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Gloriana - Can't Shake You

Can't Shake You is the title of a song by the American country music group Gloriana.

It was released in September 2012 as the third single and final single from their album A Thousand Miles Left Behind. Group member Tom Gossin co-wrote it with James T. Slater and Stephanie Bentley.

"Can't Shake You" is a midtempo ballad about a male who, despite breaking up, cannot "shake" the memory of a former lover.

The lyric features the male's perspective on the first verse, which is sung by Tom Gossin, and a female perspective sung by Rachel Reinert on the second.

Co-writer James T. Slater said that he had the song's piano intro for nearly a year before collaborating with Stephanie Bentley and Tom Gossin. He told Taste of Country that the song's idea came after recalling that an ex-girlfriend still had possessions left at his house from two years prior.

Music video

TK McKamy directed the song's music video, which was filmed at Silverado's bar in Nashville.

The lyrics:

I still change the station

Every time they play that song

Can't drive past your house

So I take the long way home

Your black leather jacket

Still hangin' in my closet

I wish that I could give it away

Oh even though you're gone, somehow you stay

[Chorus:]

And every other time a love said goodbye

I just shake it off, shake it off

Pour another drink so I don't feel a thing

I just shake it off, break it off

Erased all your numbers, blocked all your calls

Tried another lover, built up my walls

Told myself it's over, don't know what else I can do

I can't shake you

I didn't wanna be here

But my friends all love this bar

I don't wanna see you

But I'm wondering where you are

And why am I still keepin'

The shirt you used to sleep in?

It's been sittin' there for over a year

Oh even though you left me you're still here

[Chorus]

I can't shake you

No matter how hard I try

I can't shake you

I can't shake you

And I don't know why