Come Back and Shake Me

"Come Back and Shake Me" is a song and single written and produced by Kenny Young, performed by Clodagh Rodgers and released in 1969.[2]

"Come Back and Shake Me"
Single by Clodagh Rodgers
B-side"I Am a Fantasy"
Released1969
GenrePop
Length2:28[1]
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Kenny Young
Producer(s)Kenny Young
Clodagh Rodgers singles chronology
"Come Back and Shake Me"
(1969)
"Goodnight Midnight"
(1969)

Of Rodgers' six hit singles in the UK, this was her first and biggest hit. It reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Charts in 1969 staying in the charts for 14 weeks.[3] It was a bigger hit in Ireland, reaching No. 2 on the Irish Charts.[4] It peaked at No. 13 on the Australian KMR [5] Chart, entering the chart in June 1969, and spent 13 weeks in the Australian Top-100.

Origin

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Rodgers' previous two singles for RCA Records had not charted. In 1968, she was seen by songwriter Kenny Young when she appeared with Honeybus on the TV programme Colour Me Pop. Young met Rodgers and her husband and manager, Johnny Morris, and agreed to write and produce for her; "Come Back and Shake Me" was their first collaboration. [6]

Charts

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Chart (1969) Peak
position


Ireland (IRMA)[7] 2
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 3
West Germany (GfK)[9] 39

References

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  1. ^ LLC, Blendist. "BPM for Clodagh Rodgers — Come Back And Shake Me on songbpm". Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Clodagh Rodgers — Come Back and Shake Me". Discogs. 7 February 1969. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Clodagh Rodgers — full Official Chart History — Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Irish Rock Discography: Clodagh Rodgers". www.irishrock.org. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. ^ David Kent - Australian Chart Book (1940-1969) pp149
  6. ^ Peter Dunbavan (28 February 2017). An Avid's Guide to Sixties Songwriters. AuthorHouse UK. pp. 644–. ISBN 978-1-5246-3345-5.
  7. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Come Back and Shake Me". Irish Singles Chart.
  8. ^ "Clodagh Rodgers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Clodagh Rodgers – Come Back and Shake Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.