Shake Your Groove Thing
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A-side label of U.S. vinyl release
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| Single by Peaches & Herb | ||||||||
| from the album 2 Hot | ||||||||
| B-side | "All Your Love (Give It Here)" | |||||||
| Released | December 1978 | |||||||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | |||||||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||||||
| Genre | Disco | |||||||
| Length | 5:45 (Album version) 3:25 (7" version) 6:35 (12″ version) |
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| Label | Polydor | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren | |||||||
| Peaches & Herb singles chronology | ||||||||
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"Shake Your Groove Thing" is a song by disco duo Peaches & Herb. The single reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Billboard R&B Chart. It also reached No. 2 for four weeks on the Billboard Disco chart in 1978. The song spent 22 weeks on the American charts, and became a Gold record.
The song was their first return to the charts in seven years. During the hiatus, the third 'Peaches,' Linda "Peaches" Green, was chosen.
"Shake Your Groove Thing" has been featured prominently in many films such as An Extremely Goofy Movie, Monster, Shrek Forever After, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Connie and Carla, Marock, and The Country Bears,Everybody Wants Some!! as well as in an advertisement campaign by Intel in the late 1990s.
It has also appeared in Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City on the fictional radio station K109 The Studio.
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