"Don't Stop Movin" is a song by British pop group

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, released on 23 April 2001 as the lead single from their third studio album, ''

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'' (2001). The song was written by the group, along with their regular songwriter Simon Ellis, together with Sheppard Solomon. Solomon had worked on hits in the 1990s by

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and Michelle Gayle. The

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-oriented song features lead vocals by Bradley McIntosh and

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. The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart twice in the course of one month, with

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's " It's Raining Men" spending two weeks at the top position in between. The song's popularity rendered it the year's seventh biggest-selling single. It was also awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Single in 2002 and ITV's

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accolade. The song made it to number 3 in '' Q'''s "Guilty Pleasures" list in August 2006. It has sold 1,137,000 copies in the United Kingdom, as stated by the

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Music video

The official

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for the song was directed by

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Track listings

* UK and Australian CD1; Japanese CD single # "Don't Stop Movin" – 3:53 # "Don't Stop Movin" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) – 3:51 # "Right Guy" – 3:40 # "Don't Stop Movin" (CD-ROM video) – 3:53 * UK CD2 # "Don't Stop Movin" – 3:53 # " Reach" (karaoke version) – 4:05 # "

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" (karaoke version) – 3:34 * UK cassette single # "Don't Stop Movin" – 3:53 # " Lately" – 4:32 * European CD single # "Don't Stop Movin" – 3:53 # "Don't Stop Movin" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) – 3:51 * Australian CD2 # "Don't Stop Movin" – 3:53 # "Don't Stop Movin" (Pants 'N' Corset club) – 7:27 # "Don't Stop Movin" (Trisco remix) – 7:31 # "Don't Stop Movin" (CD-ROM video) – 3:53 *Digital single # "Don't Stop Movin" – 3:53 # "Right Guy" – 3:40 # "Lately" – 4:32 # "Don't Stop Movin" (Jewels & Stone mix) – 5:01 # "Don't Stop Movin" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) – 3:51 # "Don't Stop Movin" (Trisco's vocal mix) – 7:31 # "Don't Stop Movin" (Trisco instrumental) – 7:31 # "Don't Stop Movin" (Pants 'n' Corset club mix) – 7:27 # "Don't Stop Movin" (Pants 'n' Corset Tuff dub) – 8:05 # "Don't Stop Movin" (Steve Thomas remix) – 6:35 # "Don't Stop Movin" (D-Bop's Mirrorball mix) – 6:34 # "Don't Stop Movin" (karaoke version) – 3:32

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the ''

'' album booklet. Studio * Mastered at Transfermation (London, England) Personnel * Simon Ellis – writing, keyboards, programming, production * Sheppard Solomon – writing *

– writing * Dave Rainger – guitar * Ernie McKone – bass *

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–

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* Nick Ingman – arrangement, conducting * Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contracting * Richard Robson – additional programming * Chuck Norman – additional programming *

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– additional programming, additional production * Heff Moraes – mixing * James Reynolds – engineering * Richard Dowling – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Cover versions

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'', as part of Ant vs. Dec: The Teams, their challenge was to record a charity single.

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's team sang this song as their single. They lost the challenge, however they still managed to chart at number 79 on the UK Singles Chart. Starsailor covered this song on Radio 1's

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. The song was also recorded by

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for their cover album '' Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs'' at a slower tempo in contrast to the original. Boy band

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sang the song on the ITV television programme '' Hit Me, Baby, One More Time''. Jo O'Meara recorded an "unplugged" acoustic version of the song in 2021 to mark 20 years since its original release. The song was featured in her second solo album ''With Love''. In 2022, popular British DJs

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and ACT ON sampled and remixed the song.

References

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