Move Your Body (Eiffel 65 song) explained

Move Your Body
Cover:Move_your_body.jpg
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Eiffel 65
Album:Europop
Genre:
  • Bubblegum techno
  • disco
Length:
  • 4:28 (album version)
  • 3:30 (radio and video edit)
Label:WEA
Producer:
  • Massimo Gabutti
  • Luciano Zucchet
Prev Title:Too Much of Heaven
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:My Console
Next Year:2000

"Move Your Body" is a song by Italian musical group Eiffel 65. It was released as the third single from their debut album, Europop, on 4 November 1999.

Composition

"Move Your Body" is a bubblegum techno and disco song[1] played in D minor at 130 BPM.[2] It has dance-oriented sounds and uses the same pitch shifter–based distortion as the vocals from the previous single, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)".[3] Group member Jeffrey Jey claimed that the song "had tried to recall the original spirit of the dance, understood as a vehicle to bring together and communicate with people."[4]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly said in a review of Europop that it was hard to call "Move Your Body" a "timeless masterpiece," but it was impossible to hate it. Billboard called it a "kitschy electronic number" and commented on "the song's catchy melody, addictive lyrical redundancy, and the familiar computerized voice of the trio's Jeffrey Jey".[5]

Commercial performance

While the single was issued through WEA Records in Italy, it was licensed to several labels for international release. In the UK, it was licensed to Warner Music Group's Eternal label, in the US to Universal Music Group's Republic, in Germany to BMG Berlin, in France to Scorpio, in Spain to Blanco y Negro, in Australia to Central Station, and to Valentine and Avex in Southeast Asia.[6]

The song achieved huge success in many countries, topping the charts of Austria, Denmark, France, Italy and Spain; however it charted at only number 36 on the US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream.

Elia Habib, an expert of the French charts, noted the great efficiency of the song on the SNEP chart, since it was strong enough to dislodge the massive hit "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)" and to resist to its competitors, which prevented Eiffel 65 to remain a one-hit wonder, and enabled the band to become the first one to get its second number one single in France.[3]

Music video

The music video is sort of a sequel to the music video for “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”, as it features the same blue aliens (their leader being named Zorotl). The band has a concert on the planet of the blue aliens, when a group of hostiles capture a female alien. The band (with the help of Zorotl) use a teleportation device to search for her. When they find her, the hostiles join the concert.

Track listings

CD maxi 1 - Germany

  1. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original radio edit) — 4:30
  2. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:54
  3. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gregory Kolla & Alex X Funk Claywork mix) — 6:20
  4. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte speed cut) — 5:32

CD maxi 2 - Germany

  1. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original video edit) — 3:30
  2. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte speed radio cut) — 3:31
  3. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:54
  4. "Move Your Body" (Roby Molinaro forge edit) — 7:03
  5. "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (Molinaro parade German cut) — 2:47

CD maxi - UK

  1. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte edit) — 3:29
  2. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:55
  3. "Move Your Body" (album sampler megamix) — 6:07

CD single

  1. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original video edit) — 3:30
  2. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:54

12-inch maxi - Spain

  1. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:45
  2. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte speed cut) — 5:31
  3. "Move Your Body" (Roby Molinaro forge edit) — 7:03

12-inch maxi - UK

  1. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:55
  2. "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gregory Kolla & Alex X Funk Claywork mix) — 6:25
  3. "Move Your Body" (Roby Molinaro forge edit) — 7:03
  4. "Move Your Body" (casino machine Paris dub) — 7:01

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Move Your Body"!Chart (1999–2000)!Peak
position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[7] 4
Czech Republic (IFPI)[8] 34
Denmark (IFPI)[9] 1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[10] 1
Hungary (Mahasz)[11] 5
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[12] 29
Italy (FIMI)[13] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Move Your Body"!Chart (2000)!Position
Australia (ARIA)[14] 33
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[15] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[16] 34
Denmark (IFPI)[17] 19
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[18] 6
France (SNEP)[19] 13
Germany (Official German Charts)[20] 31
Ireland (IRMA)[21] 57
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[22] 122
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 20
UK Singles (OCC)[24] 77

Release history

Region!scope="col"
DateFormat(s)Label(s)
ItalyNovember 1999CDWEA
Spain4 November 199912-inch vinylBlanco y Negro[25]
Sweden22 November 1999CDLogic[26]
Europe30 November 1999
France2 December 1999Hot Tracks
Canada18 January 2000CDPopular[27]
United Kingdom7 February 2000Eternal[28]
United States4 April 2000[29]
Japan24 May 2000CDPolydor[30]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Browne, David (February 18, 2000). Europop. Entertainment Weekly. Accessed from May 18, 2013.
  2. http://people.cs.ubc.ca/~davet/music/track/EIFFEL65_POP/EIFFEL65_POP-05.html Eiffel 65 - Move Your Body
  3. Book: Habib, Elia . Muz hit tubes . Alinéa Bis . Rouillon . French . 2002 . 485 . 2-9518832-0-X.
  4. Martian, Alfredo (June 25, 2001). Eiffel 65 intervista (on. Rockol.it. Accessed from 18 July 2013.
  5. "Reviews & Previews", Billboard, 27 May 2000, p. 32. Retrieved 16 July 2013
  6. Dezzani, Mark (1999) "Warner Music Italy Steps Into Dance", Billboard, 27 November 1999, p. 58
  7. Eiffel 65 Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs). Billboard. 8 February 2020.
  8. Web site: Hitparada radia – 8/2000. IFPI CR. cs. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20000303224417/http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm. 3 March 2000. 6 February 2021.
  9. Hits of the World: Denmark. Billboard. 112. 6. 89. 5 February 2000. 28 November 2010.
  10. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 17. 4. 27. 22 January 2000. 8 February 2020.
  11. Top National Sellers. Music & Media. 17. 1. 19. 1 January 2000. 24 May 2020.
  12. News: Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (Vikuna 21.1. – 27.1. 2000). Dagblaðið Vísir. is. 10. 21 January 2000. 5 July 2018.
  13. Web site: History. it. FIMI. 30 May 2022. Set "Ricerca per" on "Artista/band", then search "Eiffel 65" and click "Classifiche".
  14. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2000. ARIA. 8 April 2021.
  15. Web site: Jahreshitparade Singles 2000. de. 8 April 2021.
  16. Web site: Rapports annuels 2000. Ultratop. fr. 8 April 2021.
  17. Web site: Års Hitlister 2000: IFPI Danmark: Singles Top 50. IFPI Danmark. Musik.org. da. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20011116233455/http://www.musik.org/publikationer/aarshitlister.htm#single. 16 November 2001. 8 April 2021.
  18. Year in Focus – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2000. Music & Media. 17. 52. 9. 23 December 2000. 8 February 2020.
  19. Web site: Tops de L'année Top Singles 2000. SNEP. fr. 8 April 2021.
  20. Web site: Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2000. GfK Entertainment. de. 3 February 2020.
  21. Web site: Top 100 of 2000. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20040602112628/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2000.html. 2 June 2004. 16 March 2022.
  22. Web site: Jaarlijsten 2000. nl. Dutch Top 40. 11 May 2022.
  23. Web site: Swiss Year-End Charts 2000. de. 8 April 2021.
  24. Best Sellers of 2000: Singles Top 100. Music Week. 25. 20 January 2001.
  25. Web site: Catalogo. Catalogue. Blanco y Negro Music. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20001208030100/http://blancoynegro.com/byn.htm. 8 December 2000. 9 October 2023.
  26. Web site: Eiffel 65: Move Your Body. click2music.se. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20020622132250/http://www.click2music.se/product.asp?prd=514&art=142. 22 June 2002. 29 November 2023.
  27. Web site: Album Releases: January 2000. Jam!. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20000817073738/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicReleases2000/jan.html. 17 August 2000. 6 January 2023.
  28. New Releases – For Week Starting 7 February, 2000: Singles. Music Week. 33. 5 February 2000.
  29. Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 1344. 37, 44. 31 March 2000.
  30. Web site: 新譜情報. New Information. Oricon. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20000510012913/http://www.oricon.co.jp/release/release-sg.asp. 10 May 2000. 23 August 2023.

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