Okay, guilty pleasure admission time.  I’m a pretty big fan and regular watcher of the show “Shake it Up” on Disney channel.  Like, I DVR it.  Cause Rocky and CeCe are HILARIOUS :-D 

So anyway, Shake it Up is also the name of the “show within a show” that Rocky and CeCe dance on.  Every episode there’s like a dancer or dance group and they dance to music that was extremely catchy (in the Disney pop kinda way) but that I couldn’t find.

How was this possible?  I mean, the songs seemed pretty well produced and such - like more than just throwaway filler for an episode.  But I couldn’t find them anywhere!  I even found song titles and artists in the credits and it got me thinking…why go through all that trouble recording a song (with some recognizable names…well recognizable to ME), titling it and just throwing it away as a 30-second snippet on a show within a show?

I should have known Disney thinks deeper than that :-)  Enter Shake it Up: Break it Down!  The soundtrack to Shake it Up featuring (you guessed it) a ton of the songs featured in previous episodes.  

Dance/pop that’s contemporary yet family-friendly?  Yes, please :-D

Favorite songs: “We Still Here”, “Our Generation”, “Dance for Life”, “Bling Bling”

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/shake-it-up-break-it-down/id443003713

Awwww….iTunes :-)

My Genius Mix decided to play “So Yesterday” by Hilary Duff.  And memories of my first year teaching, hanging out with one of my homeroom kids after school listening to Radio Disney and playing games on the web.

Good times :-)

I wonder if he remembers?