| Lady on the Rock | |
| Cover: | Lady on the Rock.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Joe Vitale |
| Album: | Plantation Harbor |
| A-Side: | Lady on the Rock (It's America) |
| B-Side: | Plantation Harbor |
| Released: | 1981 |
| Recorded: | 1979–1980 |
| Studio: | Bayshore Recording (Coconut Grove, Florida) Rudy Records (Los Angeles, California) Santa Barbara Sound (Santa Barbara, California) The Vinylrosa (Little Switzerland, North Carolina) Home-Brew Studio (The Third Ring of Venus) |
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| Length: | 5:30 |
| Label: | Asylum - E-47210- A |
| Producer: | Bill Szymczyk |
"Lady on the Rock" is a song written by Joe Vitale, Bill Szymczyk and Stephen Stills. The song was released in 1981 as a single from Vitale's second solo studio album, Plantation Harbor (1981), and reached number 47 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[1] The track is titled "Lady on the Rock (It's America)" on the single release.
The track is a patriotic anthem about the Statue of Liberty, and how America is the land of the free.[2]
The song received some airplay in the US on album-oriented rock radio and became quite popular. This airplay pushed the single to No. 47 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and helped the album Plantation Harbor chart.[3] [4]
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