"The Shake" is a song written by Jon McElroy and Butch Carr, and recorded by American

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Neal McCoy Hubert Neal McGaughey Jr. (born July 30, 1958), known professionally as Neal McCoy, is an American country music singer. He has released 10 studio albums on various labels, and has released 34 singles to country radio. Although he first charted on ...

. It was released May 1997 as the only single from McCoy's ''

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'' compilation album. The song reached number 5 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1997. It peaked at number 7 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks.

Music video

The music video was directed by Chris Rogers and premiered in June 1997. In it a teenage boy walks in, and Neal's mom (played as an homage to '' Leave It to Beaver''). The song starts, and he and his band are playing in the garage. The video ends with the mother starting to dance.

Critical reception

Robert Loy of ''

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'' described the song negatively, saying that it was "a puerile and sexist hymn to feminine derriere movement ��nd that's good because the only thing saving lyrics like 'Shake it real funky/Shake it real low/Shake it till you just can't shake it no more' from being offensive is that they're so incredibly stupid."

Chart performance

"The Shake" debuted at number 67 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 24, 1997.

Year-end charts

References

1997 singles Neal McCoy songs Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning Atlantic Records singles 1997 songs Songs about dancing {{1997-country-song-stub