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Shake Your Groove Thing
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Wikipedia article
"'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.
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
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Cover versions
* In 1996, Filipino singer Regine Velasquez covered the song for her album 'Retro'.
*'Shrek Forever After' sung by The Pied Piper,
*'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel' sung by The Chipmunks and The Chipettes
Popular culture
* In 1997, Intel used this song in an advert for the Pentium II that arrives in New York.
It was heard in TV and movies like:
*'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'
*'An Extremely Goofy Movie'
*'The Country Bears'
*'Shrek Forever After'
*'Scandal'.
References
Other sources
*'The Best of Peaches & Herb' (liner notes).
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