Don't Stop Movin' (S Club 7 song)

"Don't Stop Movin'"
Single by S Club 7
from the album Sunshine
B-side	"Right Guy" (original version)
Released	23 April 2001
Format	CD single, Cassette
Recorded	2000; London, England
Genre	Disco funk
Length	3:53
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Bradley McIntosh Hannah Spearritt Jo O'Meara Jon Lee Paul Cattermole Rachel Stevens Sheppard Solomon Simon Ellis Tina Barrett
Producer(s)	Ellis
S Club 7 singles chronology
"Never Had a Dream Come True" (2000) "Don't Stop Movin'" (2001) "Have You Ever" (2001)
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"Don't Stop Movin'" is a song by S Club 7, released as a single on 23 April 2001. The song was written by the group along with their regular songwriter Simon Ellis and Sheppard Solomon, who had worked on hits in the 1990s by Eternal and Michelle Gayle. The song features Bradley McIntosh and Jo O'Meara on lead vocals and is notable for being made in a disco style, and it features real violins and string instruments.^[1] It was released on 23 April 2001 as the third single from S Club 7's second studio album, Sunshine (2001).

The song hit number one in the UK Singles Chart twice in the duration of a month (Geri Halliwell's "It's Raining Men" spent two weeks atop the number one position in between),^[2] becoming the year's seventh biggest-selling single.^[3] It also was awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Single in 2002 and ITV's Record of the Year accolade.^[4] The song made it to number 3 in Q's "Guilty Pleasures" list in August 2006.^[5] It has sold 801,000 copies in the United Kingdom, as stated by the Official Charts Company.^[6]

The authors of the song acknowledge that the verse samples Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean", a fact that the group claim to have widely spoken about during promotion of the single.^[7]

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.^[8]

Track listing

UK CD1 "Don't Stop Movin'" "Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) "Right Guy" (Original version) "Don't Stop Movin'" (CD-ROM video) UK CD2 (with band postcards) "Don't Stop Movin'" "Reach" (Karaoke version) "Bring It All Back" (Karaoke version) Cassette "Don't Stop Movin'" "Lately" Australian CD single #1 "Don't Stop Movin'" "Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) "Right Guy" (Original version) "Don't Stop Movin'" (CD-ROM video)

Australian CD single #2 "Don't Stop Movin'" "Don't Stop Movin'" (Pants 'N' Corset Mix) "Don't Stop Movin'" (Trisco Mix) "Don't Stop Movin'" (CD-Rom video) Asian AVEP "Don't Stop Movin'" "Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) "Don't Stop Movin'" (video) "Bring it All Back" (video) "You're My Number One" (video) "Two in a Million" (video) "Natural" (video) German Remixes CD single[9] "Don't Stop Movin'" "Don't Stop Movin'" (Trisco mix) "Don't Stop Movin'" (Trisco instrumental) "Don't Stop Movin'" (Pants & Corset club mix) "Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone mix) "Don't Stop Movin'" (Steve Thomas mix) "Don't Stop Movin'" (D-Bop Mirrorball mix) "Don't Stop Movin'" (Pants & Corset Tuff Dub)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[10] 2 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[11] 9 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[12] 43 Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[13] 6 Denmark (Tracklisten)[14] 18 France (SNEP)[15] 20 Germany (Official German Charts)[16] 7 Ireland (IRMA) 1 Italy (FIMI)[17] 34 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[18] 3 Poland (Polish Airplay Charts)[19] 3 Scotland (Official Charts Company)[20] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 4 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 1 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[2] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 7 Decade-end charts Chart (2000–2009) Position UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23] 26 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales United Kingdom (BPI)[24] Platinum 801,000[6] ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Cover versions

On Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, as part of Ant vs. Dec: The Teams, their challenge was to record a charity single. Ant's team sang this song as their single. They lost the challenge,^[25] however they still managed to chart at number 79 on the UK Singles Chart.

Starsailor covered this song on Radio 1's Live Lounge.

The song was also recorded by The Beautiful South for their cover album Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs at a slower tempo in contrast to the original.

Boy band 911 sang the song on the ITV television programme Hit Me, Baby, One More Time.

References

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5. "Entertainment - ELO top 'guilty secret' song list". BBC News. BBC. 2 August 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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7. "S Club 7's Don't Stop Movin' sample of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean". WhoSampled. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
8. Garcia, Alex S. "mvdbase.com - S Club 7 - "Don't stop movin'"". Music Video DataBase. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
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11. "Austriancharts.at – S Club 7 – Don't Stop Movin'" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
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13. "Ultratop.be – S Club 7 – Don't Stop Movin'" (in French). Ultratip.
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15. "Lescharts.com – S Club 7 – Don't Stop Movin'" (in French). Les classement single.
16. "Offiziellecharts.de – S Club 7 – Don't Stop Movin'". GfK Entertainment Charts.
17. "Italiancharts.com – S Club 7 – Don't Stop Movin'". Top Digital Download.
18. "Charts.org.nz – S Club 7 – Don't Stop Movin'". Top 40 Singles.
19. "Poland: Airplay Chart - Lista Krajowa 32/2001 (Retrieved September 4, 2015)
20. "Archive Chart: 2001-04-29". Scottish Singles Top 40.
21. "Swedishcharts.com – S Club 7 – Don't Stop Movin'". Singles Top 100.
22. "Swisscharts.com – S Club 7 – Don't Stop Movin'". Swiss Singles Chart.
23. Radio 1 Chart of the Decade, as presented by DJ Nihal on 29 December 2009
24. "British single certifications – S Club 7 – Don't Stop Movin'". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Don't Stop Movin' in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
25. "TV Shows". itv.com. 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-03-13.