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"
Released13 August 1983
Recorded1983
StudioPolar Music Studios (Stockholm)
Genre
Length4:22 (album version)
3:15 (AOR remix/US single edit)
3:54 (D.J. version)
LabelPolar
SongwriterRuss Ballard
ProducerMike Chapman
Agnetha Fältskog singles chronology
"Wrap Your Arms Around Me"
(1983)
"Can't Shake Loose"
(1983)
"It's So Nice to Be Rich"
(1984)
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 (1983). The song was written by Russ Ballard, who also wrote the successful "I Know There's Something Going On" for Faltskog's ABBA colleague Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida). It was released as Faltskog's debut single on 13 August 1983 in the United States, by Polydor Records, and 7 October internationally through Polar Music as the album's third single.

"Can't Shake Loose" proved received generally positive reviews from music critics and radio programmers, highlighting it to become a worldwide hit. It was successful on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 29, making it her only Top 40 hit in that country, additionally peaking at number 23 in Canada. As usual, Fältskog did only limited promotion, although she appeared on American television in August to promote her single. In the UK and Australia, however, the track charted modestly, both reaching number 63 and 76, respectively.