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|introduction              = '''Shake!''' is the eleventh track on [[Prince]]'s twelfth album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|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, [[Single: Shake!|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 [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]].
 
|introduction              = '''Shake!''' is the eleventh track on [[Prince]]'s twelfth album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|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, [[Single: Shake!|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 [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]].
  
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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 [[Album: Corporate World|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]]).  
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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 [[Album: Corporate World (1989)|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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] wanted to involve the other original members of [[The Time]], but many of the tracks were saved for [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]] and [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]].
 
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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] wanted to involve the other original members of [[The Time]], but many of the tracks were saved for [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]] and [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]].
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* [[Single: Shake!|Shake!]] single
 
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|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
 
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
 
|categories                = [[Category:1990]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1989]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1990]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1989]]
 
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Revision as of 12:14, 11 August 2018

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Shake!
Graffitibridge.jpg
from the album Graffiti Bridge 		Shake! single.jpg
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:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

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.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
June - early September 1989 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Basic tracking
1990 Studio names needed Remixes by Levi Seacer, Jr. and Junior Vasquez
Recording Personnel

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 by Levi Seacer, Jr.; strings by Clare Fischer
Shake! (Funky House Mix) 8:03 Shake! single Remix Remix by Junior Vasquez
Shake! 3:29 Graffiti Bridge (film) Studio Different edit from other released versions


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
References
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