Body Shake

The track was composed by William Alexander Smith aka T. C. Curtis. Smith co-produced it with Al Williams.^[1][2]

The song appears on the various artists compilation, The Best Of British Jazz-Funk Volume 2.^[3][4]

It was released in the United States and Canada on the Quality and RFC labels, and a brief review in the United States music trade magazine, Record World by Brian Chin in his Disco File column. He referred to it as a bright hyper-electronic number. He noted the length and the few changes of both the vocal and instrumental versions. He also said it was "fast and punchy, like a new, poppier "War Dance".^[5]

The April 3, 1982 issue of Billboard showed that "Body Shake" was an add-on to the playlist of WKTU-FM in New York City.^[6] On the week of April 10, 1982, James Hamilton reported that "Body Shake" was getting played in the United States on New York urban contemporary radio.^[7]

The record made its debut at no. 14 on the Record Business Twelve Inchers chart on the week of January 11.^[8] Also that week, it was on its fourth week in the magazine's Disco Top 50 chart. It had moved up from no. 45 to no. 23.^[9] On the week of February 1, and at week seven, it was at the peak position of no. 16.^[10][11] It spent a total of eleven weeks in the Disco Top 50 chart.^[12]