Shakedown (Bob Seger song) After the song went to number one, Frey called to congratulate Seger, saying "At least we kept the money in Michigan!" The music video featured scenes from the film intercut with Seger and the band performing it. 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
Shakedown Street (song) the band more. If we were working on a song and he didn't feel it was going right, he'd just grab a guitar and come into the studio and show us how he felt it. That was one of the ways he'd communicate, and it worked great. I had a tremendous amount of respect for him. Despite the album’s overall criticism the song "Shakedown Street" would eventually go on to have its own success. "Shakedown Street" was one of three songs composed by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter on the album to be added to the band's live songbook, and