"Shake" is the lead single from singer/songwriter and actor Jesse McCartney

Jesse McCartney

Jesse McCartney is an American singer-songwriter, actor and voice actor. McCartney achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched out into a solo musical career...

's fourth studio album, Have It All

Have It All (Jesse McCartney album)

Have It All is the upcoming fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jesse McCartney. The album is set to be released in 2012.-Release:...

. "Shake" is written by McCartney, Jacob Kasher, and written and produced by Joshua Coleman

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. It was sent to both U.S. mainstream radios and released in digital download format on September 21, 2010.

Writing and inspiration

"Shake" is written by Jesse McCartney and Jacob Kasher and produced by Joshua Coleman. In an interview with MTV

MTV

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, McCartney described,"I'm really excited about 'Shake.' We decided that would be the first single to represent Have It All and ... I felt like that song was kind of the closest to [2008's] Departure

Departure (Jesse McCartney album)

Departure is the third studio album by American recording artist Jesse McCartney. It was released on May 20, 2008, through Hollywood Records. The album was re-released on April 7, 2009, under the name Departure: Recharged...

and it was a way to sort of reacquaint the fans with my music." and "It's a kind of ... urban, kitschy track with a lot of synths and pop melodies on top, and it makes for good ear candy."

Promotion

He performed this single on October 19, on Live! with Regis and Kelly

Live with Regis and Kelly

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 and it was included in game for iPhone

IPhone

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 and iPod Touch

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, Tap Tap Revenge 3

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.

Music Video

The music video for "Shake" was filmed on October 26, 2010. The video is directed by Toben Seymour

Toben Seymour

Toben Seymour is a music video and commercial director, and puppeteer based in Los Angeles, California.-Biography:Toben Seymour grew up in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, and began making puppets in grade school...

 and choreographed Flii Stylz. In an interview, McCartney told MTV, "It's gonna be cool. We wanted to create a video that wasn't necessarily a story, following the song. It didn't necessarily have to be on the nose. We wanted something that was visually stimulating, a lot of cool camera techniques that haven't been used, a lot of saturated colors and even a lot of sexy girls with beautiful features." The music video was premiered on E! News and E! Online on November 16, 2010.

Charts

"Shake" debuted at #90 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. It then fell off, but has recently re-entered at #78 and re-peaked at #54.

Charts	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	54
U.S. Billboard Pop Songs Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart...	17

Release history

Region	Date	Format
United States	September 21, 2010	Digital Download
		Mainstream radio