We Rock (Camp Rock song)

"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, 2008. 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.

"We Rock"
Single by Camp Rock cast
from the album Camp Rock
Released
  • April 19, 2008 (Radio Disney)
  • June 3, 2008 (iTunes)
Recorded2007
GenrePop rock
Length
  • 3:11 (film version)
  • 2:16 (music video)
LabelWalt Disney
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Greg Wells
Demi Lovato singles chronology
"We Rock"
(2008)		 "This Is Me"
(2008)
Jonas Brothers singles chronology
"When You Look Me in the Eyes"
(2007)		 "We Rock"
(2008)		 "Play My Music"
(2008)
Camp Rock singles chronology
"We Rock"
(2008)		 "Play My Music"
(2008)
Music video
"We Rock" on YouTube

Release

Disney 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, 2008; Target is selling other Camp Rock products as well, such as special edition novels, poster books, tote bags, clothing, etc. The Exclusive Camp Rock Fan Pack includes the CD single, an instrumental version, the music video, a mini-poster, a ringtone, and more.[1] As of June 3, 2008, 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

The music video premiered on Disney Channel on April 19, 2008. It is an excerpt from the movie where the cast of Camp Rock performs a shortened version of the song.

Around the World version

On May 18, 2008, Disney Channel premiered the "We Rock - Around the World" music video. 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

Two 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
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Hitseekers Singles Chart[5] 7
scope="row"Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 70
scope="row"Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 41
scope="row"UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[8] 97
Ukraine (FDR Pop Singles)[9] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 33
US Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)[11] 1
Venezuela Pop Rock (Record Report)[12] 1
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References
  1. Welcome to Music
  2. Camp Rock: We Rock (Radio Disney Exclusive) - Single
  3. Radio Disney Exclusive - Camp Rock: We Rock - Single
  4. "Camp Rock – We Rock (Cast Video)". YouTube. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  5. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 6 October 2008" (PDF) (971). Pandora Archive. October 20, 2008. Retrieved 2014-09-05. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "Austriancharts.at – Cast Of Camp Rock – We Rock" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  7. "Cast Of Camp Rock Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  8. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. "FDR Pop Singles Chart #365 ~ 6 Липня - 13 Липня 2008 (6 Jul - 13 Jul 2008)". 6 July 2008. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2008.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  10. "Cast Of Camp Rock - We Rock". Billboard. billboard.com. June 20, 2008. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  11. "Camp Rock Cast Billboard". Billboard. billboard.com. June 20, 2008. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  12. "Pop Rock" (in Spanish). Record Report. 2008-07-19. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19.
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