Shakedown Cruise
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{{Infobox song
| name = Shakedown Cruise
| cover = Shakedown_Cruise_-_Jay_Ferguson.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Jay Ferguson
| album = Real Life Ain't This Way
| B-side = City of Angels
| released = May 1979
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length =
| label = Asylum Records
| writer = Jay Ferguson
| producer = Jay Ferguson, Ed Mashal
| prev_title = Losing Control
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Paying Time
| next_year = 1979
}}
"Shakedown Cruise" is a song written and recorded by Jay Ferguson, from his album Real Life Ain't This Way.
Track listing
;U.S. 7" single
:A. "Shakedown Cruise" - 3:10
:B. "City of Angels" - 3:44
Chart performance
Released as a single in 1979, the song reached No. 31 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/1522027/jay-ferguson/chart|title=Jay Ferguson - Chart history | Billboard|publisher=billboard.com|accessdate=2014-02-09}} and No. 27 on Cash Box.[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19790630.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 30, 1979] It was his second and final song to hit the Billboard charts after "Thunder Island" peaked at No. 9. In Canada, "Shakedown Cruise" peaked at No. 48.{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4546a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4546a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4546a|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1979-07-14 |accessdate=2019-07-01}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/jay_ferguson/shakedown_cruise.html Lyrics of this song]
- {{YouTube|8Z8jqjBYY28|Jay Ferguson - Shakedown Cruise}}
Category:Jay Ferguson (American musician) songs
Category:Asylum Records singles
Category:Songs written by Jay Ferguson (American musician)
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