"Move That Body" is a song by American rapper

Nelly Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and embarked on his musical career in 1993 as a member of the Midwest hip hop g ...

. The song features

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and

Akon Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon (), is a Senegalese-United States, American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. An influ ...

, and was produced by

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with

Dr. Luke Łukasz Sebastian Gottwald (born September 26, 1973), known professionally as Dr. Luke, Tyson Trax, and Made in China, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He began his professional music career as the Saturday Night Live ...

. It was released on October 12, 2010, and served as the second single from Nelly's sixth studio album, '' 5.0''. The song received negative reviews from various hip hop critics and fans centered on stale production and use of

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Music video

A music video was shot on October 6, 2010."Behind the Video: Nelly f/ T-Pain & Akon 'Move That Body'"
Rap-Up.com. Retrieved October 30, 2010. The video premiered on October 19 on

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."Video: Nelly f/ T-Pain & Akon 'Move That Body'"
Rap-Up.com. Retrieved October 30, 2010. In the "sizzling" clip, Nelly goes to an underground fight-style dance club, meeting up with

and

who make bets with fellow rappers

T.I. Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. (born September 25, 1980), known professionally as T.I. or Tip, is an American rapper and singer raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Harris is credited as a pioneer of the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with fellow Georgi ...

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, producers Bangladesh and

Jermaine Dupri Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, 1972) is an American rapper and record producer. Raised in Atlanta, Georgia as the son of Columbia Records executive Michael Mauldin, he began his career in music at the age of nine. He discovered th ...

on the sidelines, as various ladies are seen dancing. The video was directed by

Marc Klasfeld Marc Klasfeld is an American music video director. He has directed over two hundred music videos for artists such as Slipknot, Sum 41, Katy Perry, Jay-Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Britney Spears, Kid Rock, Michael Bublé, Nelly, Foo Fighters, Kelly ...

Chart performance

"Move That Body" became a major disappointment on the charts by debuting at number 54 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and falling off the chart the week after. The same reception happened to the single on the

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charts when it debuted at number 29 and also fell off the week after.

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Move That Body (Song) 2010 singles 2010 songs Nelly songs Songs written by Nelly T-Pain songs Songs written by T-Pain Akon songs Songs written by Akon Song recordings produced by Bangladesh (record producer) Songs written by Bangladesh (record producer) Song recordings produced by Dr. Luke Music videos directed by Marc Klasfeld Universal Motown Records singles