Shake (Little Boots song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Shake
| cover = Little Boots Shake.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Little Boots
| album = Nocturnes
| released = {{Start date|2011|11|11|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Nu-disco, synth-pop, electro house
| length = 6:19 (full length version)
5:31 (album version)
| label = 679
| writer = Victoria Hesketh, James Ford
| producer = James Ford
| prev_title = Earthquake
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Every Night I Say a Prayer
| next_year = 2012
}}
"Shake" is a song by English recording artist Little Boots, released as the lead single from her second studio album, Nocturnes (2013).{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/little-boots/60356 |title=Hear Little Boots' comeback single 'Shake' on NME.COM – audio |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=12 November 2011 |accessdate=22 December 2011}} Written by Boots and James Ford and produced by Ford, the song was released in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2011.
Background
"Shake" premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 11 November 2011 and follows the release of Boots's mixtape Shake Until Your Heart Breaks,{{cite web |last=Daniels |first=Colin |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a350633/little-boots-unveils-new-single-shake.html |title=Little Boots unveils new single 'Shake' |publisher=Digital Spy |date=13 November 2011 |accessdate=13 November 2011}}{{cite web |last=Young |first=Alex |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/11/check-out-little-boots-shake/ |title=Check Out: Little Boots – "Shake" |publisher=Consequence of Sound |date=11 November 2011 |accessdate=13 November 2011}} released online in October 2011.
Critical reception
MusicOMH described "Shake" as "a pumping, housey, dancefloor stomper, with VERY. DEFINITIVE. BEATS. It is rather good, even though we're in the group of people who normally feel very stupid saying pumping, housey, dancefloor stomper."{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Tim |last2=Welsh |first2=David |url=http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/track-reviews-14-20-nov_1111.htm |title=Track Reviews: 14–20 November 2011 |publisher=musicOMH |accessdate=22 December 2011}} Ryan Reed of Billboard wrote that the song "detonates only moments into its six-plus minutes, stuffed to the max with a heavy beat and liquid synth-bass that smacks you straight against the night club subwoofers. Repetitive and far from innovative, 'Shake' occasionally threatens to lapse into generic, A Night at the Roxbury-esque territory, but the longer the track drones on, the more likely the listener will fall slave to its sheer determination."{{cite magazine |last=Reed |first=Ryan |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1067467/track-review-little-boots-shake |title=Track Review: Little Boots, 'Shake' |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=10 December 2011 |accessdate=22 December 2011}}
Track listings
- UK digital download{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/shake-single/id479416940 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115105659/http://itunes.apple.com//gb//album//shake-single//id479416940 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 15, 2011 |title=Shake – Single by Little Boots |publisher=iTunes Store UK. Apple Inc. |accessdate=13 November 2011}}
- "Shake" – 6:19
:A1. "Shake"
:A2. "Shake" (Acapella)
:B1. "Shake" (Original Dub)
:B2. "Shake" (Instrumental)
Charts
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| scope="col"|Chart (2011)
!scope="col"|Peak |
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| scope="row"|UK Dance Singles Chart{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/20111120/104/ |title=2011 Top 40 Dance Singles Archive |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=26 November 2011 |accessdate=20 November 2011}}
|align="center"|37 |
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"|Country
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Label !scope="col"|Format |
|---|
| scope="row" rowspan="2"|United Kingdom
|rowspan="2"|679 Artists |
| 12 November 2011 |