The Shake (Neal McCoy song)

"The Shake" is a song written by Jon McElroy and Butch Carr, and recorded by American country music artist Neal McCoy.

The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1997.

The music video was directed by Chris Rogers, and premiered on CMT on June 16, 1997.

In the video, a teenage boy walks in, and Neal's mom, played as a homage to Leave It to Beaver.

Robert Loy of Country Standard Time described the song negatively, saying that it was "a puerile and sexist hymn to feminine derriere movement[…]And that's good because the only thing saving lyrics like 'Shake it real funky/Shake it real low/Shake it till you just can't shake it no more' from being offensive is that they're so incredibly stupid.