Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)

Single infobox |
Name = Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)


Artist = The Jacksons
from Album = Destiny
Released = December 1978
Format = 7" single
Recorded = Los Angeles, August 1978
Genre = Disco
Length = 8:00 (album)/3:54 (7")/8:37 (extended)
Label = Epic
8-50656
Writer = Michael Jackson
Randy Jackson
Producer = The Jacksons
Chart position =
*#7 (US Pop Singles)
**#3 (US R&B Singles)
*#4 (UK Singles Chart)
Reviews =
Last single = "Blame It on the Boogie"
(1978)
This single = "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"
(1978)
Next single = "Destiny"
(1979)"Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", released in December 1978, is a 1979 hit single recorded by The Jacksons for CBS/Epic Records

The most successful of the Jacksons' disco/funk-era recordings for Epic, "Shake Your Body" (originally demoed as "Shake a Body") was produced by the Jackson brothers, written by Michael and Randy Jackson, and featured Michael on lead vocals.

Released to radio in a single edit of three minutes and forty-five seconds and played in its full nearly seven-minute version by clubs, the single charted at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number three on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. "Shake Your Body" sold over two million copies, attaining double-platinum status from the Recording Industry Association of America.

The single was later sampled by Shaggy for his 2000 single "Dance and Shout".

Credits

*Lead vocals by Michael Jackson
*Background vocals by Jackie Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, and Marlon Jackson
*Vocal arrangements by The Jacksons
*Rhythm arrangements by Greg Phillinganes
*Horn and strings arranged by Tom Tom 84
*Keyboards and synthesizers by Greg Phillinganes and Mike Boddicker
*Drums by Ed Green
*Percussion by Paulinho Da Costa