Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Otis Redding
Vocals
Donald "Duck" Dunn
Bass Guitar
Al Jackson Jr.
Drums
Steve Cropper
Guitar
Booker T. Jones
Keyboards
Andrew 'Love' Jackson
Tenor Saxophone
Joe Arnold
Tenor Saxophone
Wayne Jackson
Trumpet
Andrew Love
Tenor Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sam Cooke
Songwriter
Lyrics
Listen while I'm talkin' to you now
Tell you what I'm gonna do now
There's a new thing going around now
I'll tell what to put down now
You move your body all around
And just shake
That's the way you do it now (shake)
Oh go on, go on baby and (shake)
Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake with all your might now
If you do it, do it right now
Put your hands on your hip, yeah
Come on and let your backbone slip
Move your body like your hip
And just (shake)
Shake in the evening (shake)
Shake in the evening (shake)
All night long you gotta (shake)
Yeah
Bring it
A ring-a-ling-a-ling
Honey, shakin' is the greatest thing
But what if you really roll, gotta do the thing with soul!
Shake it shake with all your might now
Darling, if you do it, do it right now
Put your hands on your hip, yeah
Come on and let your backbone slip now
Shake your body like your hip
And just shake
Lord have mercy, baby just (shake)
Early in the morning (shake)
Late in the evening (shake)
All night long
If you wanna really roll now
Gotta do the thing with soul!
Shake it shake with all your might now
Honey if you do it, do it right now
Let your body loop the lite
And shake!
That's the way you do it now (shake)
Early in the morning (shake)
Shake it late in the evening (shake)
Shake it shake, go down now (shake)
Everybody, say shake (shake)
Everybody, say shake (shake)
Everybody, say shake (shake)
Everybody, say shake (shake)
Early in the morning gotta shake (shake)
Late in the evening we gonna shake (shake)
Midnight hour we gonna shake yeah (shake)
Everybody gonna shake yeah (shake)
Everybody wanna shake yeah (shake)
C'mon children do the thing now
C'mon man do the thing yeah
C'mon boy, let's go
Written by: Sam Cooke