Shake Your Thang

"Shake Your Thang"
Single by Salt-N-Pepa featuring E.U.
from the album A Salt with a Deadly Pepa
A-side	"Shake Your Thang"
B-side	"Spinderella's Not A Fella (But A Girl DJ)"
Released	August 1, 1988
Format	CD single, Cassette, 12" vinyl, 7" vinyl
Recorded	Bayside Sound
Genre	R&B, hip-hop, Go-go
Length	3:59
Label	Next Plateau Entertainment / London Records
Songwriter(s)	O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley & Rudolph Isley
Producer(s)	Hurby Luv Bug
Salt-N-Pepa featuring E.U. singles chronology
"Chick on the Side" (1987) "Shake Your Thang" (1988) "Get Up Everybody (Get Up)" (1988)
"Chick on the Side" (1987) "Shake Your Thang " (1988) "Get Up Everybody (Get Up)" (1988)

"Shake Your Thang" is a 1988 single released by American R&B and hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa. The single was released as the first single taken from their second studio album A Salt with a Deadly Pepa. It's credited as featuring Washington, D.C. based go-go band, E.U.. The song samples "It's Your Thing" by The Isley Brothers and "Funky President" by James Brown.

In an interview Cheryl James (aka 'Salt') stated she considers herself a feminist "in a way", emphasizing the need for women to avoid complete emotional and financial dependence on men. Songs like "Tramp" and "Shake Your Thang" express these feminist themes of female autonomy.

A1. "Shake Your Thang" (Club Mix) – 5:16
A2. "Shake Your Thang" (Radio Version) – 3:59
A3. "Shake Your Thang" (Instrumental) – 4:02
A4. "Shake Your Thang" (Acappella) – 0:28
B1. "Spinderella's Not A Fella" (But A Girl DJ) (Vocal) – 4:24
B2. "Spinderella's Not A Fella" (But A Girl DJ) (Instrumental) – 4:17
B3. "Spinderella's Not A Fella" (But A Girl DJ) (Acappella) – 0:36

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