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"Shake It Off" is a song co-written by American singer Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, Johntá Austin, and recorded for Carey's tenth album, The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). It was co-produced by Carey, Dupri and Cox. It was released as the album's third single in 2005.
[edit] Release and reception"Shake It Off" was released to Top 40 Mainstream contemporary hit radio in the United States on July 12, 2005.[2] The remix of the song was produced by DJ Clue—who had produced the remix for Carey's previous single, "We Belong Together"—and features rappers Jay-Z and Young Jeezy. It was released for paid download on July 20, 2005. Bill Lamb of About.com said it was "little more than a pleasant piece of pop fluff [...] it is unlikely to be one of Mariah Carey's more memorable hits."[3] Yahoo! Music's Dan Gennoe called the song "Usher-lite",[4] a criticism shared by Sal Cinquemani of 'Slant Magazine: she called "Shake It Off" as "Usher by way of Dupri," and grouped it among "the songs [on the album] that don't work [...] in which Mariah too heavily bites on the styles of her successors."[5] Blender magazine ranked it 38 on its 100 Greatest Songs of 2005 list.[6] [edit] Chart performanceIn the United States, "Shake It Off" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 66, the week's highest debut.[7] In its seventh week on the chart, it reached number 2 behind Carey's previous single, "We Belong Together", marking the first time a female lead artist occupied the top two positions of the Hot 100.[8] "Shake It Off" was at the number 2 position for six weeks after "We Belong Together" fell from number 1; it was subsequently held off the top spot by Kanye West's "Gold Digger." It stayed on the Hot 100 for twenty-six weeks. On Billboard magazine's 2005 Hot 100 year-end chart, the single was at number 15.[9] The song was less successful outside the U.S. It reached the top five in New Zealand and number 6 in Australia, and was issued as a double A-side with "Get Your Number" in the United Kingdom and the Ireland, where it reached number 9 and the top twenty, respectively. [edit] Music videoThe single's video was directed by Jake Nava and begins with Carey learning of her boyfriend's infidelity. She informs him on a PDA that she is breaking up with him, packs her bags, and leaves the apartment. Carey stops near a restaurant, and then appears in a bus speaking on her PDA, with Chris Tucker as the man in the passenger's seat. Behind the car, a sign reading "Hollyhood" comes into vision, and the video is intercut with scenes of her boyfriend accompanied by other women. Carey is then shown on bleachers at a high school football game. She writes "MIMI" on one of the bleachers and the letters transform into a large shiny "MIMI" sign made of lights, which Carey dances and sings in front of. In the final scene, she approaches the ocean on a beach, shaking off her dress in the process. The video also features a cameo by a young girl who also appeared in her 1995 "Fantasy" video, and Boo Boo Stewart made a cameo appearance, but was axed from the final version of the video.
[edit] Formats and track listingsAustralian CD single
US Promo 12" Single
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1 "Get Your Number"/"Shake It Off" [edit] Sales and certifications
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Categories: 2005 singles | Mariah Carey songs | 2000s pop songs | ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one singles | Billboard Rhythmic Airplay number-one singles | Billboard Pop Songs number-one singles | Music videos directed by Jake Nava | Songs written by Mariah Carey | Songs written by Johntá Austin | Songs written by Bryan-Michael Cox | Songs written by Jermaine Dupri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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