Released on 18 November 1985 "Rock A Little" was the third solo studio album by US singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks. It was released in late 1985 while Fleetwood Mac were still on a lengthy hiatus following their album Mirage (1982), Rock a Little hit the top 20 in its second week and peaked at No. 12 on the US Billboard 200, although sales did not match Nicks' earlier albums, Bella Donna (1981) and The Wild Heart (1983). The album spawned four singles "Talk To Me", "I Can't Wait" which were the two most succesful of the album,then "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You" and "Imperial Hotel" for Australia only.
The recording process for the album originally began in 1984. The initial sessions took place at a converted church studio in Dallas owned by Gordon Perry. By the end of those sessions, which lasted one month, Nicks emerged with around six tracks that she believed could be developed further. Two of those songs were "Running Through the Garden" and "Mirror Mirror". However, Nicks scrapped these recordings and parted ways with long-time producer and romantic interest Jimmy Iovine, and in late 1984 began work on what is now we recognized as the Rock a Little project. Nicks later called the initial sessions with Iovine a "bad planning move" and that she put Iovine "in a very weird position" as she gave him little direction on how to approach her songs. Keith Olsen, Rick Nowels and Nicks herself took over production duties after Iovine's departure.
The album is reputed to have cost $1 million to record, also it was later revealed that Martin Page and Bernie Taupin had specially written the track "These Dreams" for inclusion on the album, but Nicks turned it down. The track was then recorded by the band Heart and became their first number 1 hit in 1986. Tom Petty and David A. Stewart also wrote "Don't Come Around Here No More" for the album, but after hearing Petty perform the vocals for her, she declined it as well, feeling she couldn't do the song justice. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers would record and release the song on their 1985 album Southern Accents. Nicks' subsequent relationship with Eagles member Joe Walsh produced the ballad "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You". Nicks had recorded various other tracks prior to the album's release like the rock ballad "One More Big Time Rock and Roll Star" was relegated to the B-side of the "Talk to Me"
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