Don't Stop Movin' (S Club 7 song)

"Don't Stop Movin'" is a song by British pop group S Club 7, released on 23 April 2001 as the lead single from their third studio album, Sunshine (2001). The song was written by the group, along with their regular songwriter Simon Ellis, together with Sheppard Solomon. Solomon had worked on hits in the 1990s by Eternal and Michelle Gayle. The disco-oriented song features lead vocals by Bradley McIntosh and Jo O'Meara.^{[1][better source needed]}

"Don't Stop Movin'"
Single by S Club 7
from the album Sunshine
B-side	"Right Guy" "Lately"
Released	23 April 2001 (2001-04-23)
Length	3:53
Label	Polydor 19
Songwriter(s)	Simon Ellis Sheppard Solomon S Club 7
Producer(s)	Simon Ellis
S Club 7 singles chronology
"Never Had a Dream Come True" (2000) "Don't Stop Movin'" (2001) "Have You Ever" (2001)
Music video
"Don't Stop Movin'" on YouTube

The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart twice in the course of one month, with Geri Halliwell's "It's Raining Men" spending two weeks at the top position in between.^[2] The song's popularity rendered it the year's seventh biggest-selling single.^[3] It was also awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Single in 2002 and ITV's Record of the Year accolade.^[4] The song made it to number 3 in Q's "Guilty Pleasures" list in August 2006.^[5] It has sold 1,137,000 copies in the United Kingdom, as stated by the Official Charts Company.^[6]

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.^[7]

Track listings

UK CD1 and Japanese CD single^[8]^[9] "Don't Stop Movin'" – 3:53 "Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) – 3:51 "Right Guy" – 3:40 "Don't Stop Movin'" (CD-ROM video) – 3:53 UK CD2^[10] "Don't Stop Movin'" – 3:53 "Reach" (karaoke version) – 4:05 "Bring It All Back" (karaoke version) – 3:34 UK cassette single^[11] "Don't Stop Movin'" – 3:53 "Lately" – 4:32 European CD single^[12] "Don't Stop Movin'" – 3:53 "Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) – 3:51 Australian CD single^[13] "Don't Stop Movin'" – 3:53 "Don't Stop Movin'" (Pants 'N' Corset club) – 7:27 "Don't Stop Movin'" (Trisco remix) – 7:31 "Don't Stop Movin'" (CD-ROM video) – 3:53

Digital Single ^[14] "Don't Stop Movin'" – 3:53 "Right Guy" – 3:40 "Lately" – 4:32 "Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone mix) – 5:01 "Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) – 3:51 "Don't Stop Movin'" (Trisco's vocal mix) – 7:31 "Don't Stop Movin'" (Trisco instrumental) – 7:31 "Don't Stop Movin'" (Pants 'n' Corset club mix) – 7:27 "Don't Stop Movin'" (Pants 'n' Corset Tuff dub) – 8:05 "Don't Stop Movin'" (Steve Thomas remix) – 6:35 "Don't Stop Movin'" (D-Bop's Mirrorball mix) – 6:34 "Don't Stop Movin'" (Karaoke version) – 3:32

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Sunshine album booklet.^[15]

Studio

• Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)

Personnel

• Simon Ellis – writing, keyboards, programming, production
• Sheppard Solomon – writing
• S Club 7 – writing
• Dave Rainger – guitar
• Ernie McKone – bass
• Gavyn Wright – concertmaster
• Nick Ingman – arrangement, conducting
• Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contracting
• Richard Robson – additional programming
• Chuck Norman – additional programming
• Stephen Lipson – additional programming, additional production
• Heff Moraes – mixing
• James Reynolds – engineering
• Richard Dowling – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Australia (ARIA)^[16] 2 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[17] 9 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[18] 43 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)^[19] 6 Denmark (Tracklisten)^[20] 18 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[21] 8 France (SNEP)^[22] 20 Germany (Official German Charts)^[23] 9 Ireland (IRMA)^[24] 1 Italy (FIMI)^[25] 27 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[26] 3 Poland (Polish Airplay Charts)^[27] 3 Scotland (OCC)^[28] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[29] 4 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[30] 1 UK Singles (OCC)^[2] 1 Chart (2023) Peak position UK Singles Downloads (OCC)^[31] 94

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Australia (ARIA)^[32] 16 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[33] 69 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[34] 41 Germany (Official German Charts)^[35] 91 Ireland (IRMA)^[36] 9 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[37] 25 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[38] 41 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[39] 28 UK Singles (OCC)^[3] 7 Decade-end charts Chart (2000–2009) Position UK Singles (OCC)^[40] 26

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[41]	2× Platinum	140,000^^
Sweden (GLF)^[42]	Gold	15,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)^[43]	Platinum	1,137,000^[6]
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	23 April 2001	CD cassette	Polydor 19	^[44]
Australia	2 July 2001	CD		^[45]
Japan	7 November 2001			^[46]

Cover versions

On Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, as part of Ant vs. Dec: The Teams, their challenge was to record a charity single. Ant's team sang this song as their single. They lost the challenge,^[47] however they still managed to chart at number 79 on the UK Singles Chart.

Starsailor covered this song on Radio 1's Live Lounge.

The song was also recorded by The Beautiful South for their cover album Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs at a slower tempo in contrast to the original.

Boy band 911 sang the song on the ITV television programme Hit Me, Baby, One More Time.

Jo O'Meara recorded an "unplugged" acoustic version of the song in 2021 to mark 20 years since its original release.

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