Don't Stop Movin' (S Club 7 song)

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"Don't Stop Movin'"
Single by S Club 7
from the album Sunshine
B-side
Released23 April 2001 (2001-04-23)
Length3:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Simon Ellis
S Club 7 singles chronology
"Never Had a Dream Come True"
(2000)
"Don't Stop Movin'"
(2001)
"Have You Ever"
(2001)
Music video
"Don't Stop Movin'" on YouTube

"Don't Stop Movin'" is a song by British pop group

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The song reached number one in the

It's Raining Men" spending two weeks at the top position in between.[2] The song's popularity rendered it the year's seventh biggest-selling single.[3] It was also awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Single in 2002 and ITV's Record of the Year accolade.[4] The song made it to number 3 in Q's "Guilty Pleasures" list in August 2006.[5] It has sold 1,137,000 copies in the United Kingdom, as stated by the Official Charts Company.[6]

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.[7]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Sunshine album booklet.[15]

Studio

  • Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)

Personnel

  • Simon Ellis – writing, keyboards, programming, production
  • Sheppard Solomon – writing
  • S Club 7 – writing
  • Dave Rainger – guitar
  • Ernie McKone – bass
  • Gavyn Wrightconcertmaster
  • Nick Ingman – arrangement, conducting
  • Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contracting
  • Richard Robson – additional programming
  • Chuck Norman – additional programming
  • Stephen Lipson – additional programming, additional production
  • Heff Moraes – mixing
  • James Reynolds – engineering
  • Richard Dowling – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[41] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Sweden (GLF)[42] Gold 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[43] Platinum 1,137,000[6]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 23 April 2001
  • CD
  • cassette
[44]
Australia 2 July 2001 CD [45]
Japan 7 November 2001 [46]

Cover versions

On

UK Singles Chart
.

Starsailor covered this song on Radio 1's Live Lounge.

The song was also recorded by The Beautiful South for their cover album Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs at a slower tempo in contrast to the original.

Boy band

911 sang the song on the ITV television programme Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
.

Jo O'Meara recorded an "unplugged" acoustic version of the song in 2021 to mark 20 years since its original release.

References

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