"Give Me A Shake" is MAX

MAX (band)

MAX whose name is an acronym for "Musical Active eXperience" is an Okinawan vocal group popular in Japan. The original members of MAX made their musical debut as members of the Super Monkey's along with lead vocalist, Namie Amuro...

's 6th single released under Avex Trax

Avex Trax

, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...

. Until the release of this single, all of MAX's music was covers of Italian Eurobeat songs, "Give Me A Shake" is their first original Japanese language song. Upon its release the song debuted at #1 on Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 weekly charts, becoming their first and only top charting single. The song brought the group their first Japan Record Award

Japan Record Award

for outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association, is major music awards show held annually in Japan.- Categories :The Japan Record Award are four awards which are not restricted by genre....

 grand prix nomination and allowed them to make their first appearance on Kōhaku Uta Gassen

Kohaku Uta Gassen

, more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on both television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK's networks and some overseas broadcasters which bought the program...

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Track list

#		Yuko Ebine, Yasuhiko Hoshino	5:31
2.	"Kiss To Kiss"	Yuko Ebine, Funky Brothers	3:51
3.	"Give Me A Shake (Original Karaoke)"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	5:31
4.	"Kiss To Kiss (Original Karaoke)"	Funky Brothers	3:47

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
April 9, 1997	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	1	476,570	10 weeks
April 9, 1997	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	67