This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Spoken:
Yo, this is Aaron Carter
And I wanna introduce you to my boys, 95 SOUTH
And it's all about this new dance
Called SHAKE IT
All around the world
Everywhere I got
I've learned a new dance
That I want you to know - you've got
Chorus:
Shake it to the left
Shake it to the right
Shake it everybody
Cause it feels so right
Just shake it
Just shake it
Everybody just shake it
Everybody just shake it
What you want to do is
Shake it, bake it
Twist it all around
Let Aaron take you thru it
If you wanna get down
Chorus
All you gotta do
Is shake it all around
Come on everybody
It's time to get down and...
Chorus
95 SOUTH in the house, come on
95 SOUTH in the house, come on
Just shake it (2x)
Everybody just shake it (2x)
From London to L.A.
Down to Tampa Bay
Just shake it
Just shake it
Frankfurt likes to shake it
New York likes to shake it
Japan likes to shake it
Come on everybody
Just shake it
Yo, this is Aaron Carter
And I wanna introduce you to my boys, 95 SOUTH
And it's all about this new dance
Called SHAKE IT
All around the world
Everywhere I got
I've learned a new dance
That I want you to know - you've got
Chorus:
Shake it to the left
Shake it to the right
Shake it everybody
Cause it feels so right
Just shake it
Just shake it
Everybody just shake it
Everybody just shake it
What you want to do is
Shake it, bake it
Twist it all around
Let Aaron take you thru it
If you wanna get down
Chorus
All you gotta do
Is shake it all around
Come on everybody
It's time to get down and...
Chorus
95 SOUTH in the house, come on
95 SOUTH in the house, come on
Just shake it (2x)
Everybody just shake it (2x)
From London to L.A.
Down to Tampa Bay
Just shake it
Just shake it
Frankfurt likes to shake it
New York likes to shake it
Japan likes to shake it
Come on everybody
Just shake it
Lyrics submitted by Ice
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