"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" | |||||||||||
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Single by The Four Tops | |||||||||||
from the album On Top | |||||||||||
B-side | "Just as Long as You Need Me" | ||||||||||
Released | February 1966 | ||||||||||
Format | 7" single | ||||||||||
Genre | Soul, pop | ||||||||||
Length | 2:41 | ||||||||||
Label | Motown | ||||||||||
Writer(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland | ||||||||||
Producer(s) |
Brian Holland Lamont Dozier |
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The Four Tops singles chronology | |||||||||||
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"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" is a 1966 song written and produced by Holland–Dozier–Holland and released as a single by the Four Tops on the Motown label. The song peaked at number eighteen on the US Pop Singles chart. It peaked at number five on the R&B singles chart.
Barbra Streisand recorded her version in her 1975's album Lazy Afternoon, it was the second single of the album and peaked #14 on Dance Music/Club Play Singles and #10 on Disco Singles charts. Early Motown group The Satintones later recorded a version for Ian Levine's Motorcity Records.