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Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)

October 22, 2023

"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" is a song recorded by the American quartet Four Tops for their third studio album, On Top (1966). It was released in February 1966 as a 7" vinyl single through Motown records. It was written and produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland. A gospel rock track, its lyrics detail a relationship that has ended. It has since been regarded as one of Four Tops' most successful singles ever. It charted moderately well in both the United States and Canada, and became the group's fifth consecutive entry to chart within the top five of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Four Tops has performed "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" on various occasions throughout their careers and have included it on several greatest hits albums, including on The Four Tops Greatest Hits (1967) and The Ultimate Collection (1997).

"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"
Single by Four Tops
from the album On Top
B-side"Just as Long as You Need Me"
ReleasedFebruary 1966
RecordedHitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); January 6, 1966
GenreSoul, pop
Length2:41
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Brian Holland
  • Lamont Dozier
  • Eddie Holland
Four Tops singles chronology
"Something About You"
(1965) 		"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"
(1966) 		"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"
(1966)

American musicians Barbra Streisand and Carol Lloyd also recorded covers of "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" and released them commercially in 1975 and 1979, respectively. Included on her seventeenth studio album, Lazy Afternoon (1975), Streisand's version was more of a disco song, as accomplished by producers Jeffrey Lesser and Rupert Holmes. Following the success of the song in a New York City club, Columbia Records decided to release the single which would later become a moderate success on two Billboard dance charts in that same year. Critically, it was highlighted on Lazy Afternoon as a standout track. Lloyd's version was recorded for her debut record Score in 1979; it received heavy airplay by disc jockeys and was positively received by Billboard critics.

Background and release Edit

"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" was released as the lead single from the group's third studio album, On Top (1966), in February 1966.[1] The album was a combination of "current hits" and "crossover material" to attract a larger audience for Four Tops.[2] The song was written and produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland, who had collaborated with Four Tops on various occasions in the past.[2] It is written in the key of C major with the quartet's vocals ranging from G4 to D6. Set in a gospel rock tempo, lead singer Levi Stubbs begins stating, "All through this long and sleepless night / I hear my neighbors talking"; after losing the love of someone else, he claims that these people are "Saying that, out of my life, into another's arms / You'll soon be walking," before entering the chorus.[3] The American female group the Andantes provide background vocals for the track alongside the other three Tops.[4][5]

Motown released "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" as a 7" vinyl single in February 1966.[1] The standard edition commercial single features the B-side track "Just As Long As You Need Me". A promotional early version of the 7" single also exists, with both the stereo and mono versions of the song.[6]

Reception Edit

"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" was favorably received by music critics. Cash Box described the single as a "hard-driving, rhythmic pop-blues heart-throbber about a guy who can’t adjust to losing his girl" that it considered "ultra-commercial."[7] John Bush from AllMusic, in his album review of On Top, called the track one of "their biggest and best hits of all time".[2] According to Bill Dahl, author of Motown: The Golden Years, 1966 was a successful year for Four Tops due to the success of "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" and their others singles "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" and "Reach Out I'll Be There".[8] At the time, the single was extremely popular in Boston, where it reached #37 on the "Top Sellers in Top Markets" chart in the aforementioned city.[9]

In the United States, it entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 86 on February 19, 1966.[10] After climbing the chart in that country for several weeks, it reached its peak position at number 18 on March 26; overall, it spent nine consecutive weeks in the ranks of the Billboard Hot 100.[11] It also entered the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (then called simply the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart) in the United States, where it peaked at number 5 and became the group's fifth consecutive top ten entry.[12] On Canada's official singles chart, compiled by RPM, the single debuted at number 66 for the week ending March 21, 1966.[13] The following week on March 28, the single peaked at number 52.[14]

Later usage Edit

Four Tops has included "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" on several of their greatest hits albums and compilation albums over the years. It was placed on their first compilation, The Four Tops Greatest Hits, in 1967, followed by The Four Tops Story 1964-72 (1973), Anthology (1974), Greatest Hits (1988), The Ultimate Collection (1997), and The Definitive Collection (2008).[15] The group would also use the name of the track to title another album, called Shake Me, Wake Me: 25 Greatest Hits 1964-1973 in 1998.[16]

Additionally, the group has performed the song during various occasions throughout the years.[17] More recently, they reunited on March 3, 2017 and performed various singles from their catalog at an event at the Warner Theatre in Torrington, Connecticut. Titled IMPACT 2017, both the Temptations and Four Tops sang during the annual live dance, opera, and gala, with the Four Tops performing "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" as the finale.[18]

Track listings Edit

Charts Edit

Chart performance for "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"
Chart (1966) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[14] 52
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 18
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[12] 5

Barbra Streisand version Edit

"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"
 
Single by Barbra Streisand
from the album Lazy Afternoon
B-side"Widescreen"
ReleasedNovember 12, 1975 (1975-11-12)
RecordedApril 1975
Genre
Length2:55
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
  • Brian Holland
  • Lamont Dozier
  • Eddie Holland
Producer(s)
Barbra Streisand singles chronology
"My Father's Song"
(1975) 		"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"
(1975) 		"Evergreen"
(1976)

Background and recording Edit

American vocalist Barbra Streisand recorded her own version of "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" for her seventeenth studio album, Lazy Afternoon (1975) in April 1975.[19] Different from the original song, producers Jeffrey Lesser and Rupert Holmes gave the song a "disco treatment".[20] Nicky Siano, a disc jockey, began playing the track at The Gallery nightclub in New York City in the fall of 1975. In a handwritten letter by Streisand for Siano, she wrote that the hype generated from playing her cover at the club prompted Columbia Records to release "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" as another single from Lazy Afternoon.[21][22]

In a 1979 Billboard article titled "Everyone's Jumping on Disco Bandwagon", written by columnist Paul Grein, he speculated that singers accustomed to the pop genre were beginning to "releas[e] disco records" and listed Streisand, Andy Williams, and Ethel Merman as a few examples. Following the release of the singer's disco-influenced "The Main Event/Fight" single in 1979, Grein listed both "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" and "Love Breakdown" as Streisand's previous attempts to create dance music.[23]

Streisand released the single in 7" and 12" vinyl formats on November 12, 1975.[24] The United States and Canada version features B-side track "Widescreen", which also appears on Lazy Afternoon.[25] The special edition "Columbia Disco Series" release was sent to dance clubs and features a stereo and mono version of "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)".[26] A promotional release also took place that offered the short and long versions of the track,[27] while the United Kingdom version (which was released on February 20, 1976) is similar to the United States/Canada one but contains the longer cut of the single instead of the album version.[28][29]

Reception Edit

Critics liked Streisand's version of the track. Christopher Nickens and Karen Swenson, authors of The Films of Barbra Streisand, listed both "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" and "Moanin' Low" from Lazy Afternoon as two of the best songs from Streisand's entire career in 2000.[30] Writer Will Hermes was also positive towards it, calling it a "surprisingly soulful cover".[21] Derek Winnert, who wrote a biography on the singer in 1996, claimed that because of songs like "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" and album track "By the Way", the parent album was able to be appealing and thus a popular record.[31] The author of True Colours: A Spectrum of Filipino Gay and Lesbian Online Writings, Nelz Agustin, felt that Streisand's cover was nostalgic and brought him back to the days of his youth.[32] The success of "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" allowed it to enter two of the dance charts compiled by Billboard: it peaked at number 14 on the Dance Club Songs chart and number 10 on the now-defunct Disco Singles chart.[33]

Track listings and formats Edit

Charts Edit

Chart performance for "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"
Chart (1975) Peak
position
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[33] 14
US Disco Singles (Billboard)[33] 10

Carol Lloyd version Edit

"Shake Me, Wake Me"
 
Single by Carol Lloyd
from the album Score
B-side"Sundown to Sunrise"
ReleasedDecember 1979 (1979-12)
Genre
Length2:58
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Brian Holland
  • Lamont Dozier
  • Eddie Holland
Producer(s)
  • Michael Forte
  • Bruce Weeden
Carol Lloyd singles chronology
"Score"
(1979) 		"Shake Me, Wake Me"
(1979) 		"Come See About Me"
(1982)

Background Edit

American singer Carol Lloyd also covered "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" (although she removed the "(When It's Over)" part from the title) and released it in December 1979. It served as the second and final single from her debut studio album, Score (1979); both Casablanca Records and Earmarc Records handled the 7" commercial releases. It was previously used as the B-side for her debut single, "Score", in September 1979.[34]

On Billboard's Top Single Picks for the week of December 22, 1979, the editors listed Lloyd's version as a recommended track under the soul music category.[35] In a review from the same publication, editor Barry Lederer called it the "one exceptional cut" on Score. Classifying it as a disco recording, he also found Lloyd's extended version of "Shake Me, Wake Me" to "make th[e] already popular Streisand classic ever better".[36] The standard edition version, released exclusively in the United States, contained the single and B-side track "Sundown to Sunrise" while the promotional DJ single featured the stereo and mono versions of "Shake Me, Wake Me".[37][38] It peaked at number 89 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart on January 5, 1980.[39]

Track listings Edit

United States 7" single[37]
  • A1 "Shake Me, Wake Me" – 2:58
  • B1 "Sundown to Sunrise" – 2:59
Promotional 7" single[38]
  • A1 "Shake Me, Wake Me (Stereo)" – 2:58
  • B1 "Shake Me, Wake Me (Mono)" – 2:58

Charts Edit

Chart performance for "Shake Me, Wake Me"
Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[39] 89

References Edit

Citations Edit

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Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over is a song recorded by the American quartet Four Tops for their third studio album On Top 1966 It was released in February 1966 as a 7 vinyl single through Motown records It was written and produced by Brian Holland Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland A gospel rock track its lyrics detail a relationship that has ended It has since been regarded as one of Four Tops most successful singles ever It charted moderately well in both the United States and Canada and became the group s fifth consecutive entry to chart within the top five of the Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs chart Four Tops has performed Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over on various occasions throughout their careers and have included it on several greatest hits albums including on The Four Tops Greatest Hits 1967 and The Ultimate Collection 1997 Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over Single by Four Topsfrom the album On TopB side Just as Long as You Need Me ReleasedFebruary 1966RecordedHitsville U S A Studio A January 6 1966GenreSoul popLength2 41LabelMotownSongwriter s Brian HollandLamont DozierEddie HollandProducer s Brian HollandLamont DozierEddie HollandFour Tops singles chronology Something About You 1965 Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over 1966 Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever 1966 American musicians Barbra Streisand and Carol Lloyd also recorded covers of Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over and released them commercially in 1975 and 1979 respectively Included on her seventeenth studio album Lazy Afternoon 1975 Streisand s version was more of a disco song as accomplished by producers Jeffrey Lesser and Rupert Holmes Following the success of the song in a New York City club Columbia Records decided to release the single which would later become a moderate success on two Billboard dance charts in that same year Critically it was highlighted on Lazy Afternoon as a standout track Lloyd s version was recorded for her debut record Score in 1979 it received heavy airplay by disc jockeys and was positively received by Billboard critics Contents 1 Background and release 2 Reception 3 Later usage 4 Track listings 5 Charts 6 Barbra Streisand version 6 1 Background and recording 6 2 Reception 6 3 Track listings and formats 6 4 Charts 7 Carol Lloyd version 7 1 Background 7 2 Track listings 7 3 Charts 8 References 8 1 Citations 8 2 BibliographyBackground and release Edit Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over was released as the lead single from the group s third studio album On Top 1966 in February 1966 1 The album was a combination of current hits and crossover material to attract a larger audience for Four Tops 2 The song was written and produced by Brian Holland Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland who had collaborated with Four Tops on various occasions in the past 2 It is written in the key of C major with the quartet s vocals ranging from G4 to D6 Set in a gospel rock tempo lead singer Levi Stubbs begins stating All through this long and sleepless night I hear my neighbors talking after losing the love of someone else he claims that these people are Saying that out of my life into another s arms You ll soon be walking before entering the chorus 3 The American female group the Andantes provide background vocals for the track alongside the other three Tops 4 5 Motown released Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over as a 7 vinyl single in February 1966 1 The standard edition commercial single features the B side track Just As Long As You Need Me A promotional early version of the 7 single also exists with both the stereo and mono versions of the song 6 Reception Edit Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over was favorably received by music critics Cash Box described the single as a hard driving rhythmic pop blues heart throbber about a guy who can t adjust to losing his girl that it considered ultra commercial 7 John Bush from AllMusic in his album review of On Top called the track one of their biggest and best hits of all time 2 According to Bill Dahl author of Motown The Golden Years 1966 was a successful year for Four Tops due to the success of Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over and their others singles Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever and Reach Out I ll Be There 8 At the time the single was extremely popular in Boston where it reached 37 on the Top Sellers in Top Markets chart in the aforementioned city 9 In the United States it entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 86 on February 19 1966 10 After climbing the chart in that country for several weeks it reached its peak position at number 18 on March 26 overall it spent nine consecutive weeks in the ranks of the Billboard Hot 100 11 It also entered the Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs chart then called simply the Hot Rhythm amp Blues Singles chart in the United States where it peaked at number 5 and became the group s fifth consecutive top ten entry 12 On Canada s official singles chart compiled by RPM the single debuted at number 66 for the week ending March 21 1966 13 The following week on March 28 the single peaked at number 52 14 Later usage EditFour Tops has included Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over on several of their greatest hits albums and compilation albums over the years It was placed on their first compilation The Four Tops Greatest Hits in 1967 followed by The Four Tops Story 1964 72 1973 Anthology 1974 Greatest Hits 1988 The Ultimate Collection 1997 and The Definitive Collection 2008 15 The group would also use the name of the track to title another album called Shake Me Wake Me 25 Greatest Hits 1964 1973 in 1998 16 Additionally the group has performed the song during various occasions throughout the years 17 More recently they reunited on March 3 2017 and performed various singles from their catalog at an event at the Warner Theatre in Torrington Connecticut Titled IMPACT 2017 both the Temptations and Four Tops sang during the annual live dance opera and gala with the Four Tops performing Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over as the finale 18 Track listings EditUnited States and Canada 7 single 1 A1 Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over 2 41 B1 Just As Long As You Need Me 2 59 Promotional 7 single 6 A1 Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over Stereo 2 41 B1 Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over Mono 2 41Charts EditChart performance for Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over Chart 1966 Peak positionCanada Top Singles RPM 14 52US Billboard Hot 100 12 18US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 12 5Barbra Streisand version Edit Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over nbsp Single by Barbra Streisandfrom the album Lazy AfternoonB side Widescreen ReleasedNovember 12 1975 1975 11 12 RecordedApril 1975GenreDiscodanceLength2 55LabelColumbiaSongwriter s Brian HollandLamont DozierEddie HollandProducer s Jeffrey LesserRupert HolmesBarbra Streisand singles chronology My Father s Song 1975 Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over 1975 Evergreen 1976 Background and recording Edit American vocalist Barbra Streisand recorded her own version of Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over for her seventeenth studio album Lazy Afternoon 1975 in April 1975 19 Different from the original song producers Jeffrey Lesser and Rupert Holmes gave the song a disco treatment 20 Nicky Siano a disc jockey began playing the track at The Gallery nightclub in New York City in the fall of 1975 In a handwritten letter by Streisand for Siano she wrote that the hype generated from playing her cover at the club prompted Columbia Records to release Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over as another single from Lazy Afternoon 21 22 In a 1979 Billboard article titled Everyone s Jumping on Disco Bandwagon written by columnist Paul Grein he speculated that singers accustomed to the pop genre were beginning to releas e disco records and listed Streisand Andy Williams and Ethel Merman as a few examples Following the release of the singer s disco influenced The Main Event Fight single in 1979 Grein listed both Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over and Love Breakdown as Streisand s previous attempts to create dance music 23 Streisand released the single in 7 and 12 vinyl formats on November 12 1975 24 The United States and Canada version features B side track Widescreen which also appears on Lazy Afternoon 25 The special edition Columbia Disco Series release was sent to dance clubs and features a stereo and mono version of Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over 26 A promotional release also took place that offered the short and long versions of the track 27 while the United Kingdom version which was released on February 20 1976 is similar to the United States Canada one but contains the longer cut of the single instead of the album version 28 29 Reception Edit Critics liked Streisand s version of the track Christopher Nickens and Karen Swenson authors of The Films of Barbra Streisand listed both Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over and Moanin Low from Lazy Afternoon as two of the best songs from Streisand s entire career in 2000 30 Writer Will Hermes was also positive towards it calling it a surprisingly soulful cover 21 Derek Winnert who wrote a biography on the singer in 1996 claimed that because of songs like Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over and album track By the Way the parent album was able to be appealing and thus a popular record 31 The author of True Colours A Spectrum of Filipino Gay and Lesbian Online Writings Nelz Agustin felt that Streisand s cover was nostalgic and brought him back to the days of his youth 32 The success of Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over allowed it to enter two of the dance charts compiled by Billboard it peaked at number 14 on the Dance Club Songs chart and number 10 on the now defunct Disco Singles chart 33 Track listings and formats Edit United States and Canada 7 single 25 A1 Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over 2 52 B1 Widescreen 3 59Columbia Disco Series 12 single 26 A1 Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over Stereo 4 55 B1 Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over Mono 4 55 Promotional 7 single 27 A1 Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over Short Version 2 52 B1 Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over Long Version 4 55United Kingdom 7 single 28 A1 Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over Long Version 4 55 B1 Widescreen 3 59 Charts Edit Chart performance for Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over Chart 1975 PeakpositionUS Dance Club Songs Billboard 33 14US Disco Singles Billboard 33 10Carol Lloyd version Edit Shake Me Wake Me nbsp Single by Carol Lloydfrom the album ScoreB side Sundown to Sunrise ReleasedDecember 1979 1979 12 GenreDiscosoulLength2 58LabelCasablancaEarmarcSongwriter s Brian HollandLamont DozierEddie HollandProducer s Michael ForteBruce WeedenCarol Lloyd singles chronology Score 1979 Shake Me Wake Me 1979 Come See About Me 1982 Background Edit American singer Carol Lloyd also covered Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over although she removed the When It s Over part from the title and released it in December 1979 It served as the second and final single from her debut studio album Score 1979 both Casablanca Records and Earmarc Records handled the 7 commercial releases It was previously used as the B side for her debut single Score in September 1979 34 On Billboard s Top Single Picks for the week of December 22 1979 the editors listed Lloyd s version as a recommended track under the soul music category 35 In a review from the same publication editor Barry Lederer called it the one exceptional cut on Score Classifying it as a disco recording he also found Lloyd s extended version of Shake Me Wake Me to make th e already popular Streisand classic ever better 36 The standard edition version released exclusively in the United States contained the single and B side track Sundown to Sunrise while the promotional DJ single featured the stereo and mono versions of Shake Me Wake Me 37 38 It peaked at number 89 on Billboard s Dance Club Songs chart on January 5 1980 39 Track listings Edit United States 7 single 37 A1 Shake Me Wake Me 2 58 B1 Sundown to Sunrise 2 59Promotional 7 single 38 A1 Shake Me Wake Me Stereo 2 58 B1 Shake Me Wake Me Mono 2 58Charts Edit Chart performance for Shake Me Wake Me Chart 1980 PeakpositionUS 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