Shake It
Ian Matthews
1979
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Ian Matthews
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Ian Matthews, also billed as Iain Matthews, is a British singer and songwriter whose career connects folk, country and pop. Work with Fairport Convention and Matthews' Southern Comfort preceded an extensive solo catalog. Stealin' Home included Shake It, while other periods explored power pop and synthesizer-based arrangements alongside his continuing roots-oriented music.
Artist background sources
AllMusic - Iain Matthews biography
Biography read for Ian/Iain billing, separate groups and solo identity, musical range and Stealin Home. No wholesale group-to-solo credit mapping. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Shake It by Ian Matthews appears at number 73 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1979. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1979 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
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Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
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Billboard year-end 1979 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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