Move This Explained

Move This
Cover:Move_This_1992.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Technotronic
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)
Prev Title:Money Makes the World Go Round
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Hey Yoh, Here We Go
Next Year:1993

"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".

Critical reception

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

Chart performance for "Move This"!Chart (1992–1993)!Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 67
Canada (RPM)30
US Billboard Hot 1006
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[8] 1

Notes and References

  1. Book: McAleer, Dave. Hit singles: top 20 charts from 1954 to the present day. 459. San Francisco. Backbeat Books. 2004. 0879308087.
  2. Larry. Flick. Single Reviews. Billboard. 1992-06-13. 2018-01-25. Larry Flick.
  3. Web site: Matt . Stopera . Brian . Galindo . The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s . . 2017-03-11 . 2020-03-31 .
  4. Harry. Sumrall. Strummer is all sound and fury. Knight Ridder. 1989-12-22. 10. 2020-03-12.
  5. Valois, Diana (1990-01-13). "Records". p. A66. The Morning Call.
  6. Web site: Review: "Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic (CD, 1989). Pop Rescue. 2015-11-30. 2020-04-14.
  7. 276.
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000