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Shakedown (Bob Seger song)
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"Shakedown" is a 1987 single by Bob Seger, that is from the soundtrack of the film Beverly Hills Cop II. The music was written by Harold Faltermeyer, who wrote the score for the film, and Keith Forsey, and the lyrics by Seger.
Supposedly the song had originally been destined for Glenn Frey, Seger's old Detroit friend who had a big hit with "The Heat Is On" out of the original Beverly Hills Cop, but Frey was either sick or unavailable, so Seger got the nod.[citation needed]
Its music video featured scenes from the film intercut with Seger and the band performing it, with some members approaching glam metal moves. Regardless of all this, "Shakedown" became a number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, Seger's only such top mark singles-wise.
| Preceded by "Alone" by Heart |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single August 1, 1987 |
Succeeded by "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2 |
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| Bob Seger • Dawayne Bailey • Don Brewer • Craig Frost • Chris Campbell • Alto Reed Drew Abbott • Charlie Allen Martin • Dave Teegarden • Rick Mannassa • Robyn Robbins |
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| Studio albums | Night Moves • Stranger in Town • Against the Wind • The Distance • Like a Rock • The Fire Inside • It's a Mystery • Face the Promise |
| Live albums | 'Live' Bullet • Nine Tonight |
| Compilations | The Bob Seger Collection • Greatest Hits • Greatest Hits 2 |
| As The Bob Seger System | Ramblin' Gamblin' Man • Noah • Mongrel |
| Bob Seger "solo" albums | Brand New Morning • Smokin' O.P.'s • Back in '72 • Seven • Beautiful Loser |
| Songs | "Turn the Page" • "Nutbush City Limits" • "Night Moves" • "We've Got Tonight" • "Old Time Rock and Roll" • "Fire Lake" • "Against the Wind" • "Shame on the Moon" • "Roll Me Away" • "Fortunate Son" • "Like a Rock" • "Shakedown" |
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