"Shake Your Hips" (sometimes known as "Hip Shake") is a song written
by Louisiana bluesman Slim Harpo. Excello Records released it as a
single in June 1966 and in October, the song became the lead track
Slim Harpo's 1966 album Baby Scratch My Back, which was a
long-term release in Excello's catalogue.
The Rolling Stones recorded the song for their album Exile on Main St.
It was Mick Jagger's idea to record it for the album. The Stones
recorded this in London, but reworked it at Keith Richards' villa
in the South of France, where the band was staying on their "exile."
It was recorded to sound like a '50s record.
Exile on Main St. was released on 12 May 1972 as a double album by
Rolling Stones Records. It was the band's first double album and
the band's tenth studio album released in the UK, as well as their
twelfth American album. Exile on Main St. was an immediate commercial
success, reaching #1 worldwide just as the band embarked on their
celebrated 1972 American Tour. Their first American tour in three
years, it featured many songs from the new album.
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