"Rockawillie" is a song by Italian

Italy

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 singer Sabrina

Sabrina Salerno

Sabrina Salerno , also known in her singing career as Sabrina, is an Italian singer, television hostess, model, actress and record producer...

. It was produced by Enrico Monti, Fulvio Zafret and Sergio Portaluri and released as a non-album single in 1994

1994 in music

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Song information

"Rockawillie" was Sabrina's first new piece of music after the hiatus that followed the release of her previous single, "Cover Model

Cover Model

"Cover Model" is a pop song by Sabrina. It was released in 1992 as Sabrina's second non-album single. The song was produced by DJ Mori. Unlike Sabrina's previous singles "Yeah Yeah" and the Jo Squillo-collaboration "Siamo Donne", both of which had been performed on TV numerous times, "Cover Model"...

", in 1992. Originally, Sabrina and her new producer/manager, Enrico Monti, had recorded several songs in the English

England

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 language (one track was called "Maybe Your Love"), so the thought must have been to release a new English-language album soon. Sabrina even performed some of these songs on TV in Spain

Spain

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, along with "Rockawillie". Somewhere along the way, the plan to release another English language album must have been changed, however. To this day, "Rockawillie" remains the only one of these songs to be issued commercially. Some of the other songs would turn up on her 1995 album Maschio Dove Sei

Maschio Dove Sei

Maschio Dove Sei is the fourth studio album by Italian pop singer Sabrina Salerno. It was released in 1996.-Album information:This was the first album to be released under her complete name and her first album in the Italian language. In 1995, Sabrina started to record songs in the Italian language...

, but in different musical versions and in the Italian

Italy

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language.

"Rockawillie" is a dance-track very much in the style of her 80's recordings. The song is partly written by Sabrina herself. It came out on the Plastika-dance label as a four-mix 12" in Italy (in two different picture-sleeves).

Formats and track listings

CD Single

1. "Rockawillie" (Extended Mix) - 6:15
2. "Rockawillie" (Big Willie Mix) - 4:50
3. "Rockawillie" (Plastika Mix) - 5:47
4. "Rockawillie" - 3:32

12" Single

1. "Rockawillie" (Extended Mix) - 6:15
2. "Rockawillie" (Big Willie Mix) - 4:50
3. "Rockawillie" (Plastika Mix) - 5:47
4. "Rockawillie" - 3:32