Rock Me Gently ( Andy Kim song ) - Wikipedia Rock Me Gently ( Andy Kim song ) `` Rock Me Gently '' Single by Andy Kim from the album Andy Kim B - side `` Rock Me Gently '' ( instrumental ) Released June 22, 1974 Format Single 45 RPM Genre Pop rock Length 3 : 24 Label Capitol Records 3895 Songwriter ( s ) Andy Kim Producer ( s ) Andy Kim Andy Kim singles chronology `` Oh What a Day '' ( 1972 ) `` Rock Me Gently '' ( 1974 ) `` Fire, Baby I 'm on Fire '' ( 1974 ) `` Oh What a Day '' ( 1972 ) `` Rock Me Gently '' ( 1974 ) `` Fire, Baby I 'm on Fire '' ( 1974 ) `` Rock Me Gently '' was a Billboard # 1 hit song for Andy Kim in 1974. The Canadian singer, who had achieved several hits from 1968 to 1971, had not had a Top 100 single since September 1971, and had been without a record label since early 1973. Nevertheless, he said in a 1974 interview, `` I never mentally admitted defeat in spite of three years off the charts. '' He formed his own label, Ice Records, and personally financed the recording session that produced `` Rock Me Gently ''. He could afford to record only two sides, and deciding the second side was good enough to be an A-Side, he put an instrumental of Rock Me Gently on its B - Side. The single impressed Capitol Records executives, who signed Kim to a deal. `` Rock Me Gently '' debuted on the Hot 100 on June 22, 1974, and took 14 weeks to reach # 1 on September 28. It also rose to # 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and # 10 in Ireland, and remains his only charting song in either the UK or Ireland. Even the instrumental B - Side received substantial airplay on R&B stations. It would be Kim 's last top 10 hit in either country. Contents 1 Personnel 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Later uses 4 Michelle Wright version 4.1 Chart performance 4.2 Year - end charts 5 References Personnel Backing Vocals - Carol Carmichael And Group Bass - Max Bennett Concertmaster - Sid Sharp Conductor - Michael Omartian Drums - Ed Greene Guitars - Andy Kim, Ben Benay, Dean Parks, Larry Carlton Keyboards - Michael Omartian Percussion - Gary Coleman Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1974 ) Peak position Australia KMR 31 Canada RPM Germany 33 Ireland 10 UK U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 40 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1974 ) Rank Canada 23 UK 54 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 29 U.S. Cash Box Later uses Part of the song was used in a 1970s UK TV commercial for Lever Brothers ' Jif cleaning cream, using the lyric `` When Jif 's your cleaner - Tough dirt goes - Away so gently - And it shows - Your home has never been loved like this before ''. The song resurfaced in 2008 in a television commercial for Jeep Liberty. It was also played at the end ( and titles ) of season 4 finale of Ray Donovan. Michelle Wright version `` Rock Me Gently '' Single by Michelle Wright from the album Do Right by Me Released Genre Country Length 3 : 31 Label Savannah Songwriter ( s ) Andy Kim Producer ( s ) Steve Bogard Rick Giles Michelle Wright singles chronology `` I Wish I Were Only Lonely '' ( 1989 ) `` Rock Me Gently '' ( 1989 ) `` I Do n't Want to Wonder '' ( 1989 ) `` I Wish I Were Only Lonely '' ( 1989 ) `` Rock Me Gently '' ( 1989 ) `` I Do n't Want to Wonder '' ( 1989 ) In 1989, Canadian country singer Michelle Wright released a version as a single on her debut album, Do Right By Me. It reached # 7 on the Canadian RPM country singles chart. Chart performance Chart ( 1989 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 7 Year - end charts Chart ( 1989 ) Position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 57 References ^ Jump up to : Bronson, Fred ( 1988 ). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. Billboard. Jump up ^ https://www.discogs.com/es/Andy-Kim-Andy-Kim/release/6815712 Jump up ^ David Kent 's `` Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992 '' Jump up ^ `` Top 100 1974 ''. top-source.info. Retrieved 17 June 2016. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles -- Week ending September 28, 1974 at the Wayback Machine ( archive index ). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 16 October 2016. Jump up ^ Bac-lac.gc.ca Jump up ^ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1974.shtml Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1974YESP.html Jump up ^ Video on YouTube accessed 9 / 9 / 2011 Jump up ^ Lippert, Barbara ( 2007 - 10 - 22 ). `` Critique : Jeep Rocks The ' 70s ''. Adweek. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 6559. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989 ''. RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013. Preceded by `` Ca n't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe '' by Barry White Billboard Hot 100 number - one single September 28, 1974 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` I Honestly Love You '' by Olivia Newton - John Andy Kim Studio albums Baby I Love You Andy Kim Singles `` Baby, I Love You '' `` Be My Baby '' `` Rock Me Gently '' `` Oh, Pretty Woman '' Songwriting Credits `` Jingle Jangle '' `` Sugar, Sugar '' Cover Songs `` By the Time I Get to Phoenix '' `` If I Were a Carpenter '' `` This Guy 's in Love with You '' Michelle Wright Studio albums Do Right by Me Michelle Wright Now and Then The Reasons Why For Me It 's You Shut Up and Kiss Me Everything and More Strong Compilation and specialty albums The Greatest Hits Collection Greatest Hits A Wright Christmas Notable singles `` New Fool at an Old Game '' `` I Wish I Were Only Lonely '' `` Rock Me Gently '' `` New Kind of Love '' `` All You Really Wanna Do '' `` Take It Like a Man '' `` One Time Around '' `` He Would Be Sixteen '' `` Guitar Talk '' `` Now and Then '' `` One Good Man '' `` The Wall '' `` Safe in the Arms of Love '' `` Nobody 's Girl '' `` Crank My Tractor '' `` The Answer Is Yes '' `` What Love Looks Like '' `` People Get Ready '' `` When I Found You '' `` I Surrender '' Related articles Discography Arista Nashville `` My Give a Damn 's Busted '' This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock_Me_Gently_(Andy_Kim_song)&oldid=804378940 '' Categories : 1974 songs 1974 singles 1989 singles Songs written by Andy Kim Andy Kim songs Michelle Wright songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Capitol Records singles 1970s single stubs Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadacountry Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 8 October 2017, at 16 : 35. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote rock me gently rock me slowly
Answer: Andy Kim