Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground ), published on December 9, 1978 is a hit single of the Jackson 5 on the label CBS / Epic Records. The song can be found on the album Destiny.
The most successful number from the Disco and Funk era for Epic, Shake Your Body (the demo was called Shake a Body), was produced by the Jackson brothers. Written and song by Michael Jackson and Randy Jackson, with Michael singing the lead vocals. As a B- side of the 7 "Single That's What You Get ( for Being Polite ) was chosen.
Achievements
Was released the song as a shortened version with a length of three minutes and forty-five seconds, with the original version has a length of eight minutes from the album Destiny. The single occupied position seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and rank three on the Billboard R & B Singles chart. The subsequently published 12 "Disco Single Remix included a focused drum and rhythm version and a glissando produced by a new synthesizer. Shake Your Body has more than two million copies sold, making the song twice went platinum in the United States.
Live
The title was played during a performance at Michael Jackson's 30 -year-old stage anniversary in September 2001 at Madison Square Garden by the Jacksons. So this was the last song the Jacksons had played together.
Cover versions
The song was sampled by Shaggy in 2000 for his single called Dance & Shout. Also it was sampled by Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock in the song Get On The Dancefloor.