Shock (The Motels song)
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| "Shock" | ||||
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| Single by The Motels | ||||
| from the album Shock | ||||
| B-side | "In the Jungle (Concrete Jungle)" | |||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Length | 4:09 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Richie Zito | |||
| The Motels singles chronology | ||||
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"Shock" is a song by American new wave band The Motels, released in 1985 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Shock. The song was written by Martha Davis and Scott Thurston, and produced by Richie Zito. "Shock" peaked at number 84 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[1]
The song's music video was directed by David Fincher.[2] It achieved light rotation on MTV.[3]
Critical reception
On its release, Billboard noted the "clean, sharp dance sound, with Davis squarely out front".[4] Cash Box described it as a "heavily percussive cut" which "has all the raw urgency and dynamic tension [of] this band's uptempo tunes".[5] In a review of Shock, J. A. White of The Morning Call considered it to have "a basic, hard Pat Benatar-like sound with some Michael Jackson touches and oriental synth-funk embellishments here and there".[6]