2001 single by S Club 7
"Don't Stop Movin' " is a song by British pop groupS Club 7 , released on 23 April 2001 as the lead single from their third studio album,Sunshine (2001). The song was written by the group, along with their regular songwriterSimon Ellis , together withSheppard Solomon . Solomon had worked on hits in the 1990s byEternal andMichelle Gayle . Thedisco -oriented song features lead vocals byBradley McIntosh andJo O'Meara .[ 1] [better source needed ]
The song reached number one in theUK Singles Chart twice in the course of one month, withGeri Halliwell 's "It's Raining Men " spending two weeks at the top position in between.[ 2] The song's popularity rendered it the year's seventh biggest-selling single.[ 3] It was also awarded theBRIT Award for Best British Single in 2002 andITV 'sRecord of the Year accolade.[ 4] The song made it to number 3 inQ 's "Guilty Pleasures" list in August 2006.[ 5] It has sold 1,137,000 copies in the United Kingdom, as stated by theOfficial Charts Company .[ 6]
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The officialmusic video for the song was directed byAndy Morahan .[ 7]
UK and Australian CD1; Japanese CD single [ 8] [ 9] "Don't Stop Movin' " – 3:53 "Don't Stop Movin' " (Jewels & Stone radio mix) – 3:51 "Right Guy" – 3:40 "Don't Stop Movin' " (CD-ROM video) – 3:53 "Don't Stop Movin' " – 3:53 "Reach " (karaoke version) – 4:05 "Bring It All Back " (karaoke version) – 3:34 "Don't Stop Movin' " – 3:53 "Lately " – 4:32 "Don't Stop Movin' " – 3:53 "Don't Stop Movin' " (Jewels & Stone radio mix) – 3:51 "Don't Stop Movin' " – 3:53 "Don't Stop Movin' " (Pants 'N' Corset club) – 7:27 "Don't Stop Movin' " (Trisco remix) – 7:31 "Don't Stop Movin' " (CD-ROM video) – 3:53 "Don't Stop Movin' " – 3:53 "Right Guy" – 3:40 "Lately" – 4:32 "Don't Stop Movin' " (Jewels & Stone mix) – 5:01 "Don't Stop Movin' " (Jewels & Stone radio mix) – 3:51 "Don't Stop Movin' " (Trisco's vocal mix) – 7:31 "Don't Stop Movin' " (Trisco instrumental) – 7:31 "Don't Stop Movin' " (Pants 'n' Corset club mix) – 7:27 "Don't Stop Movin' " (Pants 'n' Corset Tuff dub) – 8:05 "Don't Stop Movin' " (Steve Thomas remix) – 6:35 "Don't Stop Movin' " (D-Bop's Mirrorball mix) – 6:34 "Don't Stop Movin' " (karaoke version) – 3:32
Credits and personnel [ edit ] Credits are lifted from theSunshine album booklet.[ 15]
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Mastered at Transfermation (London, England) Personnel
Simon Ellis – writing, keyboards, programming, productionSheppard Solomon – writingS Club 7 – writingDave Rainger – guitar Ernie McKone – bass Gavyn Wright –concertmaster Nick Ingman – arrangement, conducting Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contracting Richard Robson – additional programming Chuck Norman – additional programming Stephen Lipson – additional programming, additional productionHeff Moraes – mixing James Reynolds – engineering Richard Dowling – mastering Chart (2001) Position Australia (ARIA)[ 33] 16 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[ 34] 69 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[ 35] 41 Germany (Media Control)[ 36] 91 Ireland (IRMA)[ 37] 9 New Zealand (RIANZ)[ 38] 25 Sweden (Hitlistan)[ 39] 41 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[ 40] 28 UK Singles (OCC)[ 3] 7 UK Airplay (Music Week )[ 41] 10
Chart (2000–2009) Position UK Singles (OCC)[ 42] 26
Region Certification Certified units /salesAustralia (ARIA )[ 43] 2× Platinum 140,000^ New Zealand (RMNZ )[ 44] Gold 15,000‡ Sweden (GLF )[ 45] Gold 15,000^ United Kingdom (BPI )[ 46] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡ ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref. United Kingdom 23 April 2001 [ 47] Australia 2 July 2001 CD1 [ 48] 24 September 2001 CD2 [ 49] Japan 7 November 2001 CD [ 50]
OnAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway , as part of Ant vs. Dec: The Teams, their challenge was to record a charity single.Ant 's team sang this song as their single. They lost the challenge,[ 51] however they still managed to chart at number 79 on theUK Singles Chart .
Starsailor covered this song on Radio 1'sLive Lounge .
The song was also recorded byThe Beautiful South for their cover albumGolddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs at a slower tempo in contrast to the original.
Boy band911 sang the song on theITV television programmeHit Me, Baby, One More Time .
Jo O'Meara recorded an "unplugged" acoustic version of the song in 2021 to mark 20 years since its original release. The song was featured in her second solo albumWith Love .
In 2022, popular British DJsJax Jones and ACT ON sampled and remixed the song.
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