I Like to Rock (song)

"I Like to Rock"
Single by April Wine
from the album Harder ... Faster
B-side"Ladies Man"
Released1980
RecordedLe Studio
GenreHard rock
Length4:23
LabelAquarius, Capitol
SongwriterMyles Goodwyn
ProducersMyles Goodwyn, Mike Stone, Brian Greenway
April Wine singles chronology
"Say Hello"
(1980)
"I Like to Rock"
(1980)
"Just Between You and Me"
(1981)
Music video
"I Like to Rock" on YouTube

"I Like to Rock" is a song by Canadian rock band April Wine written by lead singer and songwriter Myles Goodwyn. The song appears on the band's eighth studio album Harder ... Faster (1979) as the second single. The song features Myles Goodwyn's vocals over hard rock instrumentation.

The song was a moderate success when released in 1980, reaching #75 in Canada, #86 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #41 on the UK Singles Chart, their highest peak in the UK. It has gained substantial popularity internationally since the 1980s, becoming a mainstay of April Wine's setlist. The song is arguably the band's signature song, and has become a staple of classic rock and album-oriented rock radio stations in both the US and Canada