Move This
"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 Billboard Hot 100, becoming their 3rd and last top 10 hit.[1] "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".
| "Move This" | ||||
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| Single by Technotronic | ||||
| from the album The Greatest Hits | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Eurodance, hip house | |||
| Length | 5:19 (album version - cold end) 5:02 (album version - fade) 3:45 (Bogaert’s 7” remix) 3:40 (hit mix) | |||
| Label | ARS Entertainment Belgium SBK Records (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Manuela Kamosi, Jo Bogaert | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Move This" on YouTube | ||||
Critical reception edit
In 1992, Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that the "pop-juiced hip-houser was first heard on Technotronic's Pump Up the Jam album a couple of years ago. 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."[2] BuzzFeed placed it at number 35 in their list of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s" in 2017.[3] Harry Sumrall from Knight Ridder felt it has "the female-group sound of the '60s with a house update".[4] Diana Valois from The Morning Call described it as "a sunny blend of subtle African world beat and house music".[5] Pop Rescue deemed it "a fairly mid-tempo bouncy track", adding that Ya Kid K's vocals and lyrics "lack the power and catchiness of the earlier songs."[6]
Charts edit
References edit
- ^ McAleer, Dave (2004). Hit singles: top 20 charts from 1954 to the present day. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 459. ISBN 0879308087.
- ^ Flick, Larry (1992-06-13). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Valois, Diana (1990-01-13). "Records". p. A66. The Morning Call.
- ^ "Review: "Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic (CD, 1989)". Pop Rescue. 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 276.
- ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000