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"Roll With It"
#1 weeks: 1
weeks: 1988-07-30
genre: pop, adult contemporary
artist: Steve Winwood
album: Roll With It
writers: Steve Winwood, Will Jennings
producers: Steve Winwood, Tom Lord-Alge
label:
lengths: 4:30 (single edit)

"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