Shakedown (Bob Seger song) Shakedown (Bob Seger song) "Shakedown" is a song recorded by Bob Seger, from the soundtrack of the film "Beverly Hills Cop II". The music was written by Harold Faltermeyer, who also wrote the score for the film, and Keith Forsey, with lyrics by Seger. The song became a number-one hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100, Seger's only such top mark singles-wise, as well as the Album Rock Tracks chart, where it became his second number-one hit, spending four weeks at the top. In Canada, it went to number one as well, topping the "RPM 100" national singles chart on August
Shakedown Street (song) was from time to time the band's opening song. When performed live, the band tended to extend the song's ending with instrumental jamming. In 1979 "Shakedown Street", along with the rest of the album, hit a peak of 41 on the Billboard top 200 chart; as a standalone single, the song failed to chart. In 2013, the song was featured in "The Simpsons" episode "Homerland". After the song's success, many Grateful Dead followers, or Deadheads, used the name for the vending areas outside of Grateful Dead concerts during the ‘80s and ‘90s. These vending areas were a place to purchase