Shake Your Hips
1966 song by Slim Harpo
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::summary 1966 song by Slim Harpo ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Shake Your Hips |
| artist | Slim Harpo |
| type | single |
| B-side | Midnight Blues |
| released | |
| recorded | February 1966 |
| studio | J. D. Miller, Crowley, Louisiana |
| genre | Blues |
| length | |
| label | Excello |
| writer | James Moore Slim Harpo |
| producer | J. D. Miller |
| prev_title | Baby Scratch My Back |
| prev_year | 1965 |
| next_title | I'm Your Bread Maker, Baby |
| next_year | 1966 |
| :: |
| name = Shake Your Hips | artist = Slim Harpo | type = single | B-side = Midnight Blues | released = | recorded = February 1966 | studio = J. D. Miller, Crowley, Louisiana | genre = Blues | length = | label = Excello | writer = James Moore Slim Harpo | producer = J. D. Miller | prev_title = Baby Scratch My Back | prev_year = 1965 | next_title = I'm Your Bread Maker, Baby | next_year = 1966 "Shake Your Hips" (sometimes known as "Hip Shake") is a song written by Louisiana bluesman Slim Harpo. He recorded it in February 1966 for producer J. D. Miller for a follow-up single to his hugely successful "Baby Scratch My Back". Miller's Excello Records released it as a single in June 1966 and in October, the song became the lead track for Slim Harpo's 1966 album Baby Scratch My Back, which was a long-term release in Excello's catalogue. | last = Hawkins | first = Martin | year = 2016 | title = Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge | location = Baton Rouge, Louisiana | publisher = Louisiana State University Press | pages = 201–202 | isbn = 978-0807164549
Slim Harpo biographer Martin Hawkins describes it as a "dance-instruction song [with a] fast-paced, hypnotic shoeshine beat". He notes contributions by Lazy Lester on percussion and Katie Webster on organ.
Reception and influence
A June 18, 1966, "Spotlight Singles" review in Billboard magazine included "Harpo follows up his hit 'Baby Scratch My Back' with two blues-based sides. Dance-teaching tune is backed by a solid blues weeper with harmonica backing". | author = Billboard | date = June 18, 1966 | title = Spotlight Singles | magazine = Billboard | volume = 78 | issue = 25 | issn = 0006-2510 | page = 16
The Rolling Stones version
| name = Shake Your Hips | artist = the Rolling Stones | album = Exile on Main St. | released = | genre = Blues rock | length = | writer = Slim Harpo | label = Rolling Stones Records | producer = Jimmy Miller The Rolling Stones recorded the song for their album Exile on Main St.. It was Mick Jagger's idea to record it for the album. The Stones recorded this in London, but reworked it at Keith Richards' villa in the South of France, where the band was staying on their "exile." It was recorded to sound like a '50s record.
Other renditions
The song has been recorded by many artists, including Love Sculpture for their 1968 album Blues Helping. | title = The Best of Slim Harpo | others = Slim Harpo | year = 1989 | first = Tod | last = Everett | type = compilation CD notes | location = Santa Monica, California | publisher = Rhino Records | id = RS 70169 | pages = 1, 4
References
References
- "Song search results for Shake Your Hips".
- Horowitz, Hal. "Cockadoodledon't – The Legendary Shack Shakers | Songs, Reviews, Credits".
- Jurek, Thom. "Bring It on Home – Joan Osborne | Songs, Reviews, Credits".
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