Released February 1975 Genre Soul Label Gordy | Recorded 1974 at Hitsville USA Length 3:11 | |
Writer(s) Jeffrey Bowen
Alphonso Boyd
Eddie Hazel | ||
"Shakey Ground" is a 1975 R&B single by The Temptations. It was co-written by Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel, who plays lead guitar on the song. Original Funkadelic bassist Billy "Bass" Nelson also plays on the song. The song is the last by the group to reach the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart: the song also crossed over to the pop chart, reaching number twenty-six on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song was also covered by Phoebe Snow, Van McCoy, Delbert McClinton, Etta James on her 1989 album Seven Year Itch and many other singers. Fishbone covered this song on their 2000 album Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx. Aerosmith announced in May 2012 that they are covering the song on their upcoming album Music from Another Dimension!, on which it ended up a Japan bonus track. Jam band, Max Creek has been covering the song since the 1980s and continues to do so today.