"Shake it up Şekerim" "Shekerim" , is the Turkish

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 entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007

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, held in Helsinki

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 2007. It placed 4th, with 163 points.

The artist, Kenan Doğulu, is recognised as a pop

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 icon in Turkey, and had produced the hit song Çakkıdı in 2006. He had submitted three songs to the Eurovision song contest 2007, out of which Shekerim was chosen.

Chorus and lyrics

Shekerim has a hip hop melody resembling that of Çakkıdı. An electric guitar bass line can be heard as an introduction. The song then blends in with Anatolia

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n music with the indigenous Saz

Baglama

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 instrument popular among Balkan and neighbours of Turkey including Armenia

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, Azerbaijan

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, Greece

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 and Iran

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. The chorus then starts, whilst the song pauses at about the mid point, traditional Turkish music similar to the Horon dancers is heard.

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Turkey Top 20 Chart	2