Shake You Down
title: "Shake You Down" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1986-debut-singles", "1986-songs", "1980s-ballads", "gregory-abbott-songs", "billboard-hot-100-number-one-singles", "cashbox-number-one-singles", "contemporary-r&b-ballads", "columbia-records-singles", "music-videos-directed-by-dominic-sena", "number-one-singles-in-spain"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_You_Down" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Shake You Down |
| cover | Gregory_Abbott_-_Shake_You_Down_album_cover.jpg |
| type | single |
| artist | Gregory Abbott |
| album | Shake You Down |
| B-side | "Wait Until Tomorrow" |
| released | August 1986 |
| recorded | CBS |
| * R&B<ref name | "Marsh 1989" |
| * smooth soul<ref name | "Breihan 2021" |
| length | 4:05 |
| label | Columbia |
| writer | Gregory Abbott |
| producer | Gregory Abbott |
| next_title | I Got the Feelin' (It's Over) |
| next_year | 1987 |
| misc | |
| :: |
| name = Shake You Down | cover = Gregory_Abbott_-_Shake_You_Down_album_cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Gregory Abbott | album = Shake You Down | B-side = "Wait Until Tomorrow" | released = August 1986 | recorded = CBS | studio = | venue = | genre =
- R&B
- smooth soul | length = 4:05 | label = Columbia | writer = Gregory Abbott | producer = Gregory Abbott | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = I Got the Feelin' (It's Over) | next_year = 1987 | misc =
"Shake You Down" is a song by American R&B artist, writer and producer Gregory Abbott. It was released in August 1986 as the lead single from his debut album of the same name. It became Abbott's biggest hit and was certified platinum by the RIAA. The track is also featured in the 2007 film Are We Done Yet?
The song went to number one on the black singles chart in October 1986, and on January 17, 1987, it reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1987. It was a hit across the Atlantic Ocean, as well, peaking at number six in the UK Singles Chart (spending a total of 13 weeks on that chart from 22 November 1986).{{Citation | title=Guinness British Hit Singles |publisher=Guinness World Records Ltd |location=London, UK |year=2000 |edition=13th |page=69 |isbn=0-85112-111-X}} It was not intended as the original single to promote the album, as "I Got the Feeling" was scheduled to be the first single. It was postponed as the follow-up, peaking at #56.
Composition
According to Billboard, the song is about sex.
Music video
Dominic Sena of Propaganda Films came up with the idea of the scrolling effect on the music video. It is recorded as a single image on a photographic film.
There is also another music video recorded in Rio de Janeiro, especially for the Brazilian TV show Fantástico.
Charts
Weekly charts
::data[format=table title="Weekly chart performance for "Shake You Down""] | Chart (1986–1987) | Peak position | Canada (The Record) | Spain (AFYVE) | US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard) | |---|---|---|---|---| | 4 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 13 | | | | | ::
Year-end charts
::data[format=table title="1986 year-end chart performance for "Shake You Down""]
| Chart (1986) | Position | UK Singles (OCC) |
|---|---|---|
| 87 | ||
| :: |
::data[format=table title="1987 year-end chart performance for "Shake You Down""]
| Chart (1987) | Position | Australia (Kent Music Report) | Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | Canada Top Singles (RPM) | European Hot 100 Singles (Music & Media) | Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) | Netherlands (Single Top 100) | New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) | US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) | US Billboard Hot 100 | US Cash Box Top 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | |||||||||||
| 75 | |||||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||||
| 80 | |||||||||||
| 20 | |||||||||||
| 23 | |||||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||||
| 27 | |||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||
| 34 | |||||||||||
| :: |
References
References
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- Marsh, Dave. (1989). "The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made". [[Plume (publisher).
- Breihan, Tom. (January 27, 2021). "The Number Ones: Gregory Abbott's "Shake You Down".
- [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1987]]
- M. Tye Comer. (February 11, 2010). "The 50 Sexiest Songs Of All Time".
- (2 July 2013). "Video".
- Lwin, Nanda. (1999). "Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide". Music Data Research.
- Salaverri, Fernando. (September 2005). "Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002". Fundación Autor-SGAE.
- "Gregory Abbott Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". [[Billboard (magazine).
- (January 24, 1987). "Top 100 Singles". [[Music Week]].
- "Australian Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987". [[Kent Music Report.
- "Jaaroverzichten 1987". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
- (26 December 1987). "Top 100 Singles of '87". [[Library and Archives Canada]].
- (December 26, 1987). "European Charts of the Year 1987: Singles".
- "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987". [[Dutch Top 40]].
- "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1987". [[Single Top 100]]. Hung Medien.
- "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1987". [[Official New Zealand Music Chart]].
- (December 26, 1987). "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Adult Contemporary Singles".
- (December 26, 1987). "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles".
- (December 26, 1987). "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1987 . Top 50 Pop Singles". Cash Box.
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