"Can You Move" aka Can You Move It aka Can You Dance is a single by UK band Modern Romance

Modern Romance (band)

Modern Romance were a British pop music band that found popularity in the early 1980s. Formed in 1980 by previous members of an earlier punk rock band, The Leyton Buzzards, the band enjoyed a string of UK chart hits before they broke up in 1985...

. It was released in the United States in 1982 as a 12-inch single

12-inch single

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 by Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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, and in Japan as a 7-inch single through WEA Records.

12-inch single (America)

• Can You Move [Vocal Midnight Mix]
• Can You Move [Instrumental Midnight Mix]

12-inch promo (America)

• Can You Move [Vocal Midnight Mix]
• Can You Move [Instrumental Midnight Mix]

History

"Can You Move" - also related to Can You Dance is a single by Modern Romance that was released primarily in the United States, where it reached #2 on the Dance Chart. It was released in Japan in 1982. The single also backs their UK hit, "Queen of the Rapping Scene (Nothing Ever Goes the Way You Plan)" (1982), which peaked at #37 on the UK chart. "Can You Move" was re-released as "Can You Move '88" by band member, David Jaymes.

Personnel

• Geoff Deane - vocals
• David Jaymes - bass guitar
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• Robbie Jaymes - synthesizer
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• Paul Gendler - guitar
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• Andy Kyriacou - drums
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• Richie Rivera - Mixer dance
  Mixer dance
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