Shake It Up Şekerim

Infobox Single
Name = Shake It Up Şekerim


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Kenan Doğulu
from Album = 7.5
A-side =
B-side =
Released = flagicon|Turkey 20 April, 2007 (CD-single)
Format = Digital download, CD-single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop, Dance
Length = 3:01
Label = DMC
Writer = Kenan Doğulu
Producer = Kenan Doğulu, Ozan Doğulu
Certification =
Last single =
This single =
Next single = Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Turkey Shake It Up Şekerim


caption =
language = English
as =
with =
year = 2007
country = Turkey
composer =
lyricist =
place = 4
points = 163
place_semi = 3
points_semi = 198
lyrics =
clip =
prev = Süper Star
prev_link = Süper Star
next = Deli
next_link = Deli (song)

Shake it up Şekerim, (Shake it up, sweetheart) "Shekerim" (pronounced|ʃɛkɛˈɾim), is the Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, held in Helsinki 2007. It placed 4th, with 163 points.

The artist, Kenan Doğulu, is recognised as a pop icon in Turkey, and had produced the hit song "Çakkıdı" in 2006. He had submitted three songs to the Eurovision song contest 2007, out of which "Shekerim" was chosen.

Chorus And Lyrics

"Shekerim" has a hip hop melody resembling that of "Çakkıdı". An electric guitar bass line can be heard as an introduction. The song then blends in with Anatolian music with the indigenous Saz instrument popular among Balkan and neighbours of Turkey including Armenia, Greece, Azerbaijan and Iran. The chorus then starts, whilst the song pauses at about the mid point, traditional Turkish music similar to the Horon dancers is heard.

Charts

External links

* [http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkish Top 20 Chart]