Shake It Up (The Cars song)

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"Shake It Up"
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Single by the Cars
from the album Shake It Up
B-side "Cruiser"
ReleasedNovember 9, 1981 (1981-11-09)
Recorded1981
Studio Syncro Sound (Boston)
Genre
Length3:32
Label Elektra
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
  1. "A Dream Away"
  2. "This Could Be Love"
  3. "Think It Over"
  4. "Maybe Baby"

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