Can't Shake Loose

"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"
Released	13 August 1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Europop, pop
Length	4:22 (album version); 3:15 (AOR remix/US single edit); 3:54 (D.J. version)
Label	Polar Music
Songwriter(s)	Russ Ballard
Producer(s)	Mike Chapman
Agnetha Fältskog singles chronology
Music video
	"Can't Shake Loose" on YouTube
Music video
	"Can’t Shake Loose (D.J. Version)" on YouTube
Alternative cover
	US picture sleeve

"Can't Shake Loose" is a song by Swedish singer Agnetha Fältskog from her seventh studio (and first english) album, Wrap Your Arms Around Me. It was her debut single released on 13 August 1983 in the United States, by Polydor Records, and 7 October internationally through Polar Music as the album's third single.^[1] 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 40 at number twenty nine in November 1983, making it her only Top 40 song in that country.^[2] 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.^[3] In the UK and Australia, however, the track proved unsuccessful, reaching No. 63^[4] 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)^[5]	76
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[6]	24
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[7]	23
France (SNEP)^[8]	42
UK Singles (OCC)^[9]	63
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	29

Release history

Release formats for *Can't Shake Loose*
Region	Date	Label	Format	Ref.
US	13 August 1983	Polydor	7-inch vinyl 12-inch vinyl	^[11]
Various	7 October 1983	Polar	7-inch vinyl	^[12]
UK		Epic	7-inch vinyl picture disc	^[13]
Japan		Discomate	7-inch vinyl	^[12]
Australia		RCA Victor	7-inch vinyl	^[12]

References

^ "Agnetha Fältskog – Can't Shake Loose". Ultratop. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
^ Agnetha Fältskog - Chart history | Billboard Archived 2018-05-16 at the Wayback Machine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved in January 6, 2016
^ "Top Singles - Volume 39, No. 11". RPM Canada. November 12, 1983. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
^ "Official Charts Company" Agnetha Fältskog". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Agnetha Fältskog – Can't Shake Loose" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4365." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
^ "France". Home.zipworld.com.au. 2013-07-13. Archived from the original on 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
^ "Agnetha Fältskog Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
^ Slater, Andrew (1 September 1983). "After ABBA: Conquering the New World with pop". USA Today. p. 30. Retrieved 5 February 2025 – via newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Agnetha Fältskog - Can't Shake Loose". Ultratop. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
^ "Music Week Magazine 1983-10-01" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. Music Week. 1 October 1983. p. 24. Retrieved 12 February 2025.

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[1] "Agnetha Fältskog – Can't Shake Loose". Ultratop. Retrieved 5 February 2025.

[2] Agnetha Fältskog - Chart history | Billboard Archived 2018-05-16 at the Wayback Machine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved in January 6, 2016

[3] "Top Singles - Volume 39, No. 11". RPM Canada. November 12, 1983. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2016.

[uk-4] "Official Charts Company" Agnetha Fältskog". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 6, 2016.

[auchart-5] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[sc_Flanders_Agnetha_Fältskog-6] "Agnetha Fältskog – Can't Shake Loose" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved March 22, 2016.

[sc_Canadatopsingles_Agnetha_Fältskog-7] "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4365." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2016.

[8] "France". Home.zipworld.com.au. 2013-07-13. Archived from the original on 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2014-05-23.

[sc_UK_Agnetha_Fältskog-9] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 26, 2013.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Agnetha_Fältskog-10] "Agnetha Fältskog Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

[11] Slater, Andrew (1 September 1983). "After ABBA: Conquering the New World with pop". USA Today. p. 30. Retrieved 5 February 2025 – via newspapers.com.

[Ultratop-12] "Agnetha Fältskog - Can't Shake Loose". Ultratop. Retrieved 12 February 2025.

[13] "Music Week Magazine 1983-10-01" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. Music Week. 1 October 1983. p. 24. Retrieved 12 February 2025.

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Swedish albums	Agnetha Fältskog (1968) Agnetha Fältskog vol. 2 (1969) Som jag är (1970) När en vacker tanke blir en sång (1971) Elva kvinnor i ett hus (1975) Nu tändas tusen juleljus (with Linda Ulvaeus, 1981) Kom följ med i vår karusell (with Christian Ulvaeus, 1987)
English albums	Wrap Your Arms Around Me (1983) Eyes of a Woman (1985) I Stand Alone (1987) My Colouring Book (2004) A (2013)
Compilation albums	Agnetha Fältskogs bästa (1973) Tio år med Agnetha (1979) Teamtoppen 1 (1985) Sjung denna sång (1986) Agnetha Collection (1986) Agnetha & Frida: The Voice of ABBA (1994) Geh' Mit Gott (1994) My Love, My Life (1996) Agnetha Fältskogs svensktoppar (1998) That's Me (1998) De första åren (2004) My Very Best (2008)
Swedish singles	"Om tårar vore guld"/ "Golliwog" "Dom har glömt" "SOS" "När du tar mig i din famn"
English singles	"Never Again" "The Heat Is On" "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" "Can't Shake Loose" "It's So Nice To Be Rich" "I Won't Let You Go" "One Way Love" "The Way You Are" "The Last Time" "I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye)" "Let It Shine" "The Queen of Hearts" "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" "When You Walk in the Room" "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" "The One Who Loves You Now" "When You Really Loved Someone" "Dance Your Pain Away" "I Should've Followed You Home" "Where Do We Go from Here?"
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