Released on March 27, 1988, the single, produced by popular hip hop hitmakers Full Force, was among her most successful.

[2] A huge promotion campaign followed in the fall of 1988, with Jackson performing the song live on many different TV shows worldwide.

The Miami News reviewed the song as having a "heavy funk beat" that does "grind to a fierce rhythm track.

The edgy clip drew comparisons to her brother Michael Jackson's short film for his single "Bad."

Jackson performed "You're Gonna Get Rocked" on the German TV shows Eurotops and Extratour, on the Dutch program "Countdown", in Caracas for Venezuelan television, and in her September 1989 live pay-per-view concert at Bally's Reno.