Can't Shake Loose

{{Infobox song

| name = Can't Shake Loose

| cover = Can't Shake Loose.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Picture sleeve for European releases

| type = single

| artist = Agnetha Fältskog

| album = Wrap Your Arms Around Me

| B-side = To Love

| released = 13 August 1983

| recorded = 1983

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Europop, pop

| length = 4:22 (album version)
3:15 (AOR remix/US single edit)
3:54 (D.J. version)

| label = Polar Music

| writer = Russ Ballard

| producer = Mike Chapman

| prev_title = Wrap Your Arms Around Me

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = It's So Nice to Be Rich

| next_year = 1984

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|3m5qOf23TWw|"Can't Shake Loose"}}}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|KckQE3Cy483bSQZ|"Can’t Shake Loose (D.J. Version)"}}}}

{{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = Single

| cover = Can't_Shake_Loose_US_Single.png

| border =

| alt =

| caption = US picture sleeve

}}

}}

"Can't Shake Loose" is a song by Swedish singer Agnetha Fältskog from her seventh studio (and first english) album, Wrap Your Arms Around Me. It was her debut single released on 13 August 1983 in the United States, by Polydor Records, and 7 October internationally through Polar Music as the album's third single.{{cite web |title=Agnetha Fältskog – Can't Shake Loose |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/4399/Agnetha-Faeltskog-Can't-Shake-Loose |website=Ultratop |access-date=5 February 2025}} The song was written by Russ Ballard, who also wrote the successful "I Know There's Something Going On" for Agnetha's ABBA colleague Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida).

"Can't Shake Loose" proved rather successful on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it broke into the Top 40 at number twenty nine in November 1983, making it her only Top 40 song in that country.[http://www.billboard.com/artist/278171/agnetha-f%C3%A4ltskog/chart Agnetha Fältskog - Chart history | Billboard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516183840/https://www.billboard.com/artist/278171/agnetha-f%C3%A4ltskog/chart |date=2018-05-16 }}. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved in January 6, 2016 As usual, Fältskog did only limited promotion, although she appeared on American television in August 1983. "Can't Shake Loose" also performed well in Canada, where it reached No. 23.{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4390&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4390.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4390|title=Top Singles - Volume 39, No. 11|date=November 12, 1983|publisher=RPM Canada|accessdate=January 6, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106215021/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4390&URLjpg=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2Fobj%2F028020%2Ff4%2Fnlc008388.4390.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4390|archivedate=January 6, 2016|url-status=dead}} In the UK and Australia, however, the track proved unsuccessful, reaching No. 63{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28429/agnetha-faltskog/|title=Official Charts Company" Agnetha Fältskog|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=January 6, 2016}} and No. 76, respectively.