Rockers Revenge

{{Short description|Musical project}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Rockers Revenge | image = | caption = | image_size = | landscape = yes | background = temporary | birth_name = | alias = | origin = | years_active = 1982–1984 | genre = {{hlist|[[Freestyle music|Freestyle]]|[[post-disco]]|[[Electro (music)|electro]]}} | label = Streetwise | website = | current_members = | past_members = Donnie Calvin [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]] Dwight Hawkes Tina B }} '''Rockers Revenge''' was a [[recording studio|studio]] [[musical ensemble|musical project]], assembled by [[Record producer|producer]] [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]] in 1982.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/arthur-baker-mn0000507555/biography|title=Arthur Baker: Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 4, 2020}}</ref> The group is most remembered by their 1982 post-[[disco]] hit "[[Walking on Sunshine (Eddy Grant song)#Rockers Revenge version|Walking on Sunshine]]", which peaked at number 1 on the US Dance Chart and number 4 in the UK.<ref name="Music VF"/>

==Biography== The project was a collaboration of record producer Arthur Baker<ref name="AMG"/> and [[reggae]] vocalist Donnie Calvin. Baker primarily focused on the engineering and mixing while Donnie provided lead vocals. Tina B, who is married to Arthur Baker, contributed with backing vocals, writing and arrangement. There was also a backing vocalist called Dwight Hawkes. The group experimented with early elements of [[freestyle music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/a-beginners-guide-to-arthur-baker/|title=A Beginner's Guide To ARTHUR BAKER|publisher=The Electricity Club|date=September 14, 2019|access-date=September 4, 2020}}</ref> The [[dance club]] mixes were created by [[Jellybean Benitez]]. The group's initial entry on the [[Hot Dance Club Play]] [[record chart|chart]], "[[Walking on Sunshine (Eddy Grant song)|Walking on Sunshine]]" (an [[Eddy Grant]] composition, featuring [[singing|vocals]] by Donnie Calvin) hit [[chart-topper|#1]] on the [[United States|U.S.]] dance chart in 1982. The track reached #4 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in September 1982.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited| location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 466}}</ref> Follow-ups "[[The Harder They Come (song)|The Harder They Come]]" (1983) and "Living for the Weekend" (1984) also charted.

The project disbanded in 1984, due to the lack of chart success. Arthur moved to other projects and Donnie retired from his music career.

In 1988, a Rockers Revenge track ("Love Is on Our Side") appeared on ''Rough House Vol. 1'', an early [[house music]] [[compilation album]]. In early 2005, "Walking on Sunshine" was re-released on the Gossip U.S. [[record label]], featuring [[remix]]es by Hott 22 and Live Element. Another Rockers Revenge track called "Battle Cry" was featured in the film ''[[Beat Street]]'' and its [[Beat Street (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]].

==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''The Streetwise Sessions'' (2017)

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]] |- ! style="width:45px;"|[[Hot Dance Club Songs|US Dance]] <ref name="Music VF"/> ! style="width:45px;"|[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]] <ref name="Music VF">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Rockers+Revenge.art|title=Rockers Revenge Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography|website=Music VF|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref> ! style="width:45px;"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]] <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19718/rockers-revenge-featuring-donnie-calvin/|title=ROCKER'S REVENGE FEATURING DONNIE CALVIN - full Official Chart History|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"| 1982 | "Sunshine Partytime" | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | ― | |- | "[[Walking on Sunshine (Rockers Revenge song)|Walking on Sunshine]]" | align=center | 1 | align=center | 63 | align=center | 4 | * [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Silver<ref>{{cite web|title=Rockers Revenge - Walkin' on Sunshine|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/8042-869-1|website=bpi.co.uk|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"| 1983 | "[[The Harder They Come (song)|The Harder They Come]]" | align=center | 13 | align=center | ― | align=center | 30 | |- | "There Goes My Heart" | align=center | — | align=center | 69 | align=center | — | |- |rowspan="2"| 1984 | "Battle Cry" | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | |- | "Living for the Weekend (Let's Work)" | align=center | 52 | align=center | — | align=center | — | |- | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}

==See also== *[[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]] *[[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.discogs.com/artist/16747-Rockers-Revenge Rockers Revenge Discography] at [[Discogs]]. *[https://www.discogs.com/artist/39293-Tina-B Tina B at Discogs].

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