"Roll the Dice" is a song by English singer-songwriter Steve Harley, which was released in 1978 as the lead single from his debut solo album Hobo with a Grin.

[23][24] Upon its release, Philip Hall of Record Mirror considered "Roll the Dice" to be "strongly Americanised" and "very smooth, very polished", with Harley's vocal being "less distinctive than usual".

"[26] Harry Doherty of Melody Maker was critical of the song, describing it as "poor" and noting that the "singing drifts aimlessly into middle age".

[27] In the United States, music trade magazine Billboard listed the song under their "Top Single Picks" section in August 1978, under the heading "Recommended Pop".

[28] Record World praised the song as "highly-polished power pop, with a strong melody, well performed by guitars and keyboards".

They commented on Partridge's "strong guitar work", Harley's "good singing" and felt the song was "suited to Top 40 lists".

[30] In a review of Hobo with a Grin, G. Brown of The Denver Post commented, "If Harley is due for a hit single, 'Roll the Dice' could fill the bill nicely.

"[11] In a review of the 2008 compilation The Best of Steve Harley, Dave Thompson of AllMusic commented that the song "deserve[s] a fresh hearing.