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| type = single

| artist = Curtis Mayfield

| album = Curtis

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| released = June 25, 1971

| recorded = 1970

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| genre = {{hlist|Progressive soul|funk-soul}}

| length = 8:49 (album version)
2:53 (single)

| label = Curtom

| writer = Curtis Mayfield

| producer = Curtis Mayfield

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"'Move On Up'" is a song by Curtis Mayfield from his 1970 debut album 'Curtis'. Nearly nine minutes long on the album version, it was released as a single in the United States (Curtom 1974), but failed to chart. An edited version of the song spent 10 weeks in the top 50 of the UK Singles Chart in 1971, peaking at number 12, and it has become a soul classic over the years. In 2021, it was listed at No. 474 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time".

A slowed sample of the music was used for the 2006 hip hop song "Touch the Sky" by Kanye West.

Destination version



In 1979, Destination recorded a medley, incorporating "Keep on Pushing", a 1964 hit by the Impressions, also written by Mayfield. Along with the tracks "Up Up Up" and "Destination's Theme", "Move On Up" hit number one on the disco chart for four weeks.'Joel Whitburn's, Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003', 2004 It peaked at number 68 on the soul singles chart.'Joel Whitburn's Presents Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004', 2004

The song was used in Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.

References



Category:1971 songs

Category:1979 singles

Category:Curtis Mayfield songs

Category:Songs written by Curtis Mayfield

Category:1971 singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Curtis Mayfield


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