Can't Shake Loose

"Can't Shake Loose"
Picture sleeve for European releases
Single by Agnetha Fältskog
from the album Wrap Your Arms Around Me
B-side"To Love"
Released1983
Recorded1983
GenreEuropop, pop
Length4:22 (album version)
3:15 (AOR remix/US single edit)
3:54 (D.J. version)
LabelPolar Music
Songwriter(s)Russ Ballard
Producer(s)Mike Chapman
Agnetha Fältskog singles chronology
"Wrap Your Arms Around Me"
(1983) 		"Can't Shake Loose"
(1983) 		"It's So Nice to Be Rich"
(1984)
Music video
"Can’t Shake Loose (D.J. Version)" on YouTube

"Can't Shake Loose" is a 1983 song from Agnetha Fältskog's solo album, Wrap Your Arms Around Me. It was the third single release in Europe and the first to be issued in the United States and Canada.

The song was written by Russ Ballard, who also wrote the successful "I Know There's Something Going On" for Agnetha's ABBA colleague Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida).

"Can't Shake Loose" proved rather successful on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it broke into the Top 30 at No. 29 in November 1983, making it her only Top 40 song in that country.[1] As usual, Fältskog did only limited promotion, although she appeared on American television in August 1983. "Can't Shake Loose" also performed well in Canada, where it reached No. 23.[2] In the UK and Australia, however, the track proved unsuccessful, reaching No. 63[3] and No. 76, respectively.

Music video

Agnetha filmed a promotional video for the track, in which she portrayed a worried and nervous girlfriend of a rich and powerful man, played by Mikael Rickfors. She also drove a Porsche in the clip. The video is unusual for the time as Agnetha does not mime the lyrics to the song during the clip, with the exception of the "I don't want to stay here" bridge.

Chart positions

Chart (1983) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 76
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 24
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 23
France (SNEP)[7] 42
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 63
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 29

References

  1. ^ Agnetha Fältskog - Chart history | Billboard Archived 2018-05-16 at the Wayback Machine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved in January 6, 2016
  2. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 39, No. 11". RPM Canada. November 12, 1983. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Official Charts Company" Agnetha Fältskog". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Agnetha Fältskog – Can't Shake Loose" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4365." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  7. ^ "France". Home.zipworld.com.au. 2013-07-13. Archived from the original on 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  9. ^ "Agnetha Fältskog Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2014.


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