Shake Your Groove Thing

"Shake Your Groove Thing"
Side A of the New Zealand single
Single by Peaches & Herb
from the album 2 Hot
B-side	"All Your Love (Give It Here)"
Released	December 1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Disco [1]
Length	5:45 (Album version) 3:25 (7" version) 6:35 (12″ version)
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Dino Fekaris Freddie Perren
Producer(s)	Freddie Perren
Peaches & Herb singles chronology
"The Sound of Silence" (1971) "Shake Your Groove Thing" (1978) "Reunited" (1979)

"Shake Your Groove Thing" is a song by R&B duo Peaches & Herb. The single reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Billboard R&B chart. It also reached No. 2 for four weeks on the Billboard Disco chart in 1978. The song spent 22 weeks on the American charts and became a Gold record.

The song was Peaches & Herb's first return to the charts in seven years. It was their first hit with the third "Peaches", Linda Greene.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2]	13
Canada (RPM) [3]	5
Netherlands	22
New Zealand (RIANZ) [4]	10
UK Singles Chart [5]	26
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [6]	5
U.S. Billboard National Disco Action Top 40 [7]	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles [8]	4
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [9]	5

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA) [10]	71
UK Singles Chart [5]	99

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report) [11]	99
Canada [12]	38
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [13]	31
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [14]	50

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [15]	Gold	75,000^
United States (RIAA) [16]	Gold	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

• In 1996, Filipino singer Regine Velasquez covered the song for her album Retro .^{[ citation needed ]}
• In the 2009 film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, the song was sung by The Chipmunks and The Chipettes and also featured on the soundtrack album.
• The song is featured in the 2011 dance-based music video game Just Dance Kids 2 , and covered by The Just Dance Kids.
• The song was used as a parody called "Shake Your Tail Now" for the Dance Star Mickey toy.

Popular culture

• In 1997, Intel used this song in an advert for the Pentium II that arrives in New York. ^[17]
• In 1999, Disney used this song in a trailer for An Extremely Goofy Movie .

It was heard in TV and movies like:

• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• The Drew Carey Show
• An Extremely Goofy Movie
• Friends
• The Sweetest Thing
• The Country Bears
• Monster
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Shrek Forever After
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
• Modern Family
• Scandal ^[18]
• Mr Motivator's BLT

References

1. Molanphy, Chris (25 March 2022). "Killing Me Softly Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate . Retrieved 23 March 2024.
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 231. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
3. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
4. Flavour of New Zealand, 27 May 1979
5. "shake+your+groove+thing | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
6. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 649.
7. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 200.
8. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 454.
9. "Top 100 1979-03-31". Cashbox Magazine . Retrieved 2015-09-05.
10. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 18 Dec 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
11. "Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 10 January 2023– via Imgur.com.
12. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
13. "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
14. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1979". Cashbox Magazine . Retrieved 2016-04-12.
15. "Canadian single certifications – Peaches and Herb – Shake Your Groove Thing". Music Canada . Retrieved 4 August 2023.
16. "American single certifications – Peaches & Herb – Shake Your Groove Thing". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 4 August 2023.
17. "Intel Pentium II "Shake Your Groove Thing" 90s Commercial (1997)". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
18. "Shake your groove thang". YouTube . Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

Other sources

• The Best of Peaches & Herb (liner notes).

External links

• Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing on YouTube