Song · Cinderella
“Shake Me” by Cinderella
From the album Night Songs (1986)
“Shake Me” by Cinderella appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1990 and 2022. It was first released in 1986 on the album Night Songs. Its best result is #39 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,415 classic rock song of all time.
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"Shake Me" was the opening shot from Night Songs, Cinderella's 1986 debut on Mercury, and Tom Keifer wrote every word and note of it. He also sings lead and plays guitar and piano, with Jeff LaBar on guitar, Eric Brittingham on bass and Fred Coury on drums, LaBar and Brittingham adding backing vocals. Andy Johns produced and engineered it, and Jeff Paris sat in on keyboards.
As the leadoff single it went nowhere on the charts, which makes it the one that got away: it took "Nobody's Fool", MTV and an opening slot on Bon Jovi's tour to turn Night Songs into a multi-platinum smash. But "Shake Me" was there first, and it's pure bluesy strut.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
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All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 39 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2002 | 501 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2022 | 410 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) | 500 |
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