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{{Short description|2000 single by Robbie Williams}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

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* [[Hook End Recording Studios|Sarm Hook End]] ([[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], England)

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"Rock DJ" reached number one in Costa Rica, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom whilst reaching the top 10 in Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Switzerland. It was the fourth-best-selling song of 2000 in the UK. The music video features Williams trying to impress a female DJ by stripping naked and eventually resorting to removing his skin and muscles, ending up as a skeleton. The song won [[Brit Award for British Single of the Year|British Single of the Year]], and the video won [[Brit Award for British Video of the Year|British Video of the Year]] at the [[2001 Brit Awards]].

 

==Chart performance==

 

==Music videos==

 

The video's ending (beginning with Williams taking off his skin) was cut by most music channels around Europe, including [[VIVA (TV station)|VIVA]], [[MCM (TV channel)|MCM]], [[The Box (UK and Ireland)|The Box]] and [[VH1 Europe]]. However, in the recent years, some of the music channels in Europe (including [[MTV Classic (UK & Ireland)|MTV Classic]] and [[VH1 Europe]]) airs the "studio recording" version of the music video, even on late night, which made the edited version of the music video fall into obscurity. Examples of TV stations that still play the full video are Bulgarian channel MM, former German located channel B.TV (often in daytime) and Canadian channel [[MusiquePlus]], some channels ran the edited video during the day and the unedited one overnight, while [[The Hits]] played a version which cut from Williams dancing in his underwear to dancing as a skeleton, filling the gap by repeating previous footage. This is the version that is currently played on channels owned by [[The Box Plus Network]]. In 2001, "Rock DJ" won the [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects]]. In 2006, it was voted by viewers as the seventh Most Groundbreaking Video Ever on MTV and in 2007 it was ranked at number 48 on [[MuchMusic]]'s 50 Most Controversial Videos. The video was banned in [[Dominican Republic]] due to allegations of [[Satanism]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/979461.stm |title=Robbie video banned for 'Satanism' |work=BBC News |date=19 October 2000 |access-date=1 April 2014}}</ref>

 

 

A second video shows Williams in a studio while recording the song.<ref>{{cite web|title=ROCK DJ: MUSIC VIDEO|url=http://www.robbiewilliams.com/video/official/rock-dj-music-video|publisher=RobbieWilliams.com|access-date=4 June 2015|quote=The video's ending was cut by most music channels around Europe, including VIVA, MCM and MTV with VH1 Europe decided to use its own video for the song, created from studio footage.}}</ref>

* Neil Sidwell – brass

* Steve Sidwell – brass

* [[Gavyn Wright]] – [[concertmaster]]

* [[Nick Ingman]] – orchestration

!scope="row"|Denmark ([[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-08-26.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=35|page=9|date=26 August 2000|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>

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!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-09-02.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=36|page=11|date=2 September 2000|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>

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{{single chart|Germany|9|songid=4384|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}

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!scope=row|Hungary ([[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|Mahasz]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-10-14.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=42|page=12|date=14 October 2000|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>

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{{single chart|Norway|8|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}

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!scope="row"|Poland ([[Polish Music Charts|Polish Airplay Charts]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_35_2000.html |title=Polish Airplay Charts - Lista krajowa 35/2000 |publisher=PiF PaF Production |access-date=29 January 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010304024545/http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_35_2000.html |archive-date=4 March 2001 |df=mdy }}</ref>

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{{single chart|UK|1|date=20000812|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}

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{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|24|artist=Robbie Williams|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}

!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2000|title=Rapports Annuels 2000|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=fr|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref>

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!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-12-23.pdf|title=Year in Focus – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2000|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=52|page=9|date=23 December 2000|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2000|certyear=2000|access-date=5 July 2018|refname="auscert"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Rock DJ|artist=Robbie Williams|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2000|certyear=2000|access-date=29 November 2019|id=1093}}

 

==Release history==

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|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Rock DJ |url=http://www.robbiewilliams.com/discography/singles/rock-dj |website=RobbieWilliams.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205021750/http://www.robbiewilliams.com/discography/singles/rock-dj |archive-date=5 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-07-29.pdf|title=Airborne|last=Stavenes-Dove|first=Siri|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=31|page=10|date=29 July 2000|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2000/Music-Week-2000-07-29.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting July 31, 2000: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=27|date=29 July 2000|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>

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|[[Contemporary hit radio]]

|rowspan="3"|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]

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|25 September 2000

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|17 October 2000

|align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-10-13.pdf|title=CHR/Rhythmic: Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1372|page=54|date=13 October 2000|access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref>

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==External links==

 

{{Robbie Williams singles}}

{{Authority control}}

 

[[Category:2000 songs]]

[[Category:Brit Award for British Single]]

[[Category:Capitol Records singles]]

[[Category:Song recordings produced by Steve Power]]

[[Category:Songs written by Guy Chambers]]