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Don't Stop Movin' (S Club 7 song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Stop Movin'
| cover = DontStopMovin(SClub).jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = S Club 7
| album = Sunshine
| B-side =
* "Right Guy"
* "Lately"
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:53
| label =
* Polydor
* 19
| writer =
* Simon Ellis
* Sheppard Solomon
* S Club 7
| producer = Simon Ellis
| prev_title = Never Had a Dream Come True
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Have You Ever
| next_year = 2001
| misc =
}}
"'Don't Stop Movin'" is a song by British pop group S Club 7, released as a single on 23 April 2001. The song was written by the group, along with their regular songwriter Simon Ellis, together with Sheppard Solomon. Solomon had worked on hits in the 1990s by Eternal and Michelle Gayle. The song features lead vocals by Bradley McIntosh and Jo O'Meara and has a disco style with violins and other stringed instruments. It was the lead single from S Club 7's third studio album, 'Sunshine' (2001).
The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart twice in the course of one month, with Geri Halliwell's "It's Raining Men" spending two weeks at the top position in between. The song's popularity rendered it the year's seventh biggest-selling single. It was also awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Single in 2002 and ITV's Record of the Year accolade. The song made it to number 3 in 'Q'
Following the success of "Never Had a Dream Come True", S Club released "Don't Stop Movin'" as the lead single from their American-only album 'Don't Stop Movin'.
Music video
The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.
Track listings
* 'UK CD1'
# "Don't Stop Movin'" 3:53
# "Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) 3:51
# "Right Guy" 3:40
# "Don't Stop Movin'" (CD-ROM video) 3:53
* 'UK CD2'
# "Don't Stop Movin'" 3:53
# "Reach" (karaoke version) 4:05
# "Bring It All Back" (karaoke version) 3:34
* 'UK cassette single'
# "Don't Stop Movin'" 3:53
# "Lately" 4:32
* 'European CD single'
# "Don't Stop Movin'" 3:53
# "Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) 3:51
* 'Australian CD single'
# "Don't Stop Movin'" 3:53
# "Don't Stop Movin'" (Pants 'N' Corset club) 7:27
# "Don't Stop Movin'" (Trisco remix) 7:31
# "Don't Stop Movin'" (CD-ROM video) 3:53
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the 'Sunshine' album booklet.
'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 Wright concertmaster
* 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
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
Release history
Cover versions
On 'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway', as part of Ant vs. Dec: The Teams, their challenge was to record a charity single. Ant's team sang this song as their single. They lost the challenge, however they still managed to chart at number 79 on the 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
Category:19 Recordings singles
Category:2001 singles
Category:2001 songs
Category:Brit Award for British Single
Category:Disco songs
Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
Category:Music videos directed by Andy Morahan
Category:Number-one singles in Scotland
Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland
Category:Polydor Records singles
Category:S Club 7 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Simon Ellis (record producer)
Category:Songs about dancing
Category:Songs written by Sheppard Solomon
Category:Songs written by Simon Ellis (record producer)
Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles
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