(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty

"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"
Single by KC and the Sunshine Band
from the album Part 3
B-side "Boogie Shoes"
Released May 27, 1976
Format
Genre Disco
Length 3:07
Label TK Records
Writer(s)
  • Harry Wayne Casey
  • Richard Finch
Producer(s)
  • Harry Wayne Casey
  • Richard Finch
Certification Gold (CRIA)[1]
KC and the Sunshine Band singles chronology
"I'm So Crazy (About You)"
(1975)
"Shake Your Booty"
(1976)
"Wrap Your Arms Around Me"
(1976)

"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" is a song recorded and released in 1976 by KC and the Sunshine Band for the album Part 3. The song became their third number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as their third number-one on the Hot Soul Singles chart.[2] The song was met with a degree of controversy, since the lyrics were interpreted or likely speculated by many as having sexual connotations. However, according to KC, it had a lot more meaning and depth. During his performance he would witness the entire crowd having a good time except for some minority. The song inspired people to "get off their can and get out there and do it".[3] The B-side of Shake Your Booty was "Boogie Shoes", which later became a hit on its own when it appeared on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977.

"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" holds the record for being the only number-one song title with a word repeated more than three times in it. The chorus consists of the title expression with the word "shake" appearing eight times.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 13
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[6] 9
Canada (CHUM)[7] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8] 1
France (IFOP)[9] 21
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 23
Italy (FIMI)[11] 14
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 11
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[14] 7
Norway (VG-lista)[15] 9
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[16] 8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 12
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[18] 22
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 1
US Billboard Hot Disco Singles[19] 6
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles[19] 1
US Cash Box[20] 1
US Record World[21] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1976) Position
Canada (RPM 200 Singles)[22] 19
Italy (FIMI)[11] 84
US Billboard Hot 100[23] 26
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles[24] 4
US Cash Box[25] 10

Order of precedence
Preceded by
"Who'd She Coo?" by the Ohio Players
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single (first run)
August 28, 1976 (one week)
Succeeded by
"Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry
Preceded by
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John with Kiki Dee
Canadian CHUM number-one single
September 8, 1976 – September 15, 1976 (two weeks)
Preceded by
"You Should Be Dancing" by the Bee Gees
US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
September 11, 1976 (one week)
Canadian RPM Top Singles number-one single
September 18, 1976 (one week)
Succeeded by
"A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
Preceded by
"Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry
US Record World number-one single
September 18, 1976 (one week)
US Cash Box number-one single
September 25, 1976 (one week)
Succeeded by
"Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single (second run)
September 18, 1976 – October 2, 1976 (three weeks)
Succeeded by
"Just to Be Close to You" by the Commodores

Appearances in other media

References

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  20. CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending SEPTEMBER 25, 1976 at the Wayback Machine (archived September 2, 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
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