Shake Your Body Down to the Ground (Radio One Live Lounge) - Justin Timberlake - MP3 instrumental karaoke

"Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" is a song by The Jackson 5, included in their 1978 album, Destiny. Written by Randy and Michael Jackson, the track's rhythmic pattern was modeled after Teddy Pendergrass's "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose" and its chorus drew inspiration from the ad-libs on Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up." One of the band's most successful recordings for Epic, "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" reached Number 3 on the Cash Box charts and Number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Thanks to its energetic rhythm section and hooky vocal melody, the song became a staple of The Jackson 5's live repertoire. It was also the last song the group performed before Michael Jackson's unexpected passing in 2009. A few years later, American singer Justin Timberlake, who always cited Michael Jackson as one of his biggest influences, paid tribute to the late singer with a high-octane live version of the track on BBC 1's Radio One Live Lounge.