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Shake It Up Tonight

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"Shake It Up Tonight"
Single by Cheryl Lynn
from the album In the Night
B-side"Baby"
ReleasedMay 12, 1981
Recorded1980
StudioAmeraycan Studios
(Hollywood, California)
GenrePost-disco
Length5:41 (album version)
4:11 (single version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Mike and Brenda Sutton[1]
Producer(s)Ray Parker Jr.[1]
Cheryl Lynn singles chronology
"Keep It Hot"
(1980)
"Shake It Up Tonight"
(1981)
"Instant Love"
(1982)
Music video
"Shake It Up Tonight" on YouTube

"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.

"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. The 12" version was mixed and produced by Ray Parker Jr. The song was released as the album's first single on May 12, 1981 by Columbia Records.

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.[2]

Composition

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

Personnel

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(Per Apple Music)[1]

Chart performance

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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

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

12" version

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

Sampling

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This song has been sampled three times:

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Shake It Up Tonight - In the Night (Expanded Edition) - Cheryl Lynn - September 24, 1981". Apple Music.
  2. ^ "ARSA : Cheryl Lynn : Shake It Up Tonight". Las-solanas.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  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.