"Rok the Nation" is a single released by Swedish electronic music duo

Rob'n'Raz Rob'n'Raz were a Swedish people, Swedish music duet (music), duo of Robert Wåtz and Rasmus Lindwall. After some years of DJing in the late 1980s, they decided to start performing and composing together. They worked on record producer, production ...

featuring rapper

Leila K Laila El Khalifi ( ar, ليلى الخليفي; born 6 September 1971) better known by her stage name Leila K, is a Swedish Eurodance singer and rapper of Moroccan descent. Early life El Khalifi's parents decided to send her to a school in Moro ...

in 1990. It reached number 41 in the UK.

Critical reception

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'' wrote, "The team that sneaked a surprise hit with the recent

Got To Get "Got to Get" is a song by Swedish electronic dance music duo Rob'n'Raz featuring singer-songwriter and rapper Leila K. Released in 1989 as her debut single, it was also the lead single from their only album together, ''Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila ...

follow up with a track that is heavy enough to please clubbers but with enough hooks to succeed chartwise again. The drum machine break sounds suspiciously similar in

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's Vision Of China though..." Sian Pattenden from ''

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'' noted that "this is harder, dare I say funkier than "Got To Get"".

Versions

* Rok The Dancefloor 6:52 * Radio Edit 3:43 * SweMix Club Version 5:20 * Panik Mix 6:08 * Funk-E-Drummer Mix 6:11 * Like A Drum Mix 3:42

Charts

References

External links

1990 singles Rob'n'Raz songs Leila K songs 1990 songs Songs written by Leila K English-language Swedish songs {{1990s-single-stub