Shakedown

Shakedown may refer to:

• Shakedown (continuum mechanics), a type of plastic deformation
• Shakedown (testing) or a shakedown cruise, a period of testing undergone by a ship, airplane or other craft
• Extortion, a criminal act of coercion or intimidation for personal gain

Music

• "Shakedown", a music project, known for their one-hit wonder, "At Night"
• "Shakedown" (Bob Seger song), a number-one single in 1987 by Bob Seger
• "Shakedown", a song by Australian punk band Behind Crimson Eyes
• "Shakedown", a song by Blondie on the album The Curse of Blondie
• "Shakedown Street", a song and Album by the psychedelic rock band The Grateful Dead
• Shakedown (album), the debut album by UK Dance Duo The Freemasons
• Shakedown!, the debut album by the punk/synth rock band theSTART
• "Nervous Shakedown", a song by AC/DC on their Flick of the Switch album
• Shakedown Records, record label founded by Red Cafe

Film

• The Shakedown (1929 film) directed by William Wyler
• The Shakedown (1959 film) directed by John Lemont
• Shakedown (1988 film), crime action movie starring Peter Weller and Sam Elliott
• Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, 1995 made-for-video dramatic spin-off of Doctor Who

Books

• Shakedown, the novelisation of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans by Terrance Dicks
• Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson by Kenneth R. Timmerman
• Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights by Ezra Levant