| "Movin'" | ||||
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| Single by Brass Construction | ||||
| from the album Brass Construction | ||||
| B-side | "Talkin'" | |||
| Released | March 1976 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:49 (radio edit) 8:40 (full version) | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Randy Muller Wade Williamston | |||
| Producer(s) | Jeff Lane | |||
| Brass Construction singles chronology | ||||
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"Movin'" is a song written by Randy Muller and Wade Williamston, and performed by R&B/disco band Brass Construction.
Background
The song was culled together from a 16-minute jam session by the band.
Chart performance
Released from their self-titled 1976 album, the single spent a week at number 1 on the R&B singles chart in the spring of that year. It was also successful on the pop charts, peaking at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. On the disco dance charts, "Movin'" went to number 1 for four weeks and spent a total of twelve weeks on the chart. Outside the US, "Movin'" went to number 23 in the UK in 1976 and peaked at number 24 as "Movin' 1988" when remixed by PWL's Phil Harding.
Samples
- "Got Myself Together" by Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez sampled the song for The Bucketheads' album All in the Mind.
- Pumps and a Bump by MC Hammer.
Popular culture
- The song is heard playing in the background in the Good Times episode "The Big Move", Part One, at the Evans' going-away party, where they receive the news that the family patriarch, James, had been killed in an automobile accident.
References
- "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- Movin' - Song Review, allmusic.com
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 76.
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 42.
- "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- James Hamilton in Record Mirror, May 21, 1988 issue published by United Newspapers
- "May 21, 1988: "Detroit's own brand of acid house is more correctly called techno"". 21 May 1988.
- "Movin' 1988 | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
- "All in the Mind: Deluxe Version - Record Collector Magazine".
- "MC Hammer's 'Pumps and a Bump' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
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