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from the album Graffiti Bridge single art for Shake! Song details Performer: The Time First Released: 20 August 1990 - Graffiti Bridge album Album(s): Graffiti Bridge Writer(s): Prince and Morris Day Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 6 January 1991: Glam Slam, Minneapolis, Minnesota 14 June 2015 (show 2): Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C., USA Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: 1991, 2002

Shake! is the eleventh track on Prince’s twelfth album Graffiti Bridge (the third track on the album to be credited to The Time), and, four and a half months after the album’s release, Shake! was released as as the album’s fifth and final single (the only single from the album credited to The Time). The track is also featured in the movie Graffiti Bridge. While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place between June and early September 1989 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota for The Time’s Corporate World album (during the same sessions that produced Murph Drag, Nine Lives, Donald Trump (Black Version), Love Machine, Corporate World, The Latest Fashion and Release It). The song was included as the sixth track on the album in early September 1989, as planned for release in November 1989. The album was abandoned when Warner Bros. wanted to involve the other original members of The Time, but many of the tracks were saved for Pandemonium and 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). This technique of introducing the album on a track was also 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 7) use samples of a man laughing that comes from Simon Harris’ "Beats, Breaks & Scratches" series (namely Evil Laugh from the fourth volume). This laugh sample on 2 Whom It May Concern and 7 is therefore not considered as a sample of the Boom Mix of Shake!. The backing-music used for the Boom Mix also comes from this collection (100 BPM - Ruff Loop) and is actually a looped sample of Average White Band and Ben E. King’s 1977 song A Star In The Ghetto. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info June - early September 1989 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking 1990 Studio names needed Remixes by Levi Seacer, Jr. and Junior Vasquez Recording Personnel Morris Day - vocals Prince - all other vocals and instruments, except where noted Jana Anderson - background vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Shake! 4:01 Graffiti Bridge Shake! single Studio Shake! (Extended Mix) 4:57 Shake! single Remix Remix by Levi Seacer, Jr.; rap by Demetrius Ross Shake! (Battle Mix) 4:01 Shake! single Remix Remix by Levi Seacer, Jr. Shake! (Boom Mix) 5:05 Shake! single Remix Remix and vocals by Levi Seacer, Jr.; strings by Clare Fischer (sampled from Graffiti Bridge) Shake! (Funky House Mix) 8:03 Shake! single Remix Remix by Junior Vasquez Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Shake! 3:29 Graffiti Bridge DVD Studio Different edit from the album version Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Shake! T.B.C. Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 19 January 1991 (a.m.), Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info New Power Generation (Pt. II) 2:57 Graffiti Bridge New Power Generation single Controversy single (1993 reissue) Studio See New Power Generation (Pt. II) for more details Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Shake! Studio Original Corporate World version; edited slightly for release

Additional Information See also Trivia Graffiti Bridge album Shake! single Graffiti Bridge movie Corporate World unreleased album The Time Other than the similarity in lyrics, this track is unrelated to U Gotta Shake Something. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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