Single: Shake!

1990: Something So Strong ◄

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Shake!

Single details Released: 8 January 1991 Related album: Graffiti Bridge Label(s): Warner Bros./Paisley Park Records Non-Album track(s): The Latest Fashion (Remix) (6:15) / (4:12) Shake! (Battle Mix) (4:01) Shake! (Boom Mix) (5:05) Shake! (Extended Mix) (4:57) Shake! (Funky House Mix) (8:03) Charts, Certifications & Awards Charts This single has not charted in the USA or elsewhere Certifications This single has not received any certifications in the USA or elsewhere Awards This single has not received any awards in the USA or elsewhere See also Pandemonium (album)

Shake! was the fifth and final single to be released from Prince’s twelfth album Graffiti Bridge, and, like the song Shake!, the single was credited only to The Time. It was released four and a half months after the album. The Time had already disbanded for over two months when this single was released. The single also contained a remix of The Latest Fashion, which was also taken from Graffiti Bridge. Interestingly, the Boom Mix version of Shake! included on the maxi-single contains vocals by Levi Seacer, Jr. and samples from songs of the Graffiti Bridge album (Release It, Graffiti Bridge, The Latest Fashion, Shake! and We Can Funk) over a sample of Average White Band and Ben E. King’s 1977 song A Star In The Ghetto. This technique of introducing the album on a track was later re-used for 2 Whom It May Concern in 1992 (and to some degree on the Dance Remix of Let’s Work in 1982). Both tracks (and some remixes for 7) use samples of a man laughing which may come from a sound-effect library as it was also used by other unreleated acts. This laugh sample on 2 Whom It May Concern and the 7 remixes is therefore not considered as a sample of the Boom Mix of Shake!. Both the Boom Mix and the Battle Mix also contain a dialogue scene (between Prince and The Time members) lifted from the Graffiti Bridge movie. Morris Hayes stated in a 1994 interview with Q Magazine that it was while contributing to one of the remixes of Shake! for this release that he was asked by Prince to record with him. This release marks the first appearance by Morris Hayes on a Prince release, therefore, although his contribution is uncredited, and it is unclear on which track he appears. The single failed to enter the charts. Track listing 12" 5" CD A1. Shake! (Extended Mix) (4:57) A2. Shake! (Battle Mix) (4:01) A3. Shake! (Funky House Mix) (8:03) B1. The Latest Fashion (Remix) (6:15) B2. Shake! (Boom Mix) (5:05) B3. Shake! (Album Version) (4:01) Cat #: USA: 0-21817 1. Shake! (Extended Mix) (4:57) 2. Shake! (Battle Mix) (4:01) 3. Shake! (Funky House Mix) (8:03) 4. The Latest Fashion (Remix) (6:15) 5. Shake! (Boom Mix) (5:05) 6. Shake! (Album Version) (4:01) Cat #: USA: 9 21817-2 See individual tracks and related albums for credits. Other Formats 12" Promo Cassette A1. Shake! (Album Version) (4:01) A2. Shake! (Extended Mix) (4:57) B1. Shake! (Battle Mix) (4:01) B2. Shake! (Boom Mix) (5:05) Cat #: USA: PRO-A-4549 A. Shake! (Album Version) (4:01) B. Shake! (Album Version) (4:01) Cat #: USA: PRO-A-4587 5" CD Promo Shake! (Album Version) 4:01 Cat #: USA: PRO-CD-4587 A. The Time: Shake! (Album Version) (4:01) B. The Time With Prince: The Latest Fashion (Remix) (4:12) Cat #: USA: 4-19481 1. Shake! (Extended Mix) (4:57) 2. Shake! (Battle Mix) (4:01) 3. Shake! (Funky House Mix) (8:03) 4. The Latest Fashion (Remix) (6:15) 5. Shake! (Boom Mix) (5:05) 6. Shake! (Album Version) (4:01) Cat #: USA: 4-21817

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7", 12", CD, Cassettes and Other versions
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2 USA 12" 12" 0-21817 Variants, Special Editions and Reissues Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2 None

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