Shake It Up (The Cars song)

"Shake It Up"
Single by the Cars
from the album Shake It Up
B-side"Cruiser"
ReleasedNovember 9, 1981 (1981-11-09)
Recorded1981
StudioSyncro Sound (Boston)
Genre
Length3:32
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)Ric Ocasek
Producer(s)Roy Thomas Baker
The Cars singles chronology
"Gimme Some Slack"
(1981) 		"Shake It Up"
(1981) 		"Since You're Gone"
(1982)
Shake It Up track listing
9 tracks
Side one
  1. "Since You're Gone"
  2. "Shake It Up"
  3. "I'm Not the One"
  4. "Victim of Love"
  5. "Cruiser"
Side two
  2. "A Dream Away"
  3. "This Could Be Love"
  4. "Think It Over"
  5. "Maybe Baby"
Music video
"Shake It Up" on YouTube

"Shake It Up" is a song by American rock band the Cars from their fourth studio album of the same name (1981). It was released on November 9, 1981, as the album's lead single. Although appearing for the first time in 1981, it was actually written years earlier by the band's songwriter and lead singer Ric Ocasek. The song became one of the Cars' most popular songs, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Billboard Top Tracks chart in early 1982. With the track "Cruiser" as its B-side, it reached number 14 on the Billboard Disco Top 80 chart.[1][2]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-8982-0156-7.
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