You Shook Me – English Lyrics

• By: Led Zeppelin
• Album: Led Zeppelin I

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into 'You Shook Me' to explore the roots of classic rock vocabulary. This song is an excellent study in idiomatic English, specifically emotional metaphors and blues terminology, set against the backdrop of British rock history.

[English]

You know you shook me

You shook me all night long.

You know you shook me, baby

You shook me all night long.

You shook me so hard baby

Baby, baby, please come home.

I have a bird that whistles

And I have birds that sing.

I have a bird that whistles

And I have birds that sing.

I have a baby, won't do nothing oh!

Oh, oh, buy a diamond ring.

You know you shook me, baby

You shook me all night long.

I know you really, really, did baby.

I said you shook me, baby.

You shook me all night long.

You shook me so hard, baby.

You shook me all night long

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
shake /ʃeɪk/ A2	verb - to move or vibrate; to shock emotionally
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
hard /hɑːrd/ A2	adjective - with great force or intensity
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives
bird /bɜːrd/ A1	noun - a creature with feathers and wings
whistle /ˈwɪsəl/ B1	verb - to make a high-pitched sound with breath
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - to make musical sounds with the voice
diamond /ˈdaɪəmənd/ A2	noun - a precious gemstone
ring /rɪŋ/ A1	noun - a circular band worn on a finger
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1	noun - an infant or a term of endearment

Key Grammar Structures

• You shook me all night long.

  ➔ Simple Past Tense

  ➔ "Shook" is the irregular past form of "shake", describing a completed action in the past.

• I have a bird that whistles.

  ➔ Defining Relative Clause

  ➔ "That" introduces the clause defining which "bird" the speaker is referring to.

• I have a baby, won't do nothing.

  ➔ Double Negative (Colloquialism)

  ➔ In standard English, "won't do nothing" is a double negative used for emphasis, common in blues lyrics.

• I know you really, really, did baby.

  ➔ Emphatic Auxiliary Verb

  ➔ "Did" is used here to emphasize the past action of "shook", confirming it happened.