"Move Your Body" is a song by Italian musical group
Eiffel 65
Eiffel 65 is an Italian music group that was formed in 1997 in the studios of the Turin record company Bliss Corporation, consisting of Jeffrey Jey, Maurizio Lobina and Gabry Ponte. They gained global popularity with their singles " Blue (Da Ba ...
. It was released as the third single from their debut album, ''
Europop
Europop (also spelled Euro pop) is a style of pop music that originated in Europe during the mid-to-late 1960s and developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with revivals and ...
'', on 30 November 1999.
Composition
"Move Your Body" is a
bubblegum techno and
disco
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song
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Europop
Entertainment Weekly
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. Accessed from May 18, 2013. played in
D minor
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at 130
BPM. It has dance-oriented sounds and uses the same pitch shifter–based distortion as the vocals from the previous single, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)".
Group member Jeffrey Jey claimed that the song "had tried to recall the original spirit of the dance, understood as a vehicle to bring together and communicate with people."
[Martian, Alfredo (June 25, 2001)]
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Critical reception
''
Entertainment Weekly
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'' said in a review of ''
Europop
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'' that it was hard to call "Move Your Body" a "timeless masterpiece," but it was impossible to hate it.
The song was included on
SputnikMusic
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's review of the album as an example of Eiffel 65's poor ability at writing lyrics. ''
Billboard
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'' called it a "kitschy electronic number" and commented on "the song's catchy melody, addictive lyrical redundancy, and the familiar computerized voice of the trio's Jeffrey Jey".
Commercial performance
While the single was issued through
WEA Records
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in Italy, it was licensed to several labels for international release. In the UK, it was licensed to
Warner Music Group
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's
Eternal
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label, in the US to
Universal Music Group
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's
Republic
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, in Germany to
BMG Berlin, in France to Scorpio, in Spain to Blanco y Negro, in Australia to Central Station, and to Valentine and Avex in
Southeast Asia
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.
[Dezzani, Mark (1999) "Warner Music Italy Steps Into Dance", '']Billboard
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'', 27 November 1999, p. 58
The song achieved huge success in many countries, topping the charts of Austria, Denmark, France, Italy and Spain; however it charted at only number 36 on the US ''Billboard'' Top 40 Mainstream.
Elia Habib, an expert of the French charts, noted the great efficiency of the song on the
SNEP chart, since it was strong enough to dislodge the massive hit "
Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)" and to resist to its competitors, which prevented Eiffel 65 to remain a
one-hit wonder
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, and enabled the band to become the first one to get its second number one single in France.
Music video
The music video is sort of a sequel to the music video for “
Blue (Da Ba Dee)
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is a song by Italian music group Eiffel 65. It was first released in October 1998 in Italy by Skooby Records and became internationally successful the following year. It is the lead single of their 1999 debut album, ''Europop' ...
”, as it features the same blue aliens (their leader being named Zorotl). The band has a concert on the planet of the blue aliens, when a group of hostiles capture a female alien. The band (with the help of Zorotl) use a teleportation device to search for her. When they find her, the hostiles join the concert.
Track listings
CD maxi 1 - Germany
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original radio edit) — 4:30
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:54
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gregory Kolla & Alex X Funk Claywork mix) — 6:20
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte speed cut) — 5:32
CD maxi 2 - Germany
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original video edit) — 3:30
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte speed radio cut) — 3:31
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:54
# "Move Your Body" (Roby Molinaro forge edit) — 7:03
# "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (Molinaro parade German cut) — 2:47
CD maxi - UK
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte edit) — 3:29
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:55
# "Move Your Body" (album sampler megamix) — 6:07
CD single
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original video edit) — 3:30
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:54
12-inch maxi - Spain
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:45
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte speed cut) — 5:31
# "Move Your Body" (Roby Molinaro forge edit) — 7:03
12-inch maxi - UK
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:55
# "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gregory Kolla & Alex X Funk Claywork mix) — 6:25
# "Move Your Body" (Roby Molinaro forge edit) — 7:03
# "Move Your Body" (casino machine Paris dub) — 7:01
Charts and sales
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
See also
*
List of number-one hits of 2000 (Austria)
This is a list of the Austrian Singles Chart number-one hits of 2000.
See also
*2000 in music
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*
List of number-one hits of 2000 (France)
*
List of number-one hits of 2000 (Italy)
This is a list of the number-one hits and albums of 2000 on Italian Charts.
See also
*2000 in music
* List of number-one hits in Italy
References
External linksHit Parade Italia
*
List of European number-one hits of 2000
* List of number-one hits of 2020 (Japan)
References
External links
Album information
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1999 singles
1999 songs
Animated music videos
Eiffel 65 songs
European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
Logic Records singles
Number-one singles in Austria
Number-one singles in Denmark
Number-one singles in Italy
Republic Records singles
SNEP Top Singles number-one singles
Songs about dancing
Songs written by Maurizio Lobina
Warner Music Group singles