The Shake (Neal McCoy song)

{{Infobox song

| name = The Shake

| cover = McCoy - The Shake single.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Neal McCoy

| album = Greatest Hits

| released = May 12, 1997

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| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 3:33

| label = Atlantic

| writer = Jon McElroy
Butch Carr

| producer = Kyle Lehning

| prev_title = That Woman of Mine

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = If You Can't Be Good (Be Good at It)

| next_year = 1997

}}

"The Shake" is a song written by Jon McElroy and Butch Carr, and recorded by American country music artist Neal McCoy. It was released May 1997 as the only single from McCoy's Greatest Hits compilation album. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1997.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=neal mccoy|chart=Country Songs}} Neal McCoy Hot Country Songs Chart History] It peaked at number 7 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks.

Music video

The music video was directed by Chris Rogers, and premiered on CMT on June 16, 1997. In the video, a teenage boy walks in, and Neal's mom, played as a homage to Leave It to Beaver. The song starts as he and his band are performing in the garage. The video ends with the mother starting to dance.

Critical reception

Robert Loy of Country Standard Time described the song negatively, saying that it was "a puerile and sexist hymn to feminine derriere movement[…]And that's good because the only thing saving lyrics like 'Shake it real funky/Shake it real low/Shake it till you just can't shake it no more' from being offensive is that they're so incredibly stupid."{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=2048|title=Greatest Hits review|last=Loy|first=Robert|work=Country Standard Time|accessdate=4 August 2011}}

Chart performance

"The Shake" debuted at number 67 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 24, 1997.

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!align="left"|Chart (1997)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Canadacountry|7|chartid=3346|publishdate=October 6, 1997|accessdate=July 17, 2013}}

=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"\|Chart (1997) !scope="col"\|Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web\|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7902&type=1&interval=24\|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997\|work=RPM\|date=December 15, 1997\|accessdate=July 17, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 96
US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web \| url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/hot-country-songs\| title=Best of 1997: Country Songs \| work=Billboard \| publisher=Prometheus Global Media \| date=1997\| accessdate=July 17, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 57

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scope="col"|Chart (1997)

!scope="col"|Position

Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7902&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997|work=RPM|date=December 15, 1997|accessdate=July 17, 2013}}

| align="center" | 96

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1997: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1997| accessdate=July 17, 2013}}

| align="center" | 57

References

Category:1997 singles

Category:Neal McCoy songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning

Category:Atlantic Records singles

Category:1997 songs

Category:Songs about dancing