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Shake Your Groove Thing

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"Shake Your Groove Thing"
Side A of the New Zealand single
Single by Peaches & Herb
from the album 2 Hot
B-side"All Your Love (Give It Here)"
ReleasedDecember 1978
Recorded1978
GenreDisco[1]
Length5:45 (Album version)
3:25 (7" version)
6:35 (12″ version)
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Freddie Perren
Peaches & Herb singles chronology
"The Sound of Silence"
(1971)
"Shake Your Groove Thing"
(1978)
"Reunited"
(1979)

"Shake Your Groove Thing" is a song by R&B duo Peaches & Herb. The single reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Billboard R&B Chart. It also reached No. 2 for four weeks on the Billboard Disco chart in 1978. The song spent 22 weeks on the American charts and became a Gold record.

The song was their first return to the charts in seven years. It was their first hit with the third "Peaches", Linda Greene.

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 13
Canada (RPM)[3] 5
Netherlands 22
New Zealand (RIANZ)[4] 10
UK Singles Chart[5] 26
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 5
U.S. Billboard National Disco Action Top 40[7] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles[8] 4
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[9] 5
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 71
UK Singles Chart[5] 99

Year-end charts

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Chart (1979) Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] 99
Canada[12] 38
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13] 31
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[14] 50

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[15] Gold 75,000^
United States (RIAA)[16] Gold 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

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It was heard in TV and movies like:

References

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  1. ^ Molanphy, Chris (25 March 2022). "Killing Me Softly Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 231. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 27 May 1979
  5. ^ a b "shake+your+groove+thing | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 649.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 200.
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 454.
  9. ^ "Top 100 1979-03-31". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  10. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 18 Dec 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 10 January 2023 – via Imgur.com.
  12. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  13. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  14. ^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1979". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  15. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Peaches and Herb – Shake Your Groove Thing". Music Canada. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  16. ^ "American single certifications – Peaches & Herb – Shake Your Groove Thing". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Intel Pentium II "Shake Your Groove Thing" 90s Commercial (1997)". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Shake your groove thang". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

Other sources

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  • The Best of Peaches & Herb (liner notes).
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