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"
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
Technotronic singles chronology
"Money Makes the World Go Round" (1991) "Move This" (1992) "Hey Yoh, Here We Go" (1993)
Music video
"Move This" on YouTube

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 100	6
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[8]	1

References

1. McAleer, Dave (2004). Hit singles: top 20 charts from 1954 to the present day. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 459. ISBN 0879308087.
2. Flick, Larry (1992-06-13). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
3. Stopera, Matt; Galindo, Brian (2017-03-11). "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
4. Sumrall, Harry (1989-12-22). "Strummer is all sound and fury". Knight Ridder. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
5. Valois, Diana (1990-01-13). "Records". p. A66. The Morning Call.
6. "Review: "Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic (CD, 1989)". Pop Rescue. 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
7. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 276.
8. • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000