Move This

"Move This"
Single by Technotronic
from the album The Greatest Hits
Released1992
Genre
Length
  • 5:19 (album version - cold end)
  • 5:02 (album version - fade)
  • 3:45 (Bogaert’s 7” remix)
  • 3:40 (hit mix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Manuela Kamosi
  • Jo Bogaert
Technotronic singles chronology
"Money Makes the World Go Round"
(1991) 		"Move This"
(1992) 		"Hey Yoh, Here We Go"
(1993)
Music video
"Move This" on YouTube

"Move This" is a song by Belgian electronic music project Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K. Recorded in 1989 and appearing on Technotronic's debut album, Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989), the song was re-recorded and included on The Greatest Hits (1993). It peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming their 3rd and last top-10 hit.[3] "Move This" is featured in the motion picture Let's Go to Prison, starring Will Arnett and Dax Shepard, and the King of the Hill episode "Dances with Dogs".

Critical reception

In 1992, Larry Flick from Billboard magazine noted that the "pop-juiced hip-houser" was first heard on Technotronic's Pump Up the Jam album in 1989. He wrote, "Resurrection via a Revlon TV commercial has sparked heavy pop radio interest. Ya Kid K's rhymes are appropriately cute'n'clever, and the beats and melody are strong enough to withstand heavy competition."[1] BuzzFeed ranked it number 35 in their list of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s" in 2017.[4] Harry Sumrall from Knight Ridder felt it has "the female-group sound of the '60s with a house update".[5] Diana Valois from The Morning Call described it as "a sunny blend of subtle African world beat and house music".[2]

Charts

Chart performance for "Move This"
Chart (1992–1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 67
Canada (RPM) 30
Quebec (ADISQ)[7] 21
US Billboard Hot 100 6
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[8] 1

References

  1. ^ a b Flick, Larry (1992-06-13). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  2. ^ a b Valois, Diana (1990-01-13). "Records". p. A66. The Morning Call.
  3. ^ McAleer, Dave (2004). Hit singles: top 20 charts from 1954 to the present day. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 459. ISBN 0879308087.
  4. ^ Stopera, Matt; Galindo, Brian (2017-03-11). "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  5. ^ Sumrall, Harry (1989-12-22). "Strummer is all sound and fury". Knight Ridder. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  6. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 276.
  7. ^ "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (PDF) (in French). BAnQ. 1992-08-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  8. ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
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