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
A Place with No Name reported that Jackson and America shared a manager—believed to be Jim Morey—in the late 1980s and late 1990s. Jackson's version of "A Place with No Name" is not the first song by a member of the musical Jackson family to sample the work of America. Janet Jackson's hit "Someone to Call My Lover" — from the 2001 album "All for You" — samples "Ventura Highway", a song from America's 1972 "Homecoming" album. According to Dr. Freeze, the version of "A Place with No Name" that leaked is the final version Michael heard and approved in 2008, which is credited as