"Move It Like This" is a song recorded by the Bahamian pop group

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. It was released on 17 February 2002 as the second and title single from the seventh album of the same name. The song reached number 13 on the

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list, number 13 on the

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and number 65 on the

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Composition

The song has dance-pop, reggae, and

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elements.

Critical reception

The song received generally mixed reviews.

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said of it, "Try to remember this song and you'll remember...nothing original." Conversely, Scott Tady of the ''

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'' called the song "jubilant" and Rebecca Mahoney of the ''

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'' referred to it as "energetic".

Music video

Directed by

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, the video starts with the Baha Men's tour bus arriving at a college fraternity house filled with high-class students. The Baha Men tell them that they're here for 'the party' with the students protesting no party until the band forces themselves in to set up with a bunch of people coming up behind them hearing about the party. The party escalates from being a house party to going outside during the night with the police coming in to stop the party only for them to get sucked in by the music. Throughout the video, the partygoers perform dance moves that the Baha Men mention in the song from the twist, the electric slide and the robot.

Popular culture

The song was in the soundtrack of the 2002 comedy film ''

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. It was also featured in the video game ''

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'' as well as in an

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commercial. It was used in a promo for

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, and

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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