Move This
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| Single by Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K | ||||
| from the album The Greatest Hits | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
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"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
[edit]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
[edit]| Chart (1992–1993) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[6] | 67 |
| Canada (RPM) | 30 |
| Quebec (ADISQ)[7] | 21 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[8] | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Flick, Larry (1992-06-13). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ a b Valois, Diana (1990-01-13). "Records". p. A66. The Morning Call.
- ^ McAleer, Dave (2004). Hit singles: top 20 charts from 1954 to the present day. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 459. ISBN 0879308087.
- ^ Stopera, Matt; Galindo, Brian (2017-03-11). "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ Sumrall, Harry (1989-12-22). "Strummer is all sound and fury". Knight Ridder. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 276.
- ^ "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.
- ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
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