Metro Station's song "Shake It" is about sex, despite its catchy pop sound that many initially thought was about dancing. The lyrics contain suggestive references to intimate moments, such as "We're on the bed but your clothes are laying right there" and "Your body's shaking, tell me off so I can turn off the lights," indicating a bedroom setting rather than a dance floor. The chorus invites a partner to "shake it" in a sexual context, making it clear that the song is about physical intimacy
. Though the song was widely perceived as a fun, innocent pop-rock track, the band members have acknowledged its more sanitized, middle-school-friendly approach to a sexual theme. The lyrics use double entendres and awkward phrasing to keep the content relatively clean, making it a sort of "sex song for kids," as described by one commentator
. In summary, "Shake It" by Metro Station is a pop song with underlying sexual themes, cleverly disguised in a way that many listeners missed when it was first released in 2007-2008
