{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = Shake Your Love | cover = Debbieshake.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Debbie Gibson | album = Out of the Blue | A-side = | B-side = "Wake Up to Love" (UK) | released = September 1987 | recorded = | studio = | genre = | length = 3:43 | label = Atlantic | writer = Deborah Gibson | producer = Fred Zarr | prev_title = Only in My Dreams | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Out of the Blue | next_year = 1988 | misc = {{External music video|1= {{YouTube|jv1YwsbIxDw|Shake Your Love}}|header=}} }} "'''Shake Your Love'''" is a song by American singer-songwriter and actress Debbie Gibson. The song was released as the second single from her debut studio album, ''Out of the Blue'' (1987), and the first internationally by Atlantic Records in September 1987. Like the rest of the album, the song was solely written by Gibson and produced by Fred Zarr. The song features the Roland TR-808.
"Shake Your Love" reached number four on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in December 1987, giving Gibson her second consecutive top-five hit. The song was also her breakthrough in the UK, peaking at number seven on the UK Singles Chart to become her highest-charting entry. "Shake Your Love" also entered the top 10 in Ireland, where it reached number three.
The music video to support this single, eventually included on Gibson's video album ''Out of the Blue'', was set on a facsimile of a drive-in movie theater lot and choreographed by Paula Abdul.<ref name="PeopleMag">{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/music/debbie-gibson-30-facts-out-of-the-blue-anniversary/ |title=Debbie Gibson Shares 30 Facts About Herself |first=Steve |last=Helling |magazine=People |date=August 18, 2017 |access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> In 2010, Gibson re-recorded the song as an extra track for the deluxe release of the Japan-exclusive album ''Ms. Vocalist''.
==Background== Originally recorded in early 1987,{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} the song is written by Gibson and produced by Fred Zarr and engineered by Don Feinberg for BiZarr Music, Inc., with Douglas Breitbart as executive producer.
==Critical reception== Reviewer of American magazine ''Cash Box'' called Gibson "multi-talented teen" and expressed an assurance that "this upbeat, playful number" that "sounds like a smash" will "completely saturate" radio airwaves.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1987/CB-1987-09-26.pdf|title=Single Releases: Debbie Gibson – "Shake Your Love"|magazine=Cash Box|date=September 26, 1987|volume=51|number=14|page=8|location=New York|publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc.|access-date=May 13, 2023|via=World Radio History|issn=0006-2510|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131064042/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1987/CB-1987-09-26.pdf|archive-date=January 31, 2023}}</ref>
==Track listings== {{Track listing | headline = 7-inch vinyl single | total_length = | all_writing = Deborah Gibson | title1 = Shake Your Love | note1 = vocal mix | length1 = 3:46 | title2 = Shake Your Love | note2 = Bad Dubb version | length2 = 5:03 }}
{{Track listing | headline = 12-inch vinyl single | total_length = | title1 = Shake Your Love | note1 = Vocal club mix | length1 = 5:53 | title2 = Shake Your Love | note2 = Bonus Beats | length2 = 6:52 | title3 = Shake Your Love | note3 = vocal/LP version | length3 = 3:37 | title4 = Shake Your Love | note4 = Badd Dub version | length4 = 4:55 | title5 = Shake Your Love | note5 = Vocal/Bassapella | length5 = 3:25 | title6 = Shake Your Love | note6 = Shake the House Version | length6 = 5:48 }}
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !scope="col"|Chart (1987–1988) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- |Australia (Australian Music Report)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/qPLqVgi.jpg|title=Australian Top 50 ARIA Singles Chart – Week Ending 5th June, 1988|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA)|access-date=April 8, 2017}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|27 |- {{single chart|Flanders|20|artist=Debbie Gibson|song=Shake Your Love|access-date=October 26, 2013}} |- {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|15|chartid=0919|access-date=July 24, 2024}} |- |Denmark (IFPI)<ref>Danish Singles Chart. May 13, 1988.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|15 |- |Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-02-20.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=Music & Media|volume=5|issue=8|date=February 20, 1988|page=10|access-date=July 21, 2024}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|25 |- {{single chart|Ireland2|3|artist=Debbie Gibson|song=Shake Your Love|access-date=October 26, 2013}} |- |Italy (''Musica e dischi'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e dischi|language=it|access-date=June 6, 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Debbie Gibson".</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|14 |- |Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=F&ChDay=&ChMonth=&ChYear=&ChBand=debbie+gibson&ChSong=|title=Radio Luxembourg Singles |publisher=umdmusic.com|access-date=June 9, 2025}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|6 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|24|year=1988|week=15|access-date=March 22, 2025}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|35|artist=Debbie Gibson|song=Shake Your Love|access-date=October 26, 2013}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|36|artist=Debbie Gibson|song=Shake Your Love|access-date=October 26, 2013}} |- |Quebec (ADISQ)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec|publisher=BAnQ|date=January 23, 1988|access-date=June 21, 2025|archive-date=November 29, 2015|language=fr|url-status=dead}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|19 |- |Spain Radio (AFYVE)<ref>{{cite book|author=Fernando Salaverri|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|39 |- {{single chart|Switzerland|19|artist=Debbie Gibson|song=Shake Your Love|access-date=October 26, 2013}} |- {{single chart|UK|7|artist=Debbie Gibson|date=19880123|access-date=October 26, 2013}} |- | UK Dance Chart (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1988/MW-1988-02-13.pdf|url-status=live |title= Top Dance Singles|magazine= Music Week |date=February 13, 1988|page=29|access-date=February 26, 2026}}</ref> |align="center"| 5 |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|4|artist=Debbie Gibson|access-date=November 20, 2014}} |- {{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|6|artist=Debbie Gibson|access-date=November 20, 2014}} |- {{single chart|Billboarddancesales|1|artist=Debbie Gibson|access-date=November 20, 2014}} |- |US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref name="Cash Box">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996|publisher=Sheridan Books, Inc.|year=2014|isbn=978-0-89820-209-0}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|5 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1988) !Position |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 24, 1988 |title=No. 1 Awards: Top Pop Singles |page=Y-20 |magazine=Billboard |volume=100 |issue=52 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1988|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1988|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|22 |- |US 12-inch Singles Sales (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 24, 1988 |title=No. 1 Awards: Top Dance Sales 12-Inch Singles |page=Y-25 |magazine=Billboard |volume=100 |issue=52 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|7 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|title=Shake Your Love|artist=Debbie Gibson|award=Gold|relyear=1988|certyear=1989}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|master=133953|name=Shake Your Love|type=single}}
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Category:1987 singles Category:1987 songs Category:Atlantic Records singles Category:Debbie Gibson songs Category:Song recordings produced by Fred Zarr Category:Songs written by Debbie Gibson