Shake You Down - Wikipedia Shake You Down `` Shake You Down '' Single by Gregory Abbott from the album Shake You Down Released September 29, 1986 Format Vinyl record ( 7 `` ) Recorded CBS ( 1986 ) Genre R&B, Pop Length 4 : 04 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Gregory Abbott Producer ( s ) Gregory Abbott Gregory Abbott singles chronology `` Shake You Down '' ( 1986 ) `` I Got the Feelin ' ( It 's Over ) '' ( 1987 ) `` Shake You Down '' ( 1986 ) `` I Got the Feelin ' ( It 's Over ) '' ( 1987 ) `` Shake You Down '' is a song by American R&B artist, writer and producer Gregory Abbott. It was released in September 1986 as the lead single from his debut album. It became Abbott 's biggest hit and was certified platinum by the RIAA. Abbott went on the chart with several other songs as well. The track is also featured in the 2007 film Are We Done Yet ? Contents 1 Origin 2 Composition 3 Music video 4 Chart performance 4.1 Charts 4.2 Year - end charts 5 References 6 External links Origin Gregory Abbott wrote the song along with over thirty others before striking a record deal with CBS. He recorded a demo tape and chose the best three. Composition According to Billboard, the song is about sex. Music video Dominic Sena of Propaganda Films came up with the idea of the scrolling effect on the music video. It is recorded as a single image on a photographic film. There is also another music video recorded in Rio de Janeiro, especially for the Brazilian TV show Fantástico. Chart performance `` Shake You Down '' was released as the first single from Gregory Abbott. It went to number one on the black singles chart in October 1986, and on January 17, 1987, it reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1987. It was a hit across the Atlantic Ocean, as well, peaking at number six in the UK Singles Chart ( spending a total of 13 weeks on that chart from 22 November 1986 ). It was not intended as the original single to promote the album, as `` I Got the Feeling '' was scheduled to be the first single. It was postponed as the follow - up, peaking at # 56. Charts Chart ( 1986 -- 1987 ) Peak position Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 18 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 7 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) 13 Ireland ( IRMA ) 5 Italy ( FIMI ) 55 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Spain ( AFYVE ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 15 UK Singles ( The Official Charts Company ) 6 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Singles Sales 13 Year - end charts Chart ( 1987 ) Position US Billboard Hot 100 References Jump up ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Gregory Abbott, accessed 2009 - 07 - 10 Jump up ^ M. Tye Comer, Mariel Concepcion, Monica Herrera, Jessica Letkemann, Evie Nagy and David J. Prince ( February 11, 2010 ). `` The 50 Sexiest Songs Of All Time ''. Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2016. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Jump up ^ music video in MyVideo.de Jump up ^ Billboard Year - End Hot 100 singles of 1987 Jump up ^ Guinness British Hit Singles ( 13th ed. ), London, UK : Guinness World Records Ltd, 2000, p. 69, ISBN 0 - 85112 - 111 - X Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- Gregory Abbott -- Shake You Down '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Gregory Abbott -- Shake You Down '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Jump up ^ Canadian peak Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- Gregory Abbott Single - Chartverfolgung '' ( in German ). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts - All there is to know ''. Retrieved 14 February 2008. Jump up ^ `` Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete : A ''. Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- Gregory Abbott search results '' ( in Dutch ) Dutch Top 40. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Gregory Abbott -- Shake You Down ''. Top 40 Singles. Jump up ^ Salaverri, Fernando ( September 2005 ). Sólo éxitos : año a año, 1959 -- 2002 ( 1st ed. ). Spain : Fundación Autor - SGAE. ISBN 84 - 8048 - 639 - 2. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- Gregory Abbott -- Shake You Down ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits for 1987 ''. The Longbored Surfer. Retrieved 13 July 2014. External links Gregory Abbott at Allmusic Preceded by `` Word Up ! '' by Cameo Billboard Hot Black Singles number - one single October 25, 1986 -- November 1, 1986 Succeeded by `` A Little Bit More '' by Melba Moore with Freddie Jackson Preceded by `` Walk Like an Egyptian '' by The Bangles Billboard Hot 100 number - one single January 17, 1987 Succeeded by `` At This Moment '' by Billy Vera & the Beaters This 1980s single - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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Question: who sang i want to shake you down
Answer: Gregory Abbott