debut album, ''The Album'' (1993). It was written and produced by Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Torello. Like the previous single "I Miss You", the song was a hit in several countries, particularly in the UK, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Ireland and Belgium, where it reached the top 10. "Rock My Heart" shot into the Eurochart Hot 100 at number 17 on 9 April 1994 and peaked at seven four weeks later. Its accompanying music video, which was directed by Pete Cornish, features Haddaway in a desert-like setting, and received heavy rotation on European music television channels.

== Critical reception == AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis noted that "Rock My Heart" "shine just as brightly" as "What Is Love" and "Life".<ref>{{cite web|first=Jose F.|last=Promis|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-album-2nd-edition-mw0000922934|title=Haddaway – The Album|publisher=AllMusic|date=|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref> A reviewer from ''Billboard'' magazine deemed the song "among the most potent offerings" from the Haddaway-album.<ref>(December 1993). "Haddaway – ''Haddaway''". ''Billboard''.</ref> Pan-European magazine ''Music & Media'' wrote, "Escorted by his steady female background singers, Haddaway bounces like a pinball wizard on a synthesiser trampoline."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-03-26.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=13|date=26 March 1994|page=7|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> Alan Jones from ''Music Week'' gave it a score of four out of five, saying, "This busy bounder is more akin to the happy house style of 'What Is Love' and 'Life', though with some Cappella-like synth phrases. As with all Haddaway songs, it's more contagious than the common cold."<ref name="alanjones"/>

Dele Fadele from ''NME'' felt it "is not a patch" on "What Is Love", remarking that the rhythm "sports some 2 Unlimited lifts", and concluding that "you get the feeling that he'll be around to bother you for a while yet."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dele|last=Fadele|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53123419481/|title=Singles|magazine=NME|date=2 April 1994|page=42|access-date=21 August 2023|author-link=Dele Fadele}}</ref> The ''Reading Evening Post'' called the song "effervescent", adding that it "should follow his others into the charts". They also wrote that "he undeniably has a way with this sort of repetitive Euro synth pop."<ref name="readingeveningpost"/> James Hamilton from the ''Record Mirror'' Dance Update named it a "typically cheesy 130bpm Euro galloper" in his weekly dance column.<ref>{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-03-19.pdf |title= Dj directory |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert) |date= 19 March 1994 |page= 7 |access-date= 15 April 2021 |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}}</ref> In Finnish broadcaster Yle's "The ABC in Eurodance" in 2016, Antti Koivukangas said, "Of course, 'What is Love' is what comes to mind when you think about Haddaway's contribution to the Eurodance genre. You can't get over it, although I myself can't get over the fact that I think 'Rock My Heart' is a better song."<ref name="yle"/>

== Chart performance == "Rock My Heart" entered the top 10 in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the latter country, the single peaked at number nine on 10 April 1994,<ref name="uk"/> during its third week on the UK Singles Chart, spending two weeks at that position. On the ''Music Week'' Dance Singles chart, it reached number eight in the same period. Additionally, it was a top-20 hit in Austria, France, Iceland, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. In Italy, the song was a top 30 hit, peaking at number 21. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Rock My Heart" climbed to number seven in May 1994, after having debuted as number 17 on the chart. In North America, it reached number seven on the Canadian ''RPM'' Dance/Urban chart and number 25 on the US ''Billboard'' Maxi-Singles Sales chart. The song also peaked at numbers 43 and 83 in New Zealand and Australia, respectively.

== Airplay == "Rock My Heart" entered the European airplay chart Border Breakers by ''Music & Media'' at number 16 on 26 March 1994 due to crossover airplay in West Central-, West-, North West- and South-Europe. It peaked at the third position on 23 April.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Karen|last=Holt|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-11-19.pdf|title=Border Breakers: Monitoring The Impact Of Euro Talent|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=47|date=19 November 1994|page=20|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, it reached number 10 on the UK Airplay chart in April 1994.<ref name="UKairplay">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-04-16.pdf|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=16 April 1994|page=24|access-date=23 May 2025}}</ref> In Europe, the song was best playlisted in the UK (60% penetration), followed by Belgium (50%) and Italy (40%). Germany, France, the Netherlands and Denmark showed less spectacular, but still significant figures (26-38%).<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Pieter|last=Kops|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-04-09.pdf#page=35|title=EHR Top 40: Madonna Most Added|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=15|date=9 April 1994|page=37|access-date=8 January 2026}}</ref> It peaked at number 10 also on the European Hit Radio on 23 April 1994.<ref name="europehitradio">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-04-23.pdf#page=33|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=17|date=23 April 1994|page=33|access-date=8 January 2026}}</ref>

== Music video == The music video for "Rock My Heart" was directed by Pete Cornish and filmed in 3 Mills Island Studios in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurokdj.com/search/video.php?id=1280|title=Haddaway - Rock My Heart music video 1994|publisher=Eurokdj.com|access-date=}}</ref> It features Haddaway in a desert-like setting along with backing singer Natascha Wright, who has also worked with DJ BoBo and La Bouche. She appears like a tall tree-like creature with her hair looking like twigs. In between, dancers painted in gold and silver performs. Haddaway also performs choreography with them in some scenes. The video received heavy rotation on MTV Europe and was A-listed on German music television channel VIVA in April 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Station Reports > MTV Europe/London|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-04-23.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=17|date=23 April 1994|page=29|access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Station Reports > VIVA TV/Cologne|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-04-23.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=17|date=23 April 1994|page=29|access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref> Three months later, the video was A-listed on France's MCM in the end of July 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-07-30.pdf|title=Station Reports: MCM|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=31|date=30 July 1994|page=14|access-date=19 December 2025}}</ref>

== Track listings == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * '''7-inch single''' #"Rock My Heart" (radio mix) – 3:57 #"Rock My Heart" (album mix) – 4:16

* '''12-inch single''' #"Rock My Heart" (extended mix) – 5:58 #"Rock My Heart" (radio mix) – 4:08 #"Rock My Heart" (Celebration mix) – 5:48 #"Rock My Heart" (Trime'N Delgado club mix) – 5:43 {{col-2}} * '''CD single''' # "Rock My Heart" (radio mix) – 3:57 # "Rock My Heart" (extended mix) – 5:55

* '''CD maxi''' # "Rock My Heart" (radio mix) – 3:57 # "Rock My Heart" (extended mix) – 5:55 # "Rock My Heart" (Celebration mix) – 5:58 # "Rock My Heart" (Trime'n Delgado club mix) – 5:56 {{col-end}}

== Charts == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

=== Weekly charts === {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1994) !Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/IJOucko.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 07 Aug 1994|publisher=ARIA|access-date=10 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref> | 83 |- {{single chart|Austria|12|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|5|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Canadadance|7|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|chartid=2545|rowheader=true|note=with "Stir It Up"|access-date=1 January 2021}} |- !scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-05-14.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=20|page=17|date=14 May 1994|access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref> | 10 |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=19|page=11|date=7 May 1994}}</ref> | 7 |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref name="europehitradio"/> | 10 |- !scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47|title=Hits of the World: Finland|magazine=Billboard|volume=106|issue=17|page=47|date=23 April 1994|access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref> | 4 |- {{single chart|France|11|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Germany|10|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|songid=2769|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2625753#page/n1/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (28 April 1994 – 4 May 1994)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=20|date=28 April 1994|access-date=1 February 2018}}</ref> | 13 |- {{single chart|Ireland2|9|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|access-date=1 January 2021|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|Italy (''Musica e dischi'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e Dischi|language=it|access-date=1 June 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Haddaway".</ref> | 21 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|12|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|17|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|43|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|6|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|date=19940327|rowheader=true|access-date=1 January 2021}} |- !scope="row"|Spain (AFYVE)<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref> | 11 |- {{single chart|Sweden|17|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|10|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|UK|9|artist=Haddaway|song=Rock My Heart|date=19940410|rowheader=true|access-date=1 January 2021|refname="uk"}} |- !scope="row"|UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref name="UKairplay"/> | 10 |- !scope="row"|UK Dance (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-04-02.pdf|title=Dance Singles|magazine=Music Week|date=2 April 1994|page=22|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref> | 8 |- !scope="row"|UK Club Chart (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-03-26.pdf|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=26 March 1994|page=8|accessdate=15 May 2023}}</ref> | 18 |- !scope="row"|US Maxi-Singles Sales (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-dance-singles-sales/1994-05-21/|title=Dance Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|date=21 May 1994|url-access=subscription|access-date=21 December 2025}}</ref><br/>{{small|''with "Stir It Up"''}} | 25 |} {{col-2}}

=== Year-end charts === {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1994) !Position |- !scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1994|title=Jaaroverzichten 1994|language=nl|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref> | 22 |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-12-24.pdf|title=1994 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=52|page=12|date=24 December 1994|access-date=28 November 2019}}</ref> | 44 |- !scope="row"|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1994|title=Top 100 Singles – Jahrescharts 1994|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> | 66 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201994.pdf |title=Single top 100 over 1994 |publisher=Top40 |language=nl |access-date=17 April 2010}}</ref> | 84 |- !scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1994&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 1994|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref> | 75 |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1994|magazine=Music Week|page=9|date=14 January 1995}}</ref> | 88 |} {{col-end}}

== Release history == {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|Europe |March 1994 |{{n/a}} |Coconut | |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |21 March 1994 |{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}} |{{hlist|Logic|Coconut}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=19 March 1994}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Australia |27 June 1994 |{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}} |Coconut |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Release Summary – Product Available from : 27/06/94: Singles|magazine=The ARIA Report|issue=228|page=20|date=26 June 1994}}</ref> |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

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Category:1994 singles Category:1993 songs Category:English-language German songs Category:Eurodance songs Category:Haddaway songs Category:Logic Records singles Category:Music videos directed by Pete Cornish Category:Music videos shot in London Category:Songs about dancing Category:Songs about music Category:Songs written by Tony Hendrik