It's Your Move (song)

"It's Your Move"
Song by Doug Parkinson
from the album Heartbeat to Heartbeat
Released	1983
Genre	Soft rock
Label	CBS
Songwriter(s)	Steve Kipner, Terry Shaddick
Producer(s)	Tommy Emmanuel

"It's Your Move" is a song written for, and first recorded and released by, Doug Parkinson in March 1983 on the album Heartbeat to Heartbeat.^[1]

America version[]

"Your Move"
Single by America
from the album Your Move
B-side	"Love's Worn Out Again"
Released	1983
Recorded	1983
Studio	Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre	Soft rock, pop rock^[2]
Length	3:19
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Terry Shaddick, Steve Kipner

A few months after the song's initial release, it was released by the band America, retitled "Your Move", from their album of the same name.^[3]

Diana Ross version[]

"It's Your Move"
Song by Diana Ross
from the album Swept Away
Released	1984^[4]^[5]
Studio	RCA
Genre	Synth-pop, soul, pop rock
Songwriter(s)	Terry Shaddick, Steve Kipner

In 1984, Diana Ross covered the song. It appeared on the album Swept Away.^[6] This version was later sampled in the 2011 vaporwave song "リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー" ("Lisa Frank 420 / Modern Computing") by Macintosh Plus,^[7] where it was slowed down and chopped and screwed, with the pitch changed. It became an Internet meme worldwide.

References[]

^ "Doug Parkinson Heartbeat To Heartbeat-MusicStack". Musicstack.com. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
^ America (2) – Your Move, Discogs
^ "Your Move - America - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
^ "It's Your Move by Diana Ross on". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
^ "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
^ "It's Your Move-Diana Ross-Topic on YouTube". YouTube.com. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
^ "Samples of It's Your Move by Diana Ross". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2019-05-20.

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Studio albums	America Homecoming Hat Trick Holiday Hearts Hideaway Harbor Silent Letter Alibi View from the Ground Your Move Perspective Hourglass Human Nature Holiday Harmony Here & Now Back Pages Lost & Found
Compilations	History: America's Greatest Hits Encore: More Greatest Hits Highway The Definitive America The Complete Greatest Hits Hits: 40th Anniversary Edition
Live albums	America Live In Concert (1985) In Concert (1995) Horse with No Name The Grand Cayman Concert Live In Concert: Wildwood Springs
Soundtracks	The Last Unicorn
Singles	"A Horse with No Name" "I Need You" "Ventura Highway" "Muskrat Love" "Tin Man" "Lonely People" "Sister Golden Hair" "Daisy Jane" "Woman Tonight" "Today's the Day" "Amber Cascades" "You Can Do Magic" "Right Before Your Eyes" "The Border" "Your Move"
Related articles	Discography

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Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Diana Ross (1970) Everything Is Everything (1970) Surrender (1971) Touch Me in the Morning (1973) Diana & Marvin (1973) Last Time I Saw Him (1973) Diana Ross (1976) Baby It's Me (1977) Ross (1978) The Boss (1979) Diana (1980) Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1981) Silk Electric (1982) Ross (1983) Swept Away (1984) Eaten Alive (1985) Red Hot Rhythm & Blues (1987) Workin' Overtime (1989) The Force Behind the Power (1991) A Very Special Season (1994) Take Me Higher (1995) Every Day Is a New Day (1999) Blue (2006) I Love You (2006) Diana Ross Sings Songs from The Wiz (rec. 1978, rel. 2015) Thank You (2021)
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1972) Diana Ross' Greatest Hits (1976) 20 Golden Greats (1979) To Love Again (1981) All the Great Hits (1981) Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs (1993) One Woman: The Ultimate Collection (1993) Diana Extended: The Remixes (1994) Voice of Love (1996) Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross (2001) The Definitive Collection (2006) The Greatest (2011) Upside Down: The Collection (2012)
Live releases	Live at Caesars Palace (1974) An Evening with Diana Ross (1977) Greatest Hits Live (1989) Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues (1993) Christmas in Vienna (1993)
Soundtrack albums	Diana! (1971) Lady Sings the Blues (1972) Mahogany (1975) The Wiz (1978) Endless Love (1981)
Video albums	Live in Central Park (2012) Paris 1968: Broadcast Archives (2013)
Singles	"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" "Remember Me" "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" "Surrender" "I'm Still Waiting" "Good Morning Heartache" "Touch Me in the Morning" "You're a Special Part of Me" "Last Time I Saw Him" "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" "You Are Everything" "Don't Knock My Love" "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" "Love Hangover" "Gettin' Ready for Love" "Ease on Down the Road" "Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father)" "What You Gave Me" "The Boss" "It's My House" "Upside Down" "I'm Coming Out" "My Old Piano" "It's My Turn" "Endless Love" "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" "Mirror, Mirror" "Muscles" "Pieces of Ice" "All of You" "Swept Away" "Missing You" "Eaten Alive" "Chain Reaction" "Dirty Looks" "If We Hold on Together" "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" "Someday We'll Be Together" "Take Me Higher" "I Will Survive" "Not Over You Yet" "Goin' Back" "I've Got a Crush on You"
Featured singles	"A Brand New Day" "We Are the World"
Tours and concerts	Super Bowl XXX halftime show (1996) Always is Forever Tour (1999) Return to Love Tour (2000) I Love You Tour (2006–2008) More Today Than Yesterday: The Greatest Hits Tour (2010–2012) In the Name of Love Tour (2013–2017) The Essential Diana Ross: Some Memories Never Fade (2015–2017)
Related topics	The Supremes Rhonda Ross Kendrick (daughter) Tracee Ellis Ross (daughter) Evan Ross (son) Arne Næss Jr. (second husband) Arthur "T-Boy" Ross (brother) Diana Ross Playground Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
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