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  • like if facebook's #1 song the day you were born got you here.

  • I remember this when i was in high school. :D

  • RIP Corey Haim....love this song...love this movie...

  • #1 song the week i waz born lol.watched the movie as a kid and love the Corey's lol

  • I came here because this was the #1 song the day I was born... SO I guess I was born to "Rock On."

  • @AmandaSayilkan Me too :)

    

  • He is singing the wrong lyrics. The correct lyrics are "Hey, did you rock and roll?". NOT "hey kids". I know, that lyric is all over the internet, but it's wrong. Look at David Essex singing live (not the lip sync videos) and you can tell what the real lyric is. Aside from that mistake, this remake adds nothing to this song. The Def Leppard version is much better than this, but the original is still all you need.

  • I find it kinda funny that he looks like Corey Haim and Corey Haim is in the video. lol. I'm just finding this out now. I'd never seen this video until Christmas 2011. pretty sad for a child of the 80s...

  • I like David Essex version better but this is ok

  • This is the worst song and video that was ever shat into existence. It is a curse upon my life, and stain upon my psyche.

  • Wow this brings me back to when I first seen this video back in 89

  • I was watching Y & R as a kid when he was on it. I still watch it with my hubby. We both love the show and loved it when he appeared last yr on the show for a couple shows.

  • That's a riot... GO FUCK YOURSELVES. This version sucks ftw.

  • I see a lot of fucks down there xD

  • what was up with that hand thing lol.

  • MICHAEL DAMIAN'S IN LOVE WITH ME, MOM! HE'S GONNA COME BACK FOR ME AND TAKE ME AWAY FROM HERE!

    no, honey. he appreciated the blowjob, but he's not coming back for you.

  • this video is so 80s...lol man i miss the 80s so bad it's well it's bad. 

  • Michael Damien and Corey Haim - TWINS!

  • @IstahilIB

    I thought it was just me who thought they looked alike. :-)

  • David Essex's original version was far superior as was determined in a 1900's Supreme Court Decision

  • OMG by todays standards this video looks retarded.

  • @KeithWasHere1 Yeah right, and as if you could have done something to make it better. sheesh!!!!

  • @Supersweetguy whatever go fuck yourself bud!

  • @KeithWasHere1 You fuck yourself asshole!!!!

  • @Supersweetguy no.. you fuck yourself!!!

  • @KeithWasHere1 Fuck off!!!

  • @Supersweetguy no ..you Fuck off!!

  • @KeithWasHere1 Hahhaha!!!

  • @Supersweetguy Haahhhahaahhahhhhahhhahah ah ha!

  • @KeithWasHere1 Hehheheh

  • @Supersweetguy Hmmm, Hahahahaha ha!!!

  • @KeithWasHere1

    I know, but I still like the song. LOL

  • R.I.P COREY HAIM :( :(

  • WOW! I can remember this song from back in the day...found it by reading about Corey Haim (RIP)

  • Every time I hear this I still remember the alley scene from Dream A Little Dream. Still my favorite flick.

  • Michael hit #1 in Billboard, 6-3-89. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!

  • This song was on "Vh1's 100 Greatest One-Hit-Wonders of The 80's." This song ranked #99 on the list!

    This was a great song for real. My mom was a Y&R fan and she loved this dude right here. Also, R.I.P. Corey Haim!

  • DREAM A LITTLE DREAM!!!!! <3 <3

  • everyone likes different things..I like this version way better than the original,always did..plus its on a terrific movie..nufsaid

  • This song just didn't know what it wanted to be. You've got the song itself which has the epic drums, synth, lead guitar, vocals, but not NEARLY enough rhythm to move past the original's flaws. Then you have the video...epic mist, leather jackets, alleyways, followed by goofy cuts of Michael's face, lame dancing, and the Coreys. It doesn't even fit with the premise of the movie. Musically I think Michael Damian showed his worth...but this was a huge marketing failure.

  • Was it Nothing at All was his best song, saw him perform this at a county fair in NE in 1989 . . . great memory.

  • R.I.P Corey Haim

  • This is better than the david essex version

  • I think you butchered it buddy - sorry! your no David Essex

  • @map78520 Maybe. But this 1989 song made it to the No.1 spot in the Billboard Top 40.

  • @Supersweetguy because of DaviD Essex... it's a classic

  • I was an Y&R fan when he was just a newbie! I was a dancer when this song came out in the 80's! Now I love his "kid", Daniel, on Y&R! Wow! How times goes by!

  • @alexhogan he has a kid now on Y & R???!!!!

  • @pedro3dynamite I think he has a grankid too

  • way better than the David Essex one

  • @theclassiccarfan oh please.. you didn't just say that - WHATEVER!

  • i don't even know how this song hit #1. i really don't. except for his exposure on Y & R, he wouldn't have made it big. My favorite song actually by Michael is "Was It Nothing At All"..beautiful, check it out!

  • @pedro3dynamite Rock on is a remake of a classic and I hate to say it but I like this song 10 times better than David's Essex's version.  There is something epic to the production the drums are crazy! The video is kinda lame but seriously this song is amazing.

  • @therealdjdrank ...trust me, i remember the original, as my parents had bought the 45 when i was only 5. the original version was waaay different than most songs in that time period. to me, i like this version especially the electric guitar and electronic sounds but the vocals are subpar. still sounds like he was doing karaoke!!

  • @therealdjdrank

    This version is possibly the best example of a remake, it puts the original to shame

  • don't know which is better, the song or the RAD clip

  • It's TV's Danny Romalotti from The Young And The Restless! The same show that gave the world David Hasselhoff! awesomeness!

  • LOL and I thought this guy was so cool when I saw this video as a kind. He was coooool. Ha ha now I look at that hair, those dance moves . . . .good god.

  • 41 kids don't know how to Rock & Roll.

  • I had to come back and watch this again. Michael Damian didn't have to say a word as his sexiness would have made this a number one.

  • Plus the movie helped too.

  • I think his good looks and his longtime acting gig on high rated "The Young and the Restless" is what made this song jump ahead and peak out at #1. He's a good singer but unless you have a build up album with moderate success first, it is usually very hard to get radio stations to play your singles. In this case, his work as an actor precluded the album and thus allowed him more airplay.

  • I love this song!!!!!!!!

  • I loved this song on Dream A Little Dream.

  • @HiddenFairyFantasy That entire soundtrack is outstanding. I have gone through 3 already and am in need of another. Luckily it's so obscure that it is really cheap on ebay!

  • @airllusion Yeah I think I got my copy of the Soundtrack from Amazon and I love it all! But with my love for the 80s, it's no wonder I love it so much :) This and Time Runs Wild are two of my favs <3

  • I will always see him as Danny Romalotti fron Young and the Restless

  • he sounds like Glenn medeiros

  • "Michael Damian" is the name of the classified project that took producers into the future to grab the adult Corey Haim and force him back in time to provide the lead role for this video.

    After "Michael Damian's" duty was fulfilled he was later discarded a la The Prestige.

  • @bisontee Lol, as if it was true.

  • @bisontee Funny joke, but in 1989, a Corey Haim replacement was not necessary as Michael Damian was watched by about 7 million people per day on CBS's The Young & the Restless, so I think he might have been popular enough to get this #1 on his own. .

  • Love this song : )

  • To me ...he is still Danny Romalloty ;))

  • 39 people suck!

  • @TDSeptimus= 40 people are Rebecca Black fans.

  • I see this was recorded on WTBS's "Night Tracks", God I miss that show!

  • I prefer this version over David Essex's, I think it's because I've heard this version long before I've heard the original and this song takes me back to the Spring of 1989

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  • Young and the useless. Hope Damian got a stack of lettuce for this because that was it mofos! DANNY RAMOLOTTI. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

  • I met him in person in the 80's. He is a really nice guy.

  • @anmana7 I first saw him on a daytime soap opera my mom watched, I thought he was soooo hot..lol

  • This is an ironically titled song considering it doesn't rock in the slightest,

  • Can you play Baby, You Could Drive My Car that was featured in License to Drive? There was a music video for that featured the two Coreys there as well as the band, The Breakfast Club?

  • Awesome

  • I love this song and the movie...i guess cuz it brings back so much memories

  • David Essex himself, said, he liked Michael's cover. Billboard's 730th #1 hit of the rock era. God bless! Hugs to ya, for postin' it!

  • i look at this vid then i look at the one he did 20 years later and its like damn time flies its so sad

  • Wow this a fucking terrible version of this song

  • i like this song!

  • damn, i haven't heard this in over 20 years!

  • R.I>P> Corey Haim I miss you!

  • One of my favorite soundtracks growing up. Still love it!

  • R.I.P. Corey Haim. Rest in Peace. My you Rock on forever in Heaven.

  • I rocked out to this song the day it came out. UUUGH you all are wannabe posers!

  • Great cover by Michael Damian. Hey, DysSoterios if this version sucks so much why did it hit #1 on the Billboard chart?

  • @generatorx Because it was prominently featured in a Corey & Corey movie in 1989 when they were one of the biggest box office draws? Just a thought. I like the song, but this was at the dramatic climax in the movie as well, so it probably had something to do with it.

    Movie was Dream a Little Dream. (the original one, not the bastardized sequel they put out a few years later).

  • 34 have never rocked on a day in their life

  • Michael - I am dancing while I am playing this !

  • Danny- I am dancing while I am playing this !

  • I was 11 years old when this song ROCKed ON the charts. Oh, how the time has flown by. I blinked and now I'm a 32 year old woman.....still ROCKING ON!!!

  • 34 people are not jumping up and down in there blue suede shoes

  • this sucks compared to the david essex original

  • Awesome!!

    

  • Awesome

    

  • I love this song and the movie Dream a little dream

  • For you kids who grew up in the '80s, this is your version. For me, a child of the '70s, my version is by David Essex, the original. Billboard's #45 hit of '89. Michael hit #1 in Billboard. God bless!

  • omfg i loved this song as a 9yo child. its actually not that bad listening to it as a 30yo :)

  • thumbs up if u think this is true, U ARENT WEARING BLUE SWADE SHOES!!!!!!!!!!! errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr >:o

  • 32 people just dont know how to rock on

  • can anyone tell me where i can buy the song? i cant find it on itunes.

  • @sunnydaze1997

    The easiest way is to look for a used copy of Michael Damian's 1989 album on eBay or Amazon. The album is called Where Do We Go from Here (a quotation from the lyrics of "Rock On"). When I ordered mine, Amazon had a used copy for only about a dollar.

  • @derekmok cool thnx

  • Remember rocking to this back in the day. Also remember watching him on Y & R. :) Cool song.

  • i met him twice..once 21 yrs ago..and then again!

  • Just started singing this for some random reason....lol

  • 31 people dont like to rock on

  • @jeremiahb25 LOL

  • @jeremiahb25 No, 41 people dont like crappy remakes. lol

  • @jeremiahb25 Another asswipe with a "counter" comment. GTF over it.

  • facebook said this song was the number 1 hit on the day I was born. Don't know what to say...

  • @daklassy1 me too!

  • @daklassy1 and my birthday to ha...

  • @daklassy1

    Same reason as me ahah

  • Facebook told me this was #1 on the day I was born :)

    @daklassy1 HA me too..precisely why I had to look it up!!

  • @KaKaFan89 hahaha me too!!!

    slightly disappointed after my siblings had songs like "i will always love you" "This is how we do it" "i'll be missing you" and "Everything I do I do it for you"

  • COREY HAIM RIP WE LOVE U FOREVER U WIL ALWAYS BE A 80ICON U HAVE WAYY MORE DRESS STYLE THAN FELDMAN FUK FELDMAN HAIM U HAD MORE BIGGER BALLS THAN FELDMAN FELDMAN Can live in regret on marrying that dumb hoe HAIM U R THE RETRO 80S HIP BADBOY

  • 29 people are checking to find out if this can match David Essex . . . or Def Leppard . . . er

  • hahah i like this song cuz i used to hear it almost everyday i went to work an wen i play it my mom who was a teen in the 80s starts yellin why are you makin me feel old lol

  • @sweetdude302 You should up that to 28, I think.  Great song, great movie!

  • @aweedyheart haha me too! Never even heard of it before! :P

  • @aweedyheart lmao yes 

  • Now this shows my age... so cheesey now but back in the day I thought it was awesome!!

  • When he is mentioning "Jimmy Dean", he is singing about the actor James Dean that starred in several movies in the '50's.

  • David Essex has some murdering to do.

  • and why does he refer to james dean as a brand of sausage?

  • @aberf it refers to the 50's star actor James Dean, not Jimmy Dean the sausage guy haha.

  • This whole little artifact from early 90's or late 80's needs to be censored by the FCC so dumb ass kids don't try and emulate the likes of micheal damian, or cory feldman, or corey haim (thankfully he's dead). so please, somebody start a petition to take this over polished turd and have it banned.

  • People, this is not Corey Haim, this is Michael Damian.

  • Best part of this is his random shoutout to quality sausage.

    Jimmy Dean! Rock On!

  • Oh my gosh is Danny from the Young and the Restless!! Wow....I remember this from back in the day. Wow.

  • Love this song! R.I.P Corey Haim. I wish you knew how many people truly did care about you and loved you. You are truly missed!

  • Awesome! :)

  • lame video but a cool song. Love the 80's

  • I LOVE THIS SONG

  • The best decade, I was 15 in 1989, and now listening to this music I feel sad for Corey Haim, God bless your soul.

  • man when i hear this song it makes me happy n sad takes me back 2 some goodtimes when i was younger and had no worries god wish i could go back lol!!!

  • david essex is way much better

  • i think he likes breakfast sausage cause he keeps saying jimmy dean

  • Its so weird how Michael looks like a older version of corey haim and they're both in the video. OMG deja vu

  • @MariIynMonroe Where is Corey Haim in the video?

  • @Supersweetguy corey haim @ 1:34

  • @Supersweetguy corey haim @ 1:34 and 1:50

  • Did him and Lauren ever sing this on Y&R?? They should've

  • The name of my uncle is Michael damian :DD

  • Worst shit I've ever heard.

  • I love this movie and good song.

  • I thought this version was a bit better than the original. I also agree with the comment about Haim, tis a shame .

  • this song is beast

  • hahaha did you guys see the ghost in the video?

    ...

    anyway, RIP Haim...Lucas is one of my faves.

  • When I was a kid, my buddies and i used to all say " We still looking 4 dat blue jean baby queen prettiest girl I ever seen love 2 get in her blue jeans in a scene on a movie screen and ROCK ON! LOL

  • The two Coreys were great!

  • is it just me or does this micael damien guy kinda looks like corey haim? lol

  • @themoonlitgoddess omg i always thought so toooo

  • @themoonlitgoddess Yes, these comments were confusing me so I had to look up Michael Damian to see what he looked like.

  • Love that Michael Damian. Too bad he's not on YOUNG & THE RESTLESS anymore, I loved him on that soap!

  • David Essex and Michael Damian.....

    both songs sounds perfect.....

    both are big hits

    i really like it ..

  • Dinger!!!!!!!!!! Rest in Peace the irreplaceable Corey Ian Haim. You are still loved...no matter what.

  • I Loved this video.... 

  • such a great song, one of my earliest memories

  • No this isn't Corey but its a song from the movie Dream A Little Dream which stared both Coreys.

  • @myzery357 no the lost boys started the two coreys

  • Um morons, this isn't Corey...

  • @turnoffthetv Ummm moron: this is the song from a Corey Haim / Corey Feldman movie! Try thinking before speaking!

  • @HLCeder Hey asshat, half the people here keep babbling about Corey. I KNOW where the song is from, genius. Kindly get fucked :)!