"Shake It Up Tonight" is a 1981 hit single by Cheryl Lynn

Cheryl Lynn

Lynda Cheryl Smith , known better by her professional name Cheryl Lynn, is a female African-American disco, R&B and soul singer known best for her 1978 disco song, "Got to Be Real".-Early career:...

. Since the success of her debut hit, "Got to Be Real

Got To Be Real

"Got to Be Real" is a 1978 disco song by Cheryl Lynn from her self-titled album. The song, which was Lynn's debut single, was penned by David Paich, David Foster, and Lynn, and has since been called one of the defining moments in disco. Along with the tracks, "Star Love" and "You Saved My Day",...

," the acclaimed R&B-dance track peaked at No. 5 on the Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

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charts and it also scored number 70 on the Billboard charts. "Shake It Up Tonight" appears on Lynn's LP In the Night. The b-side is "Baby," written by Cheryl Lynn and Ray Parker Jr. The ready-made disco song was a moderate success, completely failing to score UK charts. It became a defining song for Lynn. 7" version of the song was written and produced by Ray Parker Jr.

Ray Parker Jr.

Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. , is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his band Raydio as well as the late Barry White.-Early life and...

 who has worked with her. Jamaican singer Luciano

Luciano (singer)

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 covered the song as a number-one reggae hit in 1993. The 12" version was mixed and produced by Ray Parker Jr.

Ray Parker Jr.

Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. , is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his band Raydio as well as the late Barry White.-Early life and...

 

Description

"Shake It Up Tonight" has instrumentation that includes a dance beat, strings and percussion.

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
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...	70
Hot Soul Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	5
Hot Disco Action	5

On the album In The Night

7" version

1. Shake It Up Tonight - 3:58
2. Baby - 4:20

Sampling

This song has been sampled twice:

• "Party Right" by Chubb Rock
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   featuring Kya
• "Get Ready" by Allen Walker
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