Move It Like This (song)

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"Move It Like This"
Baha Men Move It Like This Single.jpg
Single by Baha Men
from the album Move It Like This
B-side"Remixes"
ReleasedFebruary 2002
GenreReggae, junkanoo
Length3:24
LabelS-Curve[1]
Capitol
EMI
Songwriter(s)Anthony Monks Flowers, Brooke Morrow, Colyn Grant, David Schommer, Herschel Small, Jeffrey Chea, Marvin Prosper, Rick Carey, Sam Hollander, Steve Greenberg
Baha Men singles chronology
"Best Years of Our Lives"
(2001) 		"Move It Like This"
(2002) 		"We Rubbin'"
(2002)

"Move It Like This" is a song recorded by the Bahamian pop group Baha Men. It was released in February 2002 as the second and title single from the seventh album of the same name. The song reached number 13 on the New Zealand RIANZ list, number 13 on the Canadian Singles Chart and number 65 on the Swiss Music Charts.

Critical reception[]

The song received generally mixed reviews. musicOMH said of it, "Try to remember this song and you'll remember...nothing original."[2] Conversely, Scott Tady of the Beaver County Times called the song "jubilant" and Rebecca Mahoney of the Lakeland Ledger referred to it as "energetic".[3][4]

Music video[]

Directed by Bryan Barber, the video starts with the Baha Men's tour bus arriving at a college fraternity house filled with high-class students. The Baha Men tell them that they're here for 'the party' with the students protesting no party until the band forces themselves in to set up with a bunch of people coming up behind them hearing about the party. The party escalates from being a house party to going outside during the night with the police coming in to stop the party only for them to get sucked in by the music. Throughout the video, the partygoers perform dance moves that the Baha Men mention in the song from the twist, the electric slide and the robot.

Popular culture[]

The song was in the soundtrack of the 2002 comedy film Big Fat Liar, starring Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes and Paul Giamatti.[5] It was also featured in the video game Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball[6] as well as in an NBA commercial.[3] It was used in a promo for Nick Jr. that aired during the world premiere of the Blue's Clues special Meet Joe. It had kids and characters from Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, Dora the Explorer, Bob the Builder, Blue's Clues, Franklin the Turtle, Little Bear, Little Bill, and Oswald dancing to the song.[7] It was also used in Barney Live in Concert - Birthday Bash!. The song was played at KidZania Manila for the Birthday of Urbano on April 23, 2016 and at the Jansen Household on January 6, 2018. It was also used at the 2002 Kids' Choice Awards.

Charts and sales[]

Peak positions[]

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 76
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[9] 13
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 76
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 11
Scotland (OCC)[12] 17
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 65
UK Singles (OCC)[14] 16

References[]

  1. ^ MTV.com
  2. ^ musicOMH review Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Tady, Scott (August 15, 2002). "Baha Men let the dogs out for Pittsburgh concert". Beaver County Times. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  4. ^ Mahoney, Rebecca (August 9, 2002). "Sweden to Bahamas". Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  5. ^ Movie soundtrack
  6. ^ Game soundtrack
  7. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKHKreGc3ug
  8. ^ Australian peak
  9. ^ Canadian peak
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Baha Men – Move It Like This" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  11. ^ "Charts.nz – Baha Men – Move It Like This". Top 40 Singles.
  12. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  13. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Baha Men – Move It Like This". Swiss Singles Chart.
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.

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