"Roll With It" is a song recorded by Steve Winwood for his
album,
Roll With It, released on Virgin Records. It was written
by Winwood and songwriter Will Jennings.
The single spent four weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 singles
chart in the summer of 1988. It topped the
Billboardadult contemporary chart for two weeks, and
also spent four weeks at #1 on the
Billboardmainstream rock chart. In addition, the song
reached #30 on the R&B chart. In England, the song reached
#53 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song "Roll With It" was nominated for two Grammy Awards
in 1989, Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal
performance. The album
Roll With Itwas also nominated as Album of the Year.
On the liner notes of the album itself songwriting credits
are given to Steve Winwood and Will Jennings, Yet on "Roll with
It" songwriting credits are given to
Winwood,Jennings,Holland,Dozier,Holland this was due to an
lawsuit in the early 90s when Winwood was sued for plagiarism
of the 1960s song Roadrunner