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Move This

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"Move This"
Single by Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K
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 featuring Ya Kid K 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

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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

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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

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  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