Shake It Up Şekerim

"Shake It Up Şekerim"

Single by Kenan Doğulu

from the album 7.5

Released

April 20, 2007 (Turkey CD-single)

Format

Digital download, CD-single

Genre

Pop, Dance

Length

3:01

DMC

Kenan Doğulu, Ozan Doğulu

"Shake It Up Şekerim"

Eurovision Song Contest 2007 entry
Country	Turkey
Language	English
Composer(s)	Kenan Doğulu
Lyricist(s)	Kenan Doğulu
Finals performance
Semi-final result	3rd
Semi-final points	198
Final result	4th
Final points	163
Appearance chronology
◄ "Süper Star" (2006)
"Deli" (2008) ►

"Shake it up Şekerim" ("Shake it up, sweetheart") "Shekerim" (pronounced [ʃeceˈɾim]), is the Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, held in Helsinki 2007. It placed 4th, with 163 points.

The artist, Kenan Doğulu, had produced the hit song Çakkıdı in 2006. He had submitted three songs to the Eurovision song contest 2007, out of which Shekerim was chosen.

Chorus and lyrics

Shekerim has a hip hop melody resembling that of Çakkıdı. An electric guitar bass line can be heard as an introduction. The song then blends in with Anatolian music with the indigenous bağlama instrument popular among Balkan and neighbours of Turkey including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece and Iran. The chorus then starts, whilst the song pauses at about the midpoint, traditional Turkish music similar to the Horon dancers is heard.

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Turkey Top 20 Chart^[1]	2

References

↑ Turkish Top 20 Chart

Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Countries

Final (by final results)	Serbia (winner) Ukraine Russia Turkey Bulgaria Belarus Greece Armenia Hungary Moldova Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia Romania Macedonia Slovenia Latvia Finland Sweden Germany Spain Lithuania France United Kingdom Ireland

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Iceland Israel Malta Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Switzerland

Artists

Final (by final results)	Marija Šerifović Verka Serduchka Serebro Kenan Doğulu Elitsa & Stoyan Dmitry Koldun Sarbel Hayko Magdi Rúzsa Natalia Barbu Maria Sopho Todomondo Karolina Alenka Gotar Bonaparti.lv Hanna The Ark Roger Cicero D'Nash 4Fun Les Fatals Picards Scooch Dervish

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	Anonymous DJ BoBo DQ Dragonfly feat. Dado Topić Edsilia Rombley Eiríkur Hauksson Eric Papilaya Evridiki Frederik Ndoci Gerli Padar Guri Schanke Kabát Olivia Lewis Sabrina Stevan Faddy Teapacks The Jet Set The KMG's

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Molitva" "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" "Song #1" "Shake It Up Şekerim" "Water" "Work Your Magic" "Yassou Maria" "Anytime You Need" "Unsubstantial Blues" "Fight" "Rijeka bez imena" "Visionary Dream" "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" "Mojot svet" "Cvet z juga" "Questa notte" "Leave Me Alone" "The Worrying Kind" "Frauen regier'n die Welt" "I Love You Mi Vida" "Love or Leave" "L'amour à la française" "Flying the Flag (for You)" "They Can't Stop the Spring"

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	"'Ajde, kroči" "Comme ci, comme ça" "Dança comigo" "Drama Queen" "Get a Life - Get Alive" "Hear My Plea" "Love Power" "Malá dáma" "On Top of the World" "Partners in Crime" "Push the Button" "Salvem el món" "Time to Party" "Valentine Lost" "Vampires Are Alive" "Ven a bailar conmigo" "Vertigo" "Vjerujem u ljubav"

(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

Preceded by Süper Star	Turkish entry for the Eurovision 2007	Succeeded by Deli

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