Shake It Off

"Shake It Off" is a single by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, the third from her fourteenth album, The Emancipation of Mimi. The single was co-written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan Michael Cox, and Johnta Austin and was co-produced by Carey, Dupri, and Cox. In the song, Carey leaves a message on her boyfriend's answering machine announcing that she is leaving him as she packs her Louis Vuitton and diamonds. She compares herself to a Calgon commercial and declares, "I gotta shake it off, cause the loving ain't the same..."

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Single - Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi - Jermaine Dupri - Bryan Michael Cox - Johnta Austin - Answering machine - Louis Vuitton - Calgon

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Released in 2005 (see 2005 in music), the single has reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Carey's twenty-seventh top-ten single in the U.S. For weeks, Billboard and a panel of chart experts had expected the song to replace Carey's previous single, "We Belong Together", at the number one position, which would have made her the first female artist to replace herself at the top of the chart. However, Kanye West's "Gold Digger" replaced "We Belong Together" instead, preventing Carey from setting the record.

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2005 - 2005 in music - Billboard Hot 100 - Billboard - We Belong Together - Kanye West - Gold Digger

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