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| − | |introduction = <b>Shake!</b> was the fifth and final single to be released from [[Prince]]’s twelfth album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], and, like the song [[Shake!]], the single was credited only to [[The Time]]. It was released four and a half months after the album. | + | |introduction = <b>Shake!</b> was the fifth and final single to be released from [[Prince]]’s twelfth album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], and, like the song [[Shake!]], the single was credited only to [[The Time]]. It was released four and a half months after the album. [[The Time]] had already disbanded for over two months when this single was released. |
The single also contained a remix of [[The Latest Fashion]], which was also taken from [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. | The single also contained a remix of [[The Latest Fashion]], which was also taken from [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. | ||
| − | Interestingly, the '''Boom Mix''' version of [[Shake!]] included on the maxi-single contains vocals by [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] and samples from songs of the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] album ([[Release It]], [[Graffiti Bridge]], [[The Latest Fashion]], [[Shake!]] and [[We Can Funk]]) over a sample of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_White_Band Average White Band] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_E._King Ben E. King]’s 1977 song ''A Star In The Ghetto''. This technique of introducing the album on a track was later re-used for [[2 Whom It May Concern]] in 1992 (and to some degree on the '''Dance Remix''' of [[Let’s Work]] in 1982). Both tracks (and | + | Interestingly, the '''Boom Mix''' version of [[Shake!]] included on the maxi-single contains vocals by [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] and samples from songs of the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] album ([[Release It]], [[Graffiti Bridge]], [[The Latest Fashion]], [[Shake!]] and [[We Can Funk]]) over a sample of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_White_Band Average White Band] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_E._King Ben E. King]’s 1977 song ''A Star In The Ghetto''. This technique of introducing the album on a track was later re-used for [[2 Whom It May Concern]] in 1992 (and to some degree on the '''Dance Remix''' of [[Let’s Work]] in 1982). Both tracks (and [[7]]) use samples of a man laughing which may come from a sound-effect library as it was also used by other unreleated acts. This laugh sample on [[2 Whom It May Concern]] and [[7]] is therefore not considered as a sample of the '''Boom Mix''' of [[Shake!]]. |
Both the '''Boom Mix''' and the '''Battle Mix''' also contain a dialogue scene (between [[Prince]] and [[The Time]] members) lifted from the [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] movie. | Both the '''Boom Mix''' and the '''Battle Mix''' also contain a dialogue scene (between [[Prince]] and [[The Time]] members) lifted from the [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] movie. | ||
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