Released: December 20, 1978
Songwriter: Randy Jackson Michael Jackson
Producer: The Jacksons
[Verse 1]
I don't know what’s gonna happen to you baby
But I do know that I love ya'
You walk around this town with your head all up in the sky
And I do know that I want ya'
[Chorus]
Let’s dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground (Ooh)
[Verse 2]
You tease me with your loving to play hard to get
’Cause you do know that I want ya’
You walk around this town with your head all up in the sky
And you do know that I want ya'
[Chorus]
Let’s dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let’s dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground (Shake it on down)
[Verse 3]
You're the spark that lit the fire inside of me
And you do know that I love it
I need to do you something to get closer to your soul
And you do know that I want ya'
[Chorus]
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground (Ooh)
[Verse 4]
You tease me with your loving to play hard to get
'Cause you do know that I want ya'
I need to do you something to get closer to your soul
And you do know that I want ya'
[Chorus]
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Lets dance, girl let's shout (Let's shout, are you aroused?) (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake it over! (Ooh)
Down, down, down, down, down
And around, shake it over, ooh!
You know I wanna dance
Let's dance and shout
Dance
Dance, shout
Dance
Dance, shout
Let's dance
Dance, shout
I don't know what’s gonna happen to you baby
But I do know that I love ya'
You walk around this town with your head all up in the sky
And I do know that I want ya'
[Chorus]
Let’s dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground (Ooh)
[Verse 2]
You tease me with your loving to play hard to get
’Cause you do know that I want ya’
You walk around this town with your head all up in the sky
And you do know that I want ya'
[Chorus]
Let’s dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let’s dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground (Shake it on down)
[Verse 3]
You're the spark that lit the fire inside of me
And you do know that I love it
I need to do you something to get closer to your soul
And you do know that I want ya'
[Chorus]
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground (Ooh)
[Verse 4]
You tease me with your loving to play hard to get
'Cause you do know that I want ya'
I need to do you something to get closer to your soul
And you do know that I want ya'
[Chorus]
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Lets dance, girl let's shout (Let's shout, are you aroused?) (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake it over! (Ooh)
Down, down, down, down, down
And around, shake it over, ooh!
You know I wanna dance
Let's dance and shout
Dance
Dance, shout
Dance
Dance, shout
Let's dance
Dance, shout
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- Leave Me Alone
- Rock with You
- Got to Be There
- Rockin’ Robin
- Ben
- Remember the Time
- Heal the World
- Blame It on the Boogie
- Who Is It (7' Edit)
- You Are Not Alone (single Version)
- Can You Feel It
- ABC
- In the Closet (7" Edit)
- Earth Song (Radio Edit)
- The Love You Save (Stereo Single Version)
- You Rock My World
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- Man in the Mirror
- Bad
- Dirty Diana
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- Human Nature
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- Thriller
- They Don’t Care About Us
- The Girl Is Mine
- I Want You Back
- Beat It
- Smooth Criminal
- Will You Be There
- She’s Out of My Life
- Black or White
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
- Off the Wall
- Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) [Single Edit]
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- Man of War
- 2300 Jackson Street
- Strength Of One Man
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- Style Of Life
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- Good Times
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