| "Shake Your Thang" | ||||
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| Single by Salt-N-Pepa featuring E.U. | ||||
| from the album A Salt with a Deadly Pepa | ||||
| B-side | "Spinderella's Not a Fella (But a Girl DJ)" | |||
| Released | August 1, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | Bayside Sound | |||
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| Length | 3:59 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Hurby Luv Bug | |||
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"Shake Your Thang" is a song by American R&B and hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa, released by Next Plateau Entertainment and London Records as the first single from their second studio album, A Salt with a Deadly Pepa (1988). The song features the Washington, D.C.–based go-go musical band, E.U. It samples "It's Your Thing" by The Isley Brothers and "Funky President" by James Brown.[1]
The music video features Salt-N-Pepa being arrested for "dirty dancing". At the police station they are questioned by cops played by Hurby Luv Bug and Kid 'n Play. There are scenes of them dancing in an all white room with a crowd and back up dancers, additionally they dance outside on stairs and on the streets. At the end of the video they are released from the police station, this leads into the music video for their next single, "Get Up Everybody (Get Up)".
In an interview, Salt explained she considers herself a feminist "in a way", emphasizing the need for women to avoid complete emotional and financial dependence on men. Songs like "Tramp" and "Shake Your Thang" express these feminist themes of female autonomy.[2]
- ^ "Salt-N-Pepa-E.U.-Shake-Your-Thang-The-Isley-Brothers-It's-Your-Thing". www.whosampled.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ Rose, Tricia (May 1990). "Never Trust A Big Butt and a Smile" (PDF). Camera Obscura. 8 (2): 108–131. doi:10.1215/02705346-8-2_23-108. Retrieved 12 February 2015.