Shakin' (Eddie Money song)
"Shakin'" is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money from his Platinum-certified album No Control, released in 1982. It was co-written by Eddie Money, Elizabeth Myers, and Ralph Carter, and released as a single, reaching #63 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[1] and #9 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.
| "Shakin'" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Eddie Money | ||||
| from the album No Control | ||||
| B-side | "My Friends, My Friends" | |||
| Released | September 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1979-1981 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Eddie Money, Elizabeth Myers, Ralph Carter | |||
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The video for the single featured actress/model Patricia Kotero, better known as Apollonia, as the female doing the "shakin". She would later go on to co-star in the film Purple Rain. Rae's Diner, located on Pico Blvd. in Santa Monica, CA is featured in the video. It is still in business today.
Lyrics
In 2018, Money confirmed a long standing theory to Rolling Stone magazine that the song did indeed include the word "tits," ("Her tits were shakin' till the middle of the night") even in the version played on the radio.[2]
In popular culture
The song is a playable track on the music video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s. The song's video was featured on an episode of Beavis and Butthead. The duo enjoyed the video, particularly Money's faces while watching the model dance around.
References
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- Eddie Money: Rock’s Rodney Dangerfield Endures, Rolling Stone, April 25, 2018