Movin' (Brass Construction song)

"Movin'" is a song written by Randy Muller and Wade Williamston,^[1] and performed by R&B/disco band Brass Construction.

"Movin'"
Single by Brass Construction
from the album Brass Construction
B-side	"Talkin'"
Released	March 1976
Genre	Disco R&B funk
Length	3:49 (radio edit) 8:40 (full version)
Label	United Artists
Songwriter(s)	Randy Muller Wade Williamston
Producer(s)	Jeff Lane
Brass Construction singles chronology
"Movin'" (1976) "Changin'" (1976)

Background

The song was culled together from a 16-minute jam session by the band.^[2]

Chart performance

Released from their self-titled 1976 album, the single spent a week at number 1 on the R&B singles chart in the spring of that year. It was also successful on the pop charts, peaking at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] On the disco dance charts, "Movin'" went to number 1 for four weeks and spent a total of twelve weeks on the chart.^[4] Outside the US, "Movin'" went to number 23 in the UK in 1976^[5] and peaked at number 24 as "Movin' 1988" when remixed by PWL's Phil Harding.^[6][7][8]

Samples

• "Got Myself Together" by Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez sampled the song for The Bucketheads' album All in the Mind.^[9]
• Pumps and a Bump by MC Hammer.^[10]

Popular culture

• The song is heard playing in the background in the Good Times episode "The Big Move", Part One, at the Evans' going-away party, where they receive the news that the family patriarch, James, had been killed in an automobile accident.