Shakin' All Over
Written by: Johnny Kidd
Originally recorded by: Johnny Kidd and the Pirates


When you move right up close to me
That's when I get shakes all over me

Quivers down my backbone
I got the shakes in my kneebone
I got the shakes in my thigh bone
Shakin' all over

When you move and say goodnight to me
That's when I get shakes all over me


When you move right up close to me
That's when I get shakes all over me

Quivers down my backbone
I got the shakes in my kneebone
I got the shakes in my thigh bone
Shakin' all over

When you move and say goodnight to me
That's when I get shakes all over me 

DOCUMENTATION

It began as a lad's joke - one of the band saw a girl he fancied, "she gives me quivers in me membranes" he would tell the rest. It began as a riff and a baseline jabbed out in thirty minutes. It began as a B-Side. The marvel of pop (and the reason a biographical approach seems so lacking sometimes) is how circumstances as drab as these produce wonders.

This song was covered by Billy Idol,  Led Zeppelin and Suzi Quatro

Rick performed this song live at Soaring Eagle Casino on 11/17/00