Shake Your Groove Thing

"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.

"Shake Your Groove Thing"
A-side label of U.S. vinyl release
Single by Peaches & Herb
from the album 2 Hot
B-side"All Your Love (Give It Here)"
ReleasedDecember 1978
Recorded1978
GenreDisco
Length5:45 (Album version)
3:25 (7" version)
6:35 (12″ version)
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren
Peaches & Herb singles chronology
"The Sound of Silence"
(1971)		 "Shake Your Groove Thing"
(1978)		 "Reunited"
(1979)
Alternative cover
Dutch release

The song was their first return to the charts in seven years. It was their first hit with the third "Peaches", Linda Greene.

Chart performance

Cover versions

References
  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 231. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. "shake+your+groove+thing | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. "Top 100 1979-03-31". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
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  7. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  8. "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
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Other sources
  • The Best of Peaches & Herb (liner notes).
  • Whitburn, Joel. Hot Dance/Disco 1978–2003, Record Research Inc., 2004, ISBN 978-0898201567
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