Shake Your Groove Thing
| "Shake Your Groove Thing" | ||||
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| File:Shake Your Groove Thing by Peaches and Herb US vinyl A-side.jpg A-side label of U.S. vinyl release | ||||
| Single by Peaches & Herb | ||||
| from the album 2 Hot | ||||
| B-side | "All Your Love (Give It Here)" | |||
| Released | December 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Length | 5:45 (Album version) 3:25 (7" version) 6:35 (12″ version) | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren | |||
| Peaches & Herb singles chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
| File:Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches and Herb.jpg Dutch release | ||||
"Shake Your Groove Thing" is a song by disco duo Peaches & Herb. The single reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Billboard R&B Chart. It also reached No. 2 for four weeks on the Billboard Disco chart in 1978. The song spent 22 weeks on the American charts, and became a Gold record.
The song was their first return to the charts in seven years. It was their first hit with the third "Peaches", Linda Greene.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Cover versions
- In 1996, Filipino singer Regine Velasquez covered the song for her album Retro.[citation needed]
- In 1997, Intel used this song in an advert for the Pentium II that arrives in New York.[citation needed]
- It was heard in An Extremely Goofy Movie, The Country Bears, Shrek Forever After sung by The Pied Piper, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel sung by The Chipmunks and The Chipettes and Scandal.[10]
References
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 231. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ a b "shake+your+groove+thing | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Top 100 1979-03-31". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
- ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 18 Dec 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1979". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ^ "Shake your groove thang". Retrieved 9 August 2021.
Other sources
- The Best of Peaches & Herb (liner notes).
- Whitburn, Joel. Hot Dance/Disco 1978–2003, Record Research Inc., 2004, ISBN 978-0898201567
External links
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