Shake It Up Tonight

"Shake It Up Tonight"
"Shake It Up Tonight"
Single by Cheryl Lynn
from the album In the Night
B-side	"Baby"
Released	May 12, 1981
Recorded	1980
Studio	Ameraycan Studios; (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Post-disco;
Length	5:41 (album version); 4:11 (single version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Mike and Brenda Sutton
Producer(s)	Ray Parker Jr.
Cheryl Lynn singles chronology

"Shake It Up Tonight" is a song by American singer Cheryl Lynn. Since the success of her debut single, "Got to Be Real", the acclaimed R&B-dance track peaked at No. 5 on both the R&B and Hot Dance Club Play charts, and it also scored number 70 on the Billboard pop charts. It failed to chart in the UK.

"Shake It Up Tonight" appears on Lynn's LP In the Night, and was written by Mike and Brenda Sutton. The B-side is "Baby", written by Cheryl Lynn and Ray Parker Jr. The ready-made disco song was a moderate success. It became a defining song for Lynn. The 7" version of the song was recorded and produced by Ray Parker Jr. who has worked with her. Jamaican singer Luciano covered the song as a number-one reggae hit in 1993. The 12" version was mixed and produced by Ray Parker Jr.

The song was especially popular in the Los Angeles market. During late August it peaked at number 5 on KUTE and number 11 on KRLA.^[1]

Composition[]

"Shake It Up Tonight" has instrumentation that includes a dance beat, strings and percussion.

Personnel[]

Cheryl Lynn - Lead vocals, backing vocals
Greg Moore - Guitar
Ray Parker Jr. - Guitar, rhythm arrangements
Darren Carmichael - Fender Rhodes piano
Michael Sutton - Acoustic piano
Allen McGrier - Bass (uncredited on many releases of the parent album)
George Mitchell - Drums
Ollie E. Brown - Percussion
Arnell D. Carmichael, J.D. Nicholas, Sharon Jack - Backing vocals
Gene Page - String arrangements

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Chart performance[]

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	70
Hot Soul Singles^[4]	5
Hot Disco Action	5
US Cash Box Top 100^[5]	68

7" version[]

Shake It Up Tonight (M.Sutton, B.Sutton) – 3:58
Baby (C.V yardR. Parker Jr) – 4:20

12" version[]

"Shake It Up Tonight" – 5:42
"Star Love" – 7:23

Sampling[]

This song has been sampled three times:

"Party Right" by Chubb Rock featuring Kya
"Get Ready" by Allen Walker
"Party Right" by Freddy Fresh

References[]

^ "ARSA : Cheryl Lynn : Shake It Up Tonight". Las-solanas.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
^ Cheryl Lynn - In the Night liner notes (2012 remastered edition) (needs to be verified since Discogs no longer considered a reliable source) Retrieved March 9, 2019.
^ "Cheryl Lynn". AllMusic. 1957-03-11. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 307.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 9/12/81". Tropicalglen.com. 1981-09-12. Archived from the original on 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2016-10-23.

[1] "ARSA : Cheryl Lynn : Shake It Up Tonight". Las-solanas.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.

[2] Cheryl Lynn - In the Night liner notes (2012 remastered edition) (needs to be verified since Discogs no longer considered a reliable source) Retrieved March 9, 2019.

[3] "Cheryl Lynn". AllMusic. 1957-03-11. Retrieved 2011-09-19.

[4] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 307.

[5] "Cash Box Top 100 9/12/81". Tropicalglen.com. 1981-09-12. Archived from the original on 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2016-10-23.

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