Shake Your Groove Thing

"Shake Your Groove Thing"
"Shake Your Groove Thing"
	A-side label of U.S. vinyl release
Single by Peaches & Herb
from the album 2 Hot
B-side	"All Your Love (Give It Here)"
Released	December 1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Disco
Length	5:45 (Album version); 3:25 (7" version); 6:35 (12″ version)
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren
Peaches & Herb singles chronology
Alternative cover
	Dutch release

"Shake Your Groove Thing" is a song by disco 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 their 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^[1]	13
Canada^[2]	5
Netherlands	22
UK^[3]	26
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5
U.S. Billboard Disco chart	2
U.S. Billboard R&B chart	4
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[4]	5

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australia^[5]	71
UK^[3]	99

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1979)	Rank
Australia ^[6]	99
Canada ^[7]	38
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[8]	31
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 ^[9]	50

Cover versions[]

In 1996, Filipino singer Regine Velasquez covered the song for her album Retro.^{[citation needed]}
In 1997, Intel used this song in an advert for the Pentium II that arrives in New York.^{[citation needed]}
It was heard in An Extremely Goofy Movie, The Country Bears, Shrek Forever After sung by The Pied Piper, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel sung by The Chipmunks and The Chipettes and Scandal.^[10]

References[]

^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 231. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "shake+your+groove+thing | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ "Top 100 1979-03-31". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 18 Dec 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
^ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1979". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
^ "Shake your groove thang". Retrieved 9 August 2021.

Other sources[]

The Best of Peaches & Herb (liner notes).
Whitburn, Joel. Hot Dance/Disco 1978–2003, Record Research Inc., 2004, ISBN 978-0898201567

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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[1] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 231. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[2] "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

[officialcharts1-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "shake+your+groove+thing | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

[4] "Top 100 1979-03-31". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-09-05.

[5] "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 18 Dec 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 8 September 2016.

[6] Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

[7] "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

[8] "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

[9] "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1979". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

[10] "Shake your groove thang". Retrieved 9 August 2021.

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hide v t Peaches & Herb
Studio albums	2 Hot
Singles	"Close Your Eyes" "Shake Your Groove Thing" "Reunited" "I Pledge My Love" "We've Got Love"
Related topics	Freddie Perren Meritxell Negre