Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
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| Single by The Jacksons from the album Destiny |
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| Released | December 1978 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | Los Angeles, August 1978 | ||||
| Genre | Disco | ||||
| Length | 8:00 (album)/3:54 (7")/8:37 (extended) | ||||
| Label | Epic 8-50656 |
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| Writer(s) | Michael Jackson Randy Jackson |
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| Producer | The Jacksons | ||||
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"Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", released in December 1978, is a 1979 hit single recorded by The Jacksons for CBS/Epic Records
The most successful of the Jacksons' disco/funk-era recordings for Epic, "Shake Your Body" (originally demoed as "Shake a Body") was produced by the Jackson brothers, written by Michael and Randy Jackson, and featured Michael on lead vocals.
Released to radio in a single edit of three minutes and forty-five seconds and played in its full nearly seven-minute version by clubs, the single charted at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number three on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. "Shake Your Body" sold over two million copies, attaining double-platinum status from the Recording Industry Association of America.
The single was later sampled by Shaggy for his 2000 single "Dance and Shout".
[edit] Credits
- Lead vocals by Michael Jackson
- Background vocals by Jackie Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, and Marlon Jackson
- Vocal arrangements by The Jacksons
- Rhythm arrangements by Greg Phillinganes
- Horn and strings arranged by Tom Tom 84
- Keyboards and synthesizers by Greg Phillinganes and Mike Boddicker
- Drums by Ed Green
- Percussion by Paulinho Da Costa
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