Otis Redding – Shake

“Shake” was written and originally recorded by Sam Cooke. Cooke’s version reached #7 on the Billboard 100. Cooke was a huge influence on Otis Redding; along with “Shake,” Redding also recorded covers of Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come,” “Chain Gang,” “Cupid,” “Nothing Can Change This Love,” “Wonderful World,” and “You Send Me.”

The song peaked at #47 in the Billboard 100 in 1967.

Otis made a huge impact at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival along with The Who, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin.

The album this was on was Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul and it peaked at #77 in the Biullboard Album Charts in 1966.

Shake

Shake!
(Everybody say it!) Shake!
(Early in the morning) Shake!
(Late in the evening) Shake!
(In the midnight hour) Shake!
(When the time’s going bad, now) Shake!
Shake with the FEELING!
Shake with the FEELING!

Listen while I’m talkin’ to you now
Tell you what I’m gonna do now
There’s a new thing going around now
I’ll tell what to put down now

You move your body all around
And just shake
Thats the way you do it Shake, Shake, Shake it baby
Shake it like a bowl of soup
Let your body loop de loop
Put your hands on your hip
Come on and let your backbone slip
Move your body like your hip
And just shake!

Shake early in the morning
Shake early in the evening

A Ring-A-Ling-a-Ling
Honey, Shakin’ is the greatest thing
But if you really roll Gotta do the thing with SOUL!

Shake shake with all your might now
If you do it, do it right now
Put your hands on your hip,yeah
Come on and let your backbone slip
Move your body like your hip
And just shake

(God have mercy now!)
Early in the morning
Early in the evening All night long, y’all!
If you really want to roll
Gotta do the thing with SOUL!
Shake shake with all your might
If you do it, do it right
Let your body loop de lite
Shake!
Everybody say it, Shake!
One more time, Shake!
Everybody louder, Shake!
One more time, now, say Shake!
Everybody a bit louder, Shake!

 

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/otis-redding/shake

Author: Badfinger (Max)

Power Pop fan, Baseball, Beatles, old movies, and tv show fan. Also anything to do with pop culture in the 60s and 70s... I'm also a songwriter, bass and guitar player.

20 thoughts on “Otis Redding – Shake”

  3. Another outstanding artist who tragically died in a plane crash. Otis Redding was 26 years old!

    It’s truly mind-boggling how many great artists were lost prematurely in plane or helicopter crashes. Fortunately, you don’t hear about these accidents as often these days.

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  6. I’ve never seen video footage of him before – my first exposure to him, probably like lots of younger people, was ‘Dock of the Bay’ so I have an image of him as laid back, not frenzied.

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    1. I haven’t seen him much either except on those old shows. He was a very good showman as well as singer.
      He was considered a breakout artist here but he had been around for a long time….I didn’t get that.

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    1. I first saw some documentary on him in the 80s…that 1967 Monterey festival performance …singing this song…incredible.

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      1. He was the real deal. A friend turned me onto Otis other than ‘Dock Of The Bay’ Yeah that Monterey concert was Otis doing his thing. You talk about passion and energy. When Steve Cropper talks about him he still tears up.

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