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"Get a Move On!" is a song by English
"Get a Move On!" is a song by English record producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...
and disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music f ...
Andrew Carthy under his alias Mr. Scruff
Andrew Carthy (born 10 February 1972), better known by his stage name Mr. Scruff, is an English record producer and DJ. He lives in Stretford, Greater Manchester and studied fine art at the Psalter Lane campus of Sheffield Hallam University. ...
, featuring Fingathing
Fingathing are an English electronic music group, comprising classically trained double bass player Simon 'Sneaky' Houghton, DJ/turntablist Dan 'Peter Parker' Baxter and Visual Artist Chris Cavetroll Drury.
History
Peter Parker was a finalist ...
member, Sneaky, on bass. The song is featured as the third track from his second studio album, ''Keep It Unreal
''Keep It Unreal'' is Mr. Scruff's first major release. It includes the hit single "Get a Move On!", which is an electro swing track built upon samples of Moondog's "Bird's Lament (In Memory of Charlie Parker)" alongside vocals from T-Bone Walke ...
''. It was first released as a three-track single on 1 May 1999, and then re-released on 6 August 2001 as a three-track single featuring "Ug" as its B-side
The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record compan ...
. The song samples "Bird's Lament" by Moondog
Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), known professionally as Moondog, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments. Largely self-taught as a composer, his ...
, alongside vocals from T-Bone Walker
Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds. In 2018 ''Roll ...
's "Hypin' Woman Blues", and also contains samples of the song "That's the Blues" by Rubberlegs Williams
Henry "Rubberlegs" Williams (14 July 1907 in Atlanta - 17 October 1962 in New York City) was an American blues and jazz singer, dancer and occasional female impersonator. A star of Vaudeville, he is probably best remembered for his singing work wi ...
.
Track listing
1999 single
Vinyl release #"Get a Move On!" – 7:32 #"Do You Hear?" – 6:54 #"Ambiosound" – 3:34 CD release #"Get a Move On!" (Radio Edit) – 3:26 #"Do You Hear?" – 6:53 #"Ambiosound" – 3:34 #"Get a Move On!" – 7:322001 re-release
Vinyl release #"Get a Move On!" #"Ug" #"Ug Beats" CD release #"Get a Move On!" (Radio Edit) #"Ug" #"Get a Move On!"Music video
The music video for "Get a Move On!" was featured on the CD release of the 2001 single as part of itsenhanced CD
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Formats that fall under the "enhanced CD" ca ...
feature. The music video features frames of Carthy's drawings
Drawing is a form of Visual arts, visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, ...
in sepia tone
In photography, toning is a method of altering the color of black-and-white photographs. In analog photography, it is a chemical process carried out on metal salt-based prints, such as silver prints, iron-based prints (cyanotype or Van Dyke b ...
. Elements of the music video include repeating segments, three-dimensional animation, wavy-like animation, beat synchronization, film-like effects, and unique angles. The video is directed by Carthy and Warren Edmond.
Charts
1999 release
2001 re-release
References