(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
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| Single by KC and the Sunshine Band | ||||
| from the album Part 3 | ||||
| B-side | "Boogie Shoes" | |||
| Released | May 27, 1976 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Label | TK Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch | |||
| Producer | Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch | |||
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"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" is a song recorded and released in 1976 by KC and the Sunshine Band for the album Part 3. The song became their third number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as their third number-one on the soul singles chart. [1]. The song was originally controversial, since the lyrics were interpreted by many as having sexual connotations. The b-side of Shake Your Booty was "Boogie Shoes", which later became a hit on its own when it appeared on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1978. Richard Finch explained to Songfacts that this song was directly inspired by dance moves they witnessed in clubs, especially when somebody broke loose and started to "shake their booty." [2]
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[edit] Chart performances
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 22 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 1 |
[edit] Trivia
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- "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" holds the record for being the only number-one song title with a word repeated more than three times in it. The chorus consists of the title expression with the word "shake" appearing eight times.
[edit] Appearances in other media
- German techno band Scooter sampled the song on their single "Shake That!", taken from the 2004 album Mind The Gap.
- The title was parodied by Frank Zappa with his 1979 album Sheik Yerbouti, as well as the album's title track.
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 315.
- ^ ""(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"". Songfacts.com. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=17605. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by "You Should Be Dancing" by Bee Gees |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single September 11, 1976 |
Succeeded by "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry |
| Preceded by "Who'd She Coo?" by The Ohio Players |
Billboard's Hot Soul Singles number one single August 28, 1976 |
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| Preceded by "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry |
Billboard's Hot Soul Singles number one single September 18 - October 2, 1976 |
Succeeded by "Just to Be Close to You" by The Commodores |
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