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{{Short description|2000 single by Robbie Williams}}
{{about|the song|the style disc jockeying|Disc jockey}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Rock DJ
| cover         = RockDJ.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Robbie Williams]]
| album         = [[Sing When You're Winning]]
| B-side        = Talk to Me
| released      = {{start date|2000|07|31|df=y}}
| recorded      = 
| studio        =
* Master Rock (North London, England)
* [[Hook End Recording Studios|Sarm Hook End]] ([[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], England)
| genre         = 
* [[Dance-pop]]
* [[Nu-disco|neo-disco]]<ref name=Gardner2010>{{cite web |last=Gardner|first=Elysa |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-11-13-weekend-listen-up_N.htm|title=Listen Up: Weekend Plugs |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=12 November 2010 |accessdate= 26 May 2025|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101113123702/https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-11-13-weekend-listen-up_N.htm|archive-date=13 November 2010| url-status= dead}}</ref>
| length        = 4:15
| label         =
* [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]
* [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| writer        =
* Robbie Williams
* [[Guy Chambers]]
* Kelvin Andrews
* Nelson Pigford
* Ekundayo Paris
| producer      =
* Guy Chambers
* [[Steve Power]]
| prev_title    = [[Win Some Lose Some]]
| prev_year     = 2000
| next_title    = [[Kids (Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue song)|Kids]]
| next_year     = 2000
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|BnO3nijfYmU|"Rock DJ"}}}}
}}
"'''Rock DJ'''" is a song by English singer and songwriter [[Robbie Williams]], featured on his third [[studio album]], ''[[Sing When You're Winning]]'' (2000). The song was released on 31 July 2000 as the [[lead single]] from the album. It samples [[Barry White|Barry White's]] song "[[It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me]]", "[[Can I Kick It?]]" by [[A Tribe Called Quest]] and has a quote from "[[La Di Da Di]]" by [[Slick Rick]] and [[Doug E. Fresh]]. In his 2023 [[Netflix]] series, Williams jokingly stated that he was trying to write "[[Karma Police]]" and ended up writing "[[Karma Chameleon]]".{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

"Rock DJ" reached number one in Costa Rica, Estonia, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom whilst reaching the top 10 in 16 other countries. It was the fourth-best-selling song of 2000 in the UK. In the United States, it peaked at number 24 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Dance Club Songs|Dance Club Play]] chart. The music video features Williams trying to impress a female DJ by stripping naked and eventually resorting to removing his skin and muscles, ending up as a skeleton. The song won [[Brit Award for British Single of the Year|British Single of the Year]], and the video won [[Brit Award for British Video of the Year|British Video of the Year]] at the [[2001 Brit Awards]].

==Chart performance==
The song became [[Robbie Williams]]' third number-one solo single in the United Kingdom, going on to sell over 1.2 million copies and being certified 2× platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI).<ref name="ukcert"/> The song also became a hit around Europe, charting inside the top 10 in several countries and becoming his first number-one single in New Zealand. The song also became a top-five hit in Australia, where it went on to sell over 70,000 copies, being certified platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA).<ref name="auscert"/> In the United States, the track reached number 24 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Dance Club Songs|Dance Club Play]] chart. "Rock DJ" was named the Best Song of 2000 at the [[MTV Europe Music Awards]] and Best Single and Best Video at the [[Brit Awards 2001]].

==Music videos==
The accompanying [[music video]] for "Rock DJ" was directed by [[Vaughan Arnell]]. It was released on 6 July 2000. It begins with Williams dancing on a [[roller disco]] with women skating around him. He wants to get the attention of the female [[disc jockey|DJ]] (played by [[Lauren Gold]]) standing above the stage, so he begins taking off his clothes. She ignores him at first, but after she finally notices he is completely naked, he proceeds with stripping off his skin, muscles and organs, until the only thing left of him are his bones, which is performed by special effects. In the end, the DJ dances with his skeleton. The video ends with the note, "No Robbies were Harmed During the Making of this Video", a jocular take on the "[[No animals were harmed]]" note. The skinless Robbie also appears on the single's cover art, as well as on the cover of the DVD release of ''[[In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010]]'' in 2010.

The video's ending (beginning with Williams taking off his skin) was cut by most music channels around Europe, including [[VIVA (TV station)|VIVA]], [[MCM (TV channel)|MCM]], [[The Box (UK and Ireland)|The Box]] and [[VH1 Europe]]. However, in the recent years, some of the music channels in Europe (including [[MTV Classic (UK & Ireland)|MTV Classic]] and [[VH1 Europe]]) airs the "studio recording" version of the music video, even on late night, which made the edited version of the music video fall into obscurity. Examples of TV stations that still play the full video are Bulgarian channel MM, former German located channel B.TV (often in daytime) and Canadian channel [[MusiquePlus]], some channels ran the edited video during the day and the unedited one overnight, while [[The Hits]] played a version which cut from Williams dancing in his underwear to dancing as a skeleton, filling the gap by repeating previous footage. This is the version that is currently played on channels owned by [[The Box Plus Network]]. In 2001, "Rock DJ" won the [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects]]. In 2006, it was voted by viewers as the seventh Most Groundbreaking Video Ever on MTV and in 2007 it was ranked at number 48 on [[MuchMusic]]'s 50 Most Controversial Videos. The video was banned in [[Dominican Republic]] due to allegations of [[Satanism]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/979461.stm |title=Robbie video banned for 'Satanism' |work=BBC News |date=19 October 2000 |access-date=1 April 2014}}</ref>

The video has been shown numerous times on [[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]]'s ''[[Pants-Off Dance-Off]]'', despite its gory content. Toward the end of the dancer's dancing/stripping to it when the video is shown in the background like any other, they only show Williams, briefly, ripping and throwing his skin, and dancing in muscle form before cutting to the hostess of the show. The video appears as an instance of the re-use of the motif of "dancing with the dead" in a book about medieval images of death and dying in art and literature.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://brill.com/view/title/22856|title=Imago Mortis: Mediating Images of Death in Late Medieval Culture|last=Kinch|first=Ashby|publisher=Brill|year=2013|isbn=978-90-04-24581-5|pages=278–279}}</ref>

A '[[video single]]' "Rock DJ", containing the music video and a making-of documentary, was released on VHS on 11 September 2000 and DVD on 16 September. The DVD was intended to be released concurrently with the VHS, but was pulled because copies lacked the '[[British Board of Film Classification#Current certificates|15]]' certification from the [[British Board of Film Classification]] due to a printing error, and needed replacing with the new 15-rated copies.<ref name="NME">{{cite web |title=Shock...DJ! |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/robbie-williams-245-1388408 |website=NME |date=12 September 2000}}</ref> The music video also carried a 15 certificate warning when uploaded to Williams' official website.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Percival |first1=Ash |title=20 Facts You Probably Never Knew About Robbie Williams' Rock DJ |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/robbie-williams-rock-dj-video-20-year-anniversary_uk_5efb03d3c5b6acab28468d43 |website=Huffington Post |access-date=7 August 2025 |date=6 July 2020}}</ref> As of March 2001, "Rock DJ" was the biggest-selling music DVD in the United Kingdom to date, selling over 64,000 copies on what was then still a nascent format.<ref name="Brindley">{{cite journal |last1=Brindley |first1=Paul |title=Music Rides the DVD Wave with Those Little Extras |journal=Music Week |date=3 March 2001 |pages=27–30}}</ref>

A second video shows Williams in a studio while recording the song.<ref>{{cite web|title=ROCK DJ: MUSIC VIDEO|url=http://www.robbiewilliams.com/video/official/rock-dj-music-video|publisher=RobbieWilliams.com|access-date=4 June 2015|quote=The video's ending was cut by most music channels around Europe, including VIVA, MCM and MTV with VH1 Europe decided to use its own video for the song, created from studio footage.}}</ref>
==Track listings==
'''UK CD and cassette single, Australian CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Rock DJ|year=2000|type=UK & Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=[[Chrysalis Records]]|id=CDCHS5118, 7243 889136 2 1}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Rock DJ|year=2000|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Chrysalis Records|id=TCCHS5118, 7243 889120 4 4}}</ref>
# "Rock DJ" – 4:15
# "Talk to Me" – 3:28
# "Rock DJ" (Player One remix) – 5:34

'''UK DVD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Rock DJ|year=2000|type=UK DVD single liner notes|publisher=Chrysalis Records|id=7243 4 92427 9 1}}</ref>
# "Rock DJ" (full length video)
# "Rock DJ" (a short documentary feature)

'''European CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Rock DJ|year=2000|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Chrysalis Records|id=7243 8 89233 2 3}}</ref>
# "Rock DJ" – 4:15
# "Talk to Me" – 3:28

'''European maxi-CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Rock DJ|year=2000|type=European maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Chrysalis Records|id=7243 8 89232 0 0}}</ref>
# "Rock DJ" – 4:15
# "Talk to Me" – 3:28
# "Rock DJ" (Player One remix) – 5:34
# "Rock DJ" (video)

==Credits and personnel==
Credits are taken from the ''[[Sing When You're Winning]]'' album booklet.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Sing When You're Winning|title-link=Sing When You're Winning|year=2000|type=UK CD album booklet|publisher=Chrysalis Records|id=7243 5 28125 2 3}}</ref>

'''Studios'''
* Recorded at Master Rock Studios (North London, England) and [[Hook End Recording Studios|Sarm Hook End]] ([[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], England)
* Mixed at Battery Studios (London, England)
* Mastered at [[Metropolis Studios|Metropolis Mastering]] (London, England)

'''Personnel'''
{{div col}}
* Robbie Williams – writing, lead vocals
* [[Guy Chambers]] – writing, all keyboards, production, arrangement
* Kelvin Andrews – writing
* Nelson Pigford – writing
* Ekundayo Paris – writing
* Andy Caine – backing vocals
* Derek Green – backing vocals
* [[Katie Kissoon]] – backing vocals
* [[Sylvia Mason-James]] – backing vocals
* [[Tessa Niles]] – backing vocals
* Paul "Tubbs" Williams – backing vocals
* [[Steve Power]] – [[vocoder]], production, mixing
* [[Neil Taylor (guitarist)|Neil Taylor]] – electric guitar
* Winston Blissett – bass guitar
* Andy Duncan – drum programming
* Dave Bishop – brass
* Neil Sidwell – brass
* Steve Sidwell – brass
* [[The London Session Orchestra]] – orchestra
* [[Gavyn Wright]] – [[concertmaster]]
* [[Nick Ingman]] – orchestration
* Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contractor
* Steve Price – orchestral engineering
* Richard Flack – [[Pro Tools]]
* Tony Cousins – mastering
{{div col end}}

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
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!scope="col"|Chart (2000–2001)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
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{{single chart|Australia|4|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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{{single chart|Austria|7|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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{{single chart|Flanders|18|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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{{single chart|Wallonia|16|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
|-
!scope="row"|Canada ([[Broadcast Data Systems|BDS]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonfreepress.com/AllPop/chart.html|title=Canada Airplay Chart: 1 - 50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010216220817/http://www.londonfreepress.com/AllPop/chart.html |accessdate=3 January 2025|archive-date=16 February 2001 }}</ref>
|22
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{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|47|chartid=4895|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}{{Efn|"Rock DJ" reached number 47 when ''RPM'' ceased publication in November 2000.}}
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!scope="row"|Costa Rica (''[[El Siglo de Torreón]]'')<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/2000/11/01&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03902&PageLabel=39|access-date=10 August 2021|work=El Siglo de Torreón|title=Backstreet Boys acaparan listas de popularidad|date=1 November 2000|page=39|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220156/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F2000%2F11%2F01&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03902&PageLabel=39|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Czech Republic ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|title=Hitparada radia - 39/2000|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI CR]]|language=cs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001002201422/http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|archive-date=2 October 2000|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
|3
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!scope="row"|Denmark ([[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-08-26.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=35|page=9|date=26 August 2000|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
|7
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!scope="row"|El Salvador ([[El Siglo de Torreón]])<ref name="h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx">{{cite web|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/2000/12/11/46/Ar04600.xml&CollName=EDT_2000_2009&DOCID=197918&PageLabelPrint=46&skin=%45%6c%53%69%67%6c%6f&sLanguage=%45%6e%67%6c%69%73%68&Content=%41%4c%4c&selLanguage=&sPublication=%45%44%54&sDateFrom=%30%31%25%32%46%30%31%25%32%46%32%30%30%30&sDateTo=%31%32%25%32%46%33%31%25%32%46%32%30%30%30&dummy=%32%30%30%30&sQuery=%62%72%69%74%6e%65%79%2b%73%70%65%61%72%73&x=%30&y=%30&RefineQueryView=&StartFrom=%36%30&ViewMode=HTML| title=Los más vendidos en Iberoamerica y EU| publisher=El Siglo de Torreón| date=11 December 2000| access-date=30 September 2022}}</ref>
|3
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!scope="row"|Estonia (Eesti Top 20)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=eestipaevaleht20000909.2.39.11.2&srpos=78&e=-------en-25--76--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA-robbie+williams------------|title=MUUSIKAEDETABELID: EESTI TOP 20|work=[[Sõnumileht]]|date=9 September 2000|page=23|access-date=24 December 2024|language=et}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-09-02.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=36|page=11|date=2 September 2000|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|5
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!scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-09-02.pdf|title=EHR Top 50|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=36|date=2 September 2000|page=20|access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref>
|1
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{{single chart|Finland|15|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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{{single chart|France|40|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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{{single chart|Germany|9|songid=4384|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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!scope="row"|Guatemala ([[El Siglo de Torreón]])<ref name="h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx"/>
|4
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!scope=row|Hungary ([[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|Mahasz]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-10-14.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=42|page=12|date=14 October 2000|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>
|6
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!scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/3005537#page/n11/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (Vikuna 16.9. – 23.9. 2000 37. Vika)|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=12|date=15 September 2000|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref>
|1
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{{single chart|Ireland2|1|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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{{single chart|Italy|3|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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!scope="row"|Latvia ([[Latvijas Radio|Latvijas Top 40]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanet.lv/news/airplay/2000/000924lv.html|title=''The most popular songs in Latvia''|publisher=Lanet.lv|language=lv|date=24 September 2000|access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
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{{single chart|Dutch40|6|year=2000|week=33|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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{{single chart|Dutch100|11|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock Dj|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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{{single chart|Norway|8|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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!scope="row"|Poland (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-09-09.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay – Week 37/2000|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=37|page=19|date=9 September 2000|access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref>
|18
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!scope="row"|Poland ([[Polish Music Charts|Polish Airplay Charts]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_35_2000.html |title=Polish Airplay Charts - Lista krajowa 35/2000 |publisher=PiF PaF Production |access-date=29 January 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010304024545/http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_35_2000.html |archive-date=4 March 2001  }}</ref>
|7
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!scope=row|Portugal ([[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-09-23.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=39|page=17|date=23 September 2000|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
|6
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{{single chart|Scotland|1|date=20000812|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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{{single chart|Spain|3|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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{{single chart|Sweden|18|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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{{single chart|Switzerland|9|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Rock DJ|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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{{single chart|UK|1|date=20000812|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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!scope="row"|UK Airplay (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2000/Music-Week-2000-08-19.pdf|title=Top 50 Airplay Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=19 August 2000|page=23|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>
|align="center"| 1
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!scope="row"|Uruguay ([[El Siglo de Torreón]])<ref name="h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx"/>
|3
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{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|24|artist=Robbie Williams|rowheader=true|access-date=26 December 2018}}
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (2000)
!scope="col"|Position
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!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2000/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2000|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
|21
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!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2000|title=Jaaroverzichten 2000|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref>
|94
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!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2000|title=Rapports Annuels 2000|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=fr|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref>
|76
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!scope="row"| Brazil ([[Crowley Broadcast Analysis|Crowley]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maistocadas.mus.br/2000/|title=Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 2000|date=3 April 2018|publisher=[[Crowley Broadcast Analysis]]|accessdate=30 January 2022}}</ref>
|27
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!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-12-23.pdf|title=Year in Focus – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2000|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=52|page=9|date=23 December 2000|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|38
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!scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-12-23.pdf|title=Year in Focus: Eurochart Hot 100 Radio 2000|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=52|page=13|date=23 December 2000|access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>
|7
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!scope="row"|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2000|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2000|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509005435/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2000|archive-date=9 May 2015|access-date=5 December 2015}}</ref>
|78
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!scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/3010431?iabr=on#page/n9/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 100|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=10|date=5 January 2001|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|12
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!scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2000.html|title=Top 100 of 2000|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602112628/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2000.html|archive-date=2 June 2004|access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>
|6
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!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2000|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 2000|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref>
|34
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!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2000&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2000|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|language=nl|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref>
|70
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!scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/2000-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 2000|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>
|21
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!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2000|title=Swiss Year-End Charts 2000|publisher=Swiss Music Charts|language=de|access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref>
|59
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!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Sellers of 2000: Singles Top 100|magazine=[[Music Week]]|publisher=[[UBM plc|United Business Media]]|issn=0265-1548|location=London, England|page=25|date=20 January 2001}}</ref>
|5
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!scope="row"|UK Airplay (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2001/Music-Week-2001-01-20.pdf#page=51|title=Most Broadcast of 2000: Airplay Top 50|magazine=Music Week|page=51|date=20 January 2001|access-date=24 April 2022}}</ref>
|8
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (2001)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Taiwan ([[Hit FM (Taiwan)|Hito Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitoradio.com/newweb/chart_2.php?ch_year=2001&pageNum_rsList=1|title=年度百首單曲: 2001|publisher=[[Hit FM (Taiwan)|Hit FM]]. Voice of Taipei Broadcasting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317080623/http://www.hitoradio.com/newweb/chart_2.php?ch_year=2001&pageNum_rsList=1|language=zh|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-date=March 17, 2023}}</ref>
|63
|}

===Decade-end charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (2000–2009)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite episode|title=Chart of the Decade|series=Chart of the Decade|network=[[BBC Radio 1]]|airdate=29 December 2009}}</ref>
|41
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2000|certyear=2000|access-date=5 July 2018|refname="auscert"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|artist=Robbie Williams|title=Rock DJ|relyear=2000|certyear=2021|type=single|source=radioscope|refname="RMNZ"|access-date=29 December 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|award=Gold|artist=Robbie Williams|title=Rock DJ|relyear=2000|certyear=2025|certmonth=1|type=single|refname="spacert"|access-date=13 January 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Rock DJ|artist=Robbie Williams|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=5565-533-1|access-date=24 September 2023|refname="ukcert"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true}}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope="row"|Australia
|rowspan="2"|31 July 2000
|CD
|rowspan="2"|[[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.emimusic.com.au/artists.asp?id=81#releases|title=Robbie Williams|publisher=[[EMI Music Australia]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001030221416/http://www2.emimusic.com.au/artists.asp?id=81#releases|archive-date=30 October 2000|access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Rock DJ |url=http://www.robbiewilliams.com/discography/singles/rock-dj |website=RobbieWilliams.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205021750/http://www.robbiewilliams.com/discography/singles/rock-dj |archive-date=5 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-07-29.pdf|title=Airborne|last=Stavenes-Dove|first=Siri|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=17|issue=31|page=10|date=29 July 2000|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2000/Music-Week-2000-07-29.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting July 31, 2000: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=27|date=29 July 2000|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="3"|United States
|22 August 2000
|[[Contemporary hit radio]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-08-18.pdf|title=CHR/Pop: Going for Adds|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1364|page=110|date=18 August 2000|access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Gavin Top 40/Rhythm Crossover: Impact Dates|magazine=[[Gavin Report]]|issue=2317|page=9|date=11 August 2000}}</ref>
|-
|25 September 2000
|{{hlist|[[Hot adult contemporary]]|[[modern adult contemporary]] radio}}
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-09-22.pdf|title=Hot AC: Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1369|page=148|date=22 September 2000|access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Gavin AC/Hot AC: Impact Dates|magazine=Gavin Report|issue=2322|page=33|date=15 September 2000}}</ref>
|-
|17 October 2000
|[[Rhythmic contemporary]] radio
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-10-13.pdf|title=CHR/Rhythmic: Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1372|page=54|date=13 October 2000|access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref>
|}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{YouTube|xVWUtEnOSuk|"Rock DJ" (studio version)}}

{{Robbie Williams singles}}
{{Brit British Single}}
{{MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song}}
{{MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects}}
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