"Move Your Body" is a song by Italian musical group

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. It was released as the third single from their debut album, ''

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'', on 4 November 1999.

Composition

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at 130 BPM. It has dance-oriented sounds and uses the same pitch shifter–based distortion as the vocals from the previous single, "

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". Group member Jeffrey Jey claimed that the song "had tried to recall the original spirit of the dance, understood as a vehicle to bring together and communicate with people."Martian, Alfredo (25 June 2001)
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Critical reception

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'' that it was hard to call "Move Your Body" a "timeless masterpiece," but it was impossible to hate it. ''

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'' called it a "kitschy

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number" and commented on "the song's catchy melody, addictive lyrical redundancy, and the familiar computerized voice of the trio's Jeffrey Jey".

Commercial performance

While the single was issued through

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in Italy, it was licensed to several labels for international release. In the UK, it was licensed to

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label, in the US to

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, in Germany to BMG Berlin, in France to Scorpio, in Spain to

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, in Australia to Central Station, and to Valentine and

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.Dezzani, Mark (1999) "Warner Music Italy Steps Into Dance", ''

'', 27 November 1999, p. 58 The song achieved huge success in many countries, topping the charts of Austria, Denmark, France, Italy and Spain; however it charted at only number 36 on the US ''Billboard''

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. Elia Habib, an expert of the French charts, noted the great efficiency of the song on the

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chart, since it was strong enough to dislodge the massive hit " Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)" by

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and to resist to its competitors, which prevented Eiffel 65 to remain a

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, and enabled the band to become the first one to get its second number one single in France.

Music video

The music video is sort of a sequel to the music video for “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”, as it features the same blue aliens (their leader being named Zorotl). The band has a concert on the planet of the blue aliens, when a group of hostiles capture a female alien. The band (with the help of Zorotl) use a teleportation device to search for her. When they find her, the hostiles join the concert.

Track listings

CD maxi 1 - Germany # "Move Your Body" (D.J.

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original radio edit) — 4:30 # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:54 # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gregory Kolla & Alex X Funk Claywork mix) — 6:20 # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte speed cut) — 5:32 CD maxi 2 - Germany # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original video edit) — 3:30 # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte speed radio cut) — 3:31 # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:54 # "Move Your Body" (Roby Molinaro forge edit) — 7:03 # "

" (Molinaro parade German cut) — 2:47 CD maxi - UK # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte edit) — 3:29 # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:55 # "Move Your Body" (album sampler megamix) — 6:07 CD single # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original video edit) — 3:30 # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:54 12-inch maxi - Spain # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:45 # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte speed cut) — 5:31 # "Move Your Body" (Roby Molinaro forge edit) — 7:03 12-inch maxi - UK # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gabry Ponte original club mix) — 5:55 # "Move Your Body" (D.J. Gregory Kolla & Alex X Funk Claywork mix) — 6:25 # "Move Your Body" (Roby Molinaro forge edit) — 7:03 # "Move Your Body" (casino machine Paris dub) — 7:01

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

Album information
{{Authority control 1999 singles 1999 songs Animated music videos Eiffel 65 songs European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles Logic Records singles Number-one singles in Austria Number-one singles in Denmark Number-one singles in Italy Republic Records singles SNEP Top Singles number-one singles Songs about dancing Songs written by Maurizio Lobina Warner Music Group singles Songs written by Jeffrey Jey