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"Shake Your Love"
Single by Debbie Gibson
from the album Out of the Blue
A-side	"Vocal (3:46)"
B-side	Bad Dubb Version (5:03) (U.S., 89187) "Wake Up to Love" (Vocal/3:42) (U.K., A9187)
Released	September 1987
Recorded	March 1987
Genre	Dance-pop freestyle
Length	3:43
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Deborah Gibson
Producer(s)	Fred Zarr
Debbie Gibson singles chronology
"Only in My Dreams" (1986) "Shake Your Love" (1987) "Out of the Blue" (1988)
Music video
Shake Your Love on YouTube

"Shake Your Love" is a song by American singer-songwriter and actress Debbie Gibson. The song was released as the second single to her debut studio album Out of the Blue (1987), and the first internationally by Atlantic Records in September 1987. Like the rest of the album, the song was solely written by Gibson and produced by Fred Zarr. The song features the Roland TR-808.

Another commercial success for Gibson, the song reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1987, giving Debbie her second consecutive top five hit. The song was also her breakthrough in the UK, peaking at number seven on the UK Singles Chart, her highest-charting entry to date. "Shake Your Love" also cracked the top ten in Ireland and Canada.

The music video to support this single, eventually included on Gibson's video album Out of the Blue, was set on a facsimile of a drive-in movie theater lot and choreographed by Paula Abdul.

In 2010, Gibson re-recorded the song as an extra track for the Deluxe Edition release of the Japan-exclusive album Ms. Vocalist. Also in 2010, it was featured in the eighth episode of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Background

Originally recorded in the spring of 1987, the song is written by Gibson and produced by Fred Zarr and engineered by Don Feinberg for BiZarr Music, Inc., with Douglas Breitbart as executive producer.

Critical reception

Reviewer of american magazine Cashbox called Gibson "multi-talented teen" and expressed an assurance that "this upbeat, playful number" that "sounds like a smash" will "completely saturate" radio airwaves.

Usage in media

The song was featured in the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race, being performed by contestants Jujubee and Pandora Boxx in a "lipsync for your life".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Deborah Gibson

Versions

• "Shake Your Love" 3:38
• "Shake Your Love" 3:29
• "Shake Your Love" 6:48
• "Shake Your Love" 5:53
• "Shake Your Love" 4:55
• "Shake Your Love" 3:25
• "Shake Your Love" 3:37
• "Shake Your Love" 6:52
• "Shake Your Love" 5:53
• "Shake Your Love" 5:48
• "Shake Your Love" 3:32

Charts

Certifications

References

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3. "Single Releases: Debbie Gibson – "Shake Your Love"" (PDF). Cashbox. Vol. 51, no. 14. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. September 26, 1987. p. 8. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023 – via World Radio History.
4. "Australian Top 50 ARIA Singles Chart – Week Ending 5th June, 1988". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved April 8, 2017.
5. "Debbie Gibson – Shake Your Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
6. Danish Singles Chart. May 13, 1988.
7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Shake Your Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
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11. Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
12. "Debbie Gibson – Shake Your Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
13. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
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15. "Debbie Gibson Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
16. Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0.
17. "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 8. February 20, 1988. p. 10. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
18. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0919." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
19. "1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 100 (52): Y-20. December 24, 1988.
20. "Billboard Top 100 – 1988". Retrieved October 3, 2016.
21. "American single certifications – Debbie Gibson – Shake Your Love". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

• "Shake Your Love" at Discogs (list of releases)

• 1987 singles
• 1987 songs
• Debbie Gibson songs
• Song recordings produced by Fred Zarr
• Songs written by Debbie Gibson
• Atlantic Records singles