"Moves" is a song performed by English singer

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, featuring vocals from American rapper and record producer

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. The song was released as a digital download on 28 September 2018 as the lead single from his sixth studio album '' You Know I Know''. The song also features on the ''

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OST''. It was written by

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and Snoop Dogg.

Background

The song is similar to " Feels", by

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. This is the second time that Ed Sheeran has written a song for Murs. The first was "Love Shine Down", a track on Murs' self-titled debut album.

Critical reception

Michael Cragg of ''

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'' derided the track, joking that "it's dominated by two things: Ed Sheeran, who co-wrote it, likely demoed it and then emailed it over as willthisdo.mp3; and Snoop Dogg, who was no one's first choice and has literally no idea what's going on".

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Moves" was first released onto YouTube on 17 October 2018. It features Murs sneaking into a nightclub with friends while competing in a dance battle.

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appears as a

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serving Murs energy drinks. Snoop Dogg is heard but not seen as he was unable to attend the filming of the video. Elsie Hewitt an

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is also in the said music video.

Live performances

* ''

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'' (11 November 2018) featuring

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instead of Snoop Dogg.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

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Release history

References

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