"Shake It Off"
Single by Mariah Carey from the album The Emancipation of Mimi
A-side	"Get Your Number" (EU)
B-side	"Secret Love"
Released	July 12, 2005 (U.S.) October 3, 2005 (UK)
Format	Digital download
Recorded	New York City, United States and Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	3:52
Label	Island
Writer	Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, Johnta Austin
Producer	Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"We Belong Together" (2005) "Shake It Off" (2005) "Get Your Number" (2005)
The Emancipation of Mimi track listing
"We Belong Together" (2) "Shake It Off" (3) "Mine Again" (4)

"Shake It Off" is a song co-written by American singer Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, Johnta Austin, and recorded for Carey's fourteenth album, The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). It was co-produced by Carey, Dupri and Cox. Its protagonist leaves a message on her boyfriend's answering machine announcing that she is leaving him as she packs her bags. She compares her situation to a Calgon commercial and declares, "I gotta shake it off, cause the loving ain't the same..." It was released as the album's third single in 2005 (see 2005 in music). Image File history File links This image is the cover of an album or single. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, and actress. ... 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Release and reception

"Shake It Off" was released in the United States on July 12, 2005. Originally "Say Somethin'" had been set for release by L.A. Reid and Carey's label, Island/Def Jam. However, Carey lobbied for the release of "Shake It Off".^{[citation needed]} "Say Somethin'" was first announced as the next single, Paul Hunter was contacted to direct the music video, and Snoop Dogg had talked about the single and its video on MTV.com. When Carey continued to protest, a compromise was formed to release the songs as a double A-side. The release of "Say Somethin'" was later cancelled and "Shake It Off" was released on its own in the U.S., though "Say Somethin'" eventually became a single in 2006. is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Say Somethin is a pop–R&B song performed by singer Mariah Carey. ... Antonio L.A. Reid is the co-founder of LaFace Records. ... The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label which started when Universal Music merged its two daughters, Island Records and Def Jam. ... Paul Hunter is a successful African-American music video director. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. ... MTV ( acronym for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into B-side. ...

Todd Burns of Stylus magazine said that the song was "sultry",^[1] while Edwin Soto described it as a "very groovy ballad", and made favourable comparisons with the work of R. Kelly.^[2] Other critics, however, were less enthusiastic: 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] LAUNCHcast's Dan Gennoe called the song "Usher-lite",^[4] a criticism that was echoed 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] Stylus is a print magazine devoted to fine writing instruments (e. ... Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is a multiple Grammy Award winning American Urban R&B singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. ... Screenshot of About. ... A 1999 issue (#35) of the LAUNCH disk magazine, a precursor of LAUNCHcast. ... Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), is an American R&B/pop singer and actor who rose to fame in the mid-late 1990s. ... Slant Magazine is a non-commercial film and music review website. ...

Chart performance

In its first week of U.S. release the single garnered the highest debut on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (sixty-six), and partly because of strong radio airplay, it had reached number two by its seventh week. The single holding it back from number one was Carey's own "We Belong Together", making it the first time a female artist occupied the top two positions of the Hot 100.^[6] "Shake It Off" was expected to reach number one the next week, but Kanye West's "Gold Digger" (featuring Jamie Foxx) was released for digital download that week. The airplay for "Gold Digger" was weaker than the airplay for "Shake It Off", but record-breaking downloads in its first week pushed "Gold Digger" to number one on the Hot 100, keeping "Shake It Off" at number two. “Hot 100” redirects here. ... For the 1958 song by Robert & Johnny, see We Belong Together (Robert & Johnny song). ... Kanye Omari West (pronounced /kɑnjɛj/) (born June 8, 1977) is an American record producer and rapper who rose to fame in the mid 2000s. ... A person, most often a woman, who is romantically involved with someone else solely for their money. ... Jamie Foxx (born December 13, 1967) is an American actor, singer, and stand-up comic. ...

"Gold Digger" spent ten weeks at number one, and "Shake It Off" was at the number two position for six weeks, staying in the top forty for nineteen weeks. It was Carey's sixth number-one single on the Top 40 Mainstream chart (the most for any artist on the chart), and was the last number-one song on the chart. On September 15, 2005, "Shake It Off" passed the 200 million audience impressions mark according to Mediabase. It was the second single to do this, the first being "We Belong Together". On Billboard magazine's 2005 Hot 100 year-end chart, "Shake It Off" placed at number fifteen. Top 40 Mainstream (often also called Mainstream Top 40) is an airplay format from Billboard Magazine. ... is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mediabase is a chart that ranks the popularity of songs based only on radio airplay in the United States. ...

The song was slightly less successful outside the U.S. It reached the top five in New Zealand and the top ten in Australia, and was issued as a double A-side with "Get Your Number" in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it reached the top ten and top twenty respectively. However, it failed to reach the top forty on the Tokyo Hot 100 airplay chart in Japan. Get Your Number is a song co-written by American singer Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin and Bryan Michael Cox, and recorded by Carey for her fourteenth album The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). ... J-Wave is a Japanese FM radio station based in Tokyo, Japan. ...

Music writer Samuel Delliance of The New York Post noted: "Mariah Carey fans seem obsessed with their hero's performance on the charts, when you'd think they'd be better off just listening to music and enjoying it. Shake it off!" The first edition of The New York Post of July 6, 2004 incorrectly declared that U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry would choose U.S. Representative Dick Gephardt to be his vice-presidential running mate that day (in reality, Kerry chose John Edwards). ...

Remixes

Carey commissioned a remix for "Shake It Off", and enlisted DJ Clue, who had produced her last remix for "We Belong Together", to help produce it. Initially, it had been rumored that Bow Wow and/or Da Brat would be the remix's guest rappers, but the participation of Jay-Z and Young Jeezy was later officially announced. On July 9, 2005 the remix leaked onto the internet. A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... // Ernesto Shaw (born January 8, 1975 in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA), better known as DJ Clue?, is a Mixtape DJ known for his involvement in the Mixtape circuit and for being one of the first DJs not to mix songs in his mixtapes. ... Shad Gregory Moss, formerly known as Lil Bow Wow (born 9 March 1987, Columbus, Ohio) is an African African rapper, actor, and music producer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Jay Jenkins (born September 28, 1977 in Columbia, South Carolina) formerly known as Lil J currently known as Young Jeezy, is an American rapper. ... is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A substantial promotional campaign was soon launched to help publicize the remix. July 20, 2005, the day of the remix's release, was dubbed "D-Day" (download day) by Carey's website (www.mariahcarey.com) as well as several Carey fan sites. In addition, various incentives were offered to help encourage downloading; Carey's official site launched a contest that would offer dinner with Carey to a fan who had downloaded the remix and shown proof of purchase, and fansites such as Mariah Daily and Mariah Connections offered rare CDs and promotional items. Carey's label purchased a full front-page banner on the iTunes Music Store to help promote the song. Various radio stations advertised the remix during commercial breaks, and Erik Bradley of Chicago station B96 made a public plea for people to download the remix so that it would beat "Gold Digger". The remix failed to enter the top ten on the iTunes chart, and it did not attract as many downloads as "Gold Digger". is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into ITunes. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ...

Music video

The single's video was directed by Dave Meyers and begins with Carey learning of her girlfriend's infidelity. She informs him on the PDA that she is breaking up with her, picks up her bag and leaves the apartment. Carey stops near a restaurant, and then appears in a bus speaking on her PDA, with Jermaine Dupri as the man in the passenger's seat. Behind the car, a sign reading "Careywood" comes into vision, and the video is intercut with scenes of her girlfriend accompanied by other women. Carey is then shown on blachers at a high school baseball game. She writes "LIL' MIMI" on one of the bleachers and the letters instantly transform into a large shiny "LIL' MIMI" sign made of lights, which Carey dances and sings in front of. In the final scene she approaches the ocean on a beach during sunrise, shaking off her dress in the process. David Dave Meyers is an American music video director. ... Jermaine Dupri also known simply as JD (born Jermaine Dupri Mauldin on September 23, 1972) is an American record producer and rapper. ...

A scene from the music video emulating Elvis Presley's 1968 Comeback Special.

The video features several phrases intended to represent places and official company names, as well as references to people and things associated with Carey. "Jack's Café" refers to her famous Jack Russell Terrier named Jack. "Pink Yet Lavender" is a reference to an interview she did with Lambs Radio in January 2005. "The Rarity" was a name given to her leg muscles in her E! Uncut special. "So So Fetch" refers to Jermaine Dupri's record label, So So Def, and the word "fetch" comes from one of Carey's favorite films, Mean Girls (2004). The chubby girl performing the "shake it off" dance by the payphones is similar to the girl who dances in the video for Carey's "Fantasy" (1995). When Carey is on the bleachers, a member of Carey's management team, Mark Sudack appears in the background as a man being yelled at by Da Brat, whom Carey has worked with many times. The scene involving Carey dancing in front of the "MIMI" sign parallels Carey's 2003 Blender magazine photo shoot (in which she is seen in a similar pose, except with a "MARIAH" sign) and Elvis Presley's 1968 Comeback Special (in which he does the same thing, but with an "ELVIS" sign). Elements of the video were incorporated into Carey's performance of the song at the World Music Awards in August 2005. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... “Elvis” redirects here. ... Elvis Presley in his 68 Comeback Special Elvis Presleys 68 Comeback Special is a 1968 United States television special starring Elvis Presley. ... The Jack Russell Terrier is a type of small, principally white-bodied, terrier that has its origins in fox hunting. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... E!: Entertainment Television is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite network. ... So So Def Recordings is a record label, based out of Atlanta, Georgia and owned by Jermaine Dupri, specializing in Southern hip hop, R&B, and bass music. ... Mean Girls is a 2004 film directed by Mark Waters (Freaky Friday), written by (and co-starring) Tina Fey and stars Lindsay Lohan with Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert and featured several Saturday Night Live cast members, including not only Tina Fey but also Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer... Fantasy is a song co-written and co-produced by American singer Mariah Carey and Dave Hall for Careys sixth album, Daydream. ... Mark Sudack (born 1976) is a member of the management team of singer Mariah Carey. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Blender is an American magazine that bills itself as the ultimate guide to music and more. ... “Elvis” redirects here. ... Elvis Presley in his 68 Comeback Special Elvis Presleys 68 Comeback Special is a 1968 United States television special starring Elvis Presley. ... The World Music Awards (founded in 1989) is an international awards show that annually honors recording artists based on their worldwide sales figures, which are provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). ...

The video was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in 2006, in the category of "Best R&B Video", which it lost to Beyoncé Knowles's "Check on It". The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Awards winners for Best R&B Video. ... Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (IPA pronunciation: [1]) (born September 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, actress, dancer, and fashion designer. ... Check on It is an R&B song written by Beyoncé Knowles, Kasseem Dean, Sean Garrett, Angela Beyincé, and Stayve Thomas for the soundtrack to the 2006 film The Pink Panther, in which Beyoncé co-stars. ...

Charts

• ¹ "Shake It Off"/"Get Your Number".

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