Like a Rock (song)


"Like a Rock" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger. The single peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks.

Background and writing

Seger told the New York Times that the song "was inspired partly by the end of a relationship I had that had lasted for 11 years. You wonder where all that time went. But beyond that, it expresses my feeling that the best years of your life are in your late teens when you have no special commitments and no career. It's your last blast of fun before heading into the cruel world."

In media

The guitar track was over dubbed by Rick Vito.
The song was also featured in the 2005 film The Weather Man, starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine.
This song's greatest exposure was in Chevrolet truck television advertisements from 1991 until 2004, for Chevrolet's massively successful "Like a Rock" campaign, which was also one of their longest-running ad campaigns. The song would help sell millions of trucks over the years, and is still widely associated with Chevrolet today.

Chart performance