File Under Rock

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{{Infobox album

| name = File Under Rock

| type = Album

| artist = Eddy Grant

| cover = File Under Rock.jpg|border=yes

| alt =

| released = 1988

| recorded = Blue Wave Studios

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, reggae

| length = 38:29

| label = Parlophone, Blue Wave

| producer = Eddy Grant

| prev_title = Born Tuff

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Barefoot Soldier

| next_year = 1990

}}

File Under Rock is a 1988 album by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant. The album includes the song "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" which was a hit in Switzerland{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Eddy-Grant/Gimme-Hope-Jo'anna-1788|title=Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna|website=hitparade.ch|accessdate=September 11, 2020}} and New Zealand{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Eddy+Grant&titel=Gimme+Hope+Jo%27anna&cat=s|title=Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna|website=charts.nz|accessdate=September 11, 2020}} as well as "Harmless Piece of Fun" which was a minor hit in the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Eddy+Grant&titel=Harmless+Piece+Of+Fun&cat=s|title=Eddy Grant - Harmless Piece of Fun (in Dutch)|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=September 11, 2020}} The album was titled File Under Rock after years of Eddy Grant being incorrectly described as a reggae artist.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/file-under-rock-mw0000652512|title=File Under Rock - Eddy Grant: Allmusic|website=Allmusic.com|accessdate=September 11, 2020}} In Germany, the album charted for 10 weeks reaching number 48 in 1988.{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-32465|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Eddy Grant, File Under Rock (in German)|website=offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=September 11, 2020}} The album was a larger success in New Zealand where it reached number 24 on the charts and charted for 13 weeks.{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Eddy+Grant&titel=File+Under+Rock&cat=a|title=Eddy Grant - File Under Rock|website=charts.nz|accessdate=September 11, 2020}} In the Netherlands the album reached number 36, but was only on the charts for 4 weeks.{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Eddy+Grant&titel=File+Under+Rock&cat=a|title=Eddy Grant - File Under Rock (in Dutch)|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=September 11, 2020}} Allmusic's Alex Henderson described the album as being mostly pop rock with slight reggae influences.