| "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" | ||||
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| Single by KC and the Sunshine Band | ||||
| from the album Part 3 | ||||
| B-side | "Boogie Shoes" | |||
| Released | May 27, 1976 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Length | 3:07 | |||
| Label | TK Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch | |||
| Producer | Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch | |||
| KC and the Sunshine Band singles chronology | ||||
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"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" is a song recorded and released in 1976 by KC and the Sunshine Band for the album Part 3. The song became their third number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as their third number-one on the soul singles chart.[1] The song was met with a degree of controversy, since the lyrics were interpreted by many as having sexual connotations. The b-side of Shake Your Booty was "Boogie Shoes", which later became a hit on its own when it appeared on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1978. Richard Finch explained to Songfacts that this song was directly inspired by dance moves they witnessed in clubs, especially when dancers broke loose and started to "shake their booty"[2] (buttocks).
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| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Kent Music Report | 16 |
| Belgium VRT Top 30 | 9 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 1 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 6 |
| German Media Control Top 100 | 23 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 | 7 |
| Norwegian VG-lista Top Singles | 9 |
| UK Singles Chart | 22 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| US Billboard R&B Singles | 1 |
| US Billboard Dance Club Play | 9 |
"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" holds the record for being the only number-one song title with a word repeated more than three times in it. The chorus consists of the title expression with the word "shake" appearing eight times.
| Preceded by "You Should Be Dancing" by Bee Gees |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single September 11, 1976 |
Succeeded by "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry |
| Preceded by "Who'd She Coo?" by Ohio Players "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry |
Billboard Hot Soul Singles number one single August 28, 1976 (one week) September 18, 1976 - October 2, 1976 (three weeks) |
Succeeded by "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry "Just to Be Close to You" by Commodores |
| Preceded by "You Should Be Dancing" by Bee Gees |
Canadian RPM number-one single September 16, 1976 |
Succeeded by "A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band |
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