Shake It Up (Divine song)

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"Shake It Up"
Single by Divine
from the album The Story So Far
Released1983
Genre Hi-NRG, dance
Length3:11
Label Break Records
Songwriter(s) Bobby Orlando
Producer(s) Bobby Orlando
Divine singles chronology
"Love Reaction"
(1983)
"Shake It Up"
(1983)
"You Think You're A Man"
(1984)

"Shake It Up" is a single by American performance artist Divine, released in 1983. The song was later reissued on the 1984 compilation album The Story So Far . [1]

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Chart performance

"Shake It Up" became Divine's fourth and last single to chart on the Dutch Singles Chart. It debuted at #30 before climbing to and peaking at #13 in its third week. The song spent a total of 6 weeks on the chart. [2]

"Shake It Up" spent a total of 11 weeks on the German Singles Chart and peaked at #26. It spent one week at its peak. "Shake It Up" became Divine's second Top 40 single on the chart. [3]

Track listings

  1. "Shake It Up" - 3:11
  2. "Shake It Up (Album Version)" - 5:50
  3. "Jungle Jezebel" - 4:42
  1. "Shake It Up (Special Long Version)" - 6:41
  2. "Shake It Up (Ed Smit Remix)" - 9:28
  3. "Shake It Up (Instrumental Version)" - 4:00

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
Position
Dutch Singles Chart [6] 13
German Singles Chart [3] 26
UK Singles Chart [7] 82

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