Shake!

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"Shake!"

U.S. CD single cover
Single by The Time
from the album Graffiti Bridge
B-side(s)	"The Latest Fashion"
Released	January 8, 1991
Format	7" single 12" single CD single
Recorded	June–September, 1989; reworked late 1989
Genre	Pop, Funk
Length	4:01
Label	Paisley Park Records
Writer(s)	Prince, Morris Day
Producer(s)	Prince, Morris Day
Chart positions
N/A
The Time singles chronology
"Chocolate" (1990)	"Shake!" (1991)	—

"Shake!" is a song by The Time, from Prince's 1990 Graffiti Bridge soundtrack. The song was originally recorded during sessions for The Time's Corporate World project from June–September, 1989. Prince played all instruments and provided backing vocals. Morris Day performs the lead vocals and Jerome Benton adds some background voices. When Warner Bros. insisted that the original line-up of The Time be involved, Corporate World was reworked into Pandemonium with new material contributed by the band. Four of the tracks ended up being reworked with the band to varying degrees and ended up on Graffiti Bridge. "Shake!", written by Day and Prince was one of these tracks. Some additional background voices are by Jana Anderson.

"Shake!" is a poppy dance offering with a keyboard line recalling 1960s dance music. Electric guitar accents are added and a modern drum machine moves the song along. The song is atypical of the usual Time sound and performed poorly as a single. The Time's ejection of Jesse Johnson from the band and departure of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis caused the Time to again break up, and this would be there last single released as a band to date.

The song was the final single released from Graffiti Bridge and included "The Latest Fashion" as its B-side. A maxi-single was also released with four mixes of the song, as well as a remix of "The Latest Fashion". It went nowhere on the charts.