"Shake" was the original lead single from

Jesse McCartney Jesse McCartney (born April 9, 1987) is an American actor and singer. He 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 mus ...

's supposedly fourth studio album, ''Have It All''. ''Have It All'' was, however, postponed to a point that it was eventually cancelled completely. "Shake" is written by McCartney, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and written and produced by Joshua Coleman. 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

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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

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'' Departure'' 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 ''

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'' and it was included in game for iPhone and

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, '' Tap Tap Revenge 3''.

Music video

The music video for "Shake" was filmed on October 26, 2010. The video is directed by Toben Seymour and choreographed Flii Stylz. In an interview, Jesse 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 ladies with beautiful features." The music video was premiered on E! News and E! Online on November 16, 2010.

Formats and track listings

US iTunes Download # "Shake" # "Shake"

Charts performance

The song debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart of October 9, 2010, at number 90. On October 30, 2010, the song re-entered at number 78, and eventually peaked at number 54 on the chart.

Charts

Release history

References

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