Movin' (Brass Construction song)
| "Movin'" | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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"Movin'" is a song written by Randy Muller and Wade Williamston,[1] and performed by R&B/disco band Brass Construction.
Background[edit]
The song was culled together from a 16-minute jam session by the band.[2]
Chart performance[edit]
Released from their self-titled 1976 album, the single spent a week at number one 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 one 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[edit]
- "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[edit]
- The song is heard playing in the background in the Good Times episode "The Big Move", Part One, at the Evanses' going-away party, where they receive the news that the Evanses' patriarch, James, had been killed in an automobile accident.
References[edit]
- ^ "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- ^ Movin' - Song Review, allmusic.com
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 76.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 42.
- ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- ^ James Hamilton in Record Mirror, May 21, 1988 issue published by United Newspapers
- ^ "May 21, 1988: "Detroit's own brand of acid house is more correctly called techno"". 21 May 1988.
- ^ "Movin' 1988 | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
- ^ "All in the Mind: Deluxe Version - Record Collector Magazine".
- ^ "MC Hammer's 'Pumps and a Bump' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
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