"Shakin'" is a song by American rock singer
Eddie Money
Edward Joseph Money ( Mahoney; March 21, 1949September 13, 2019) was an American singer and songwriter who, in the 1970s and 1980s, had eleven Top 40 songs, including " Baby Hold On", " Two Tickets to Paradise", " Think I'm in Love", " Shakin' ...
from his
Platinum-certified album ''
No Control'', released in 1982. It was co-written by Money,
Elizabeth Myers, and Ralph Carter, and released as a single, reaching #63 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and #9 on the
Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock is a music chart published by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations in the United States. It is an administrative category that combines the " active rock" and " heritage rock" ...
. The song remains one of Money's most popular among fans.
Music video
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''.
Lyrics
In 2018, Money confirmed a longstanding theory to
''Rolling Stone'' magazine that the song did indeed include the word "tits" ("Her tits were shakin' 'til the middle of the night"), even in the version played on the radio.
Eddie Money: Rock’s Rodney Dangerfield Endures
''Rolling Stone'', April 25, 2018
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 Butt-Head
''Beavis and Butt-Head'' is an American Adult animation, adult animated Animated sitcom, sitcom created by Mike Judge. The series follows Beavis and Butt-Head, both voiced by Judge, a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, Stupi ...
''. The duo enjoyed the video, particularly Money's faces while watching Apollonia dance around.
Money performed the song on an episode of ''The King of Queens
''The King of Queens'' is an American television sitcom that ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007, with a total of 207 half-hour episodes spanning nine seasons. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt, who al ...
'' episode titled “Eddie Money
Edward Joseph Money ( Mahoney; March 21, 1949September 13, 2019) was an American singer and songwriter who, in the 1970s and 1980s, had eleven Top 40 songs, including " Baby Hold On", " Two Tickets to Paradise", " Think I'm in Love", " Shakin' ...
”.
References
External links
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Eddie Money songs
1982 singles
1981 songs
Songs written by Eddie Money
Columbia Records singles
Songs written by Liz Myers
Songs about dancing
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