I Like to Move It
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"I Like to Move It" is a 1994 music
track performed by Reel 2 Real
(Erick Morillo
), featuring ragga
vocals by Trinidad and Tobago
rapper The Mad Stuntman
(Mark Quashie). The song appeared on the Billboard Hot 100
charts in 1994, peaking at #89, reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart
, was a number one hit in the Netherlands and was a #8 hit on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
The song is featured prominently in the Madagascar film series.
, as well as the confectionery Chewits
in the United Kingdom
("I like to chew it, chew it!"). Also Durex
condoms ("I like to do it, do it"). The song has also been featured on the 2001 Summers edition of Toshiba EMI's dance compilation album series Dancemania
, and as a result, also appeared on Just Dance
and DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution
(due to Konami's deal with Toshiba EMI, allowing the game series to use music from the album series). A remix of this song by DJ Aligator was featured on Dancemania EX 2.
The music is heard briefly in the movie Master of Disguise. It can also be heard in the motion picture "Saving Silverman
".
's Madagascar
film franchise, where different versions of the song are featured prominently in the films, their soundtrack
s, and associated marketing campaigns. In the first film, Madagascar
, "I Like to Move It" is performed by British
comedian
Sacha Baron Cohen
, who plays the character of King Julien in the films. In the 2008 sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, a different version is performed by American hip-hop artist will.i.am
, who plays the character of Moto Moto (although the Sacha Baron Cohen version can be heard in the film's main menu). Both versions include (different) lyrics referencing the characters and plot of the two films. Snippets of the song are performed by other characters in the films as well.
In 2001, the song was remixed by MC Mario
, a popular Canadian radio jock.
In 2005, a remixed version was featured on the United States
version of the Crazy Frog
album, Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits
. The song was partially included and recorded for Jully Black
's Sweat of Your Brow
.
In 2004 The Minister Ft. Scooby released "I Like To Move It". The song is based on the melody from Ghostbusters.
In 2006 Syndicate Of Law produced their version of the song.
Danish
-Iran
ian DJ Alligator
has also made a cover of the song.
In 2008 the song became well known at Arsenal FC's stadium when supporters started a song for Emmanuel Eboué
to the tune of the song re-wording the lyrics to "I like Eboue-boue, I like Eboue-boue, I like Eboue-boue, You like EBOUE!"
In 2009 2 more covers were released. This time produced by Klaas
Gerling. And the second being performed by The Zoo Gang.
In late 2009 a remix entitled "I like to Cook it" was released by Berlin based artist Sean Mckendrick.
In 2010 Basshunter
used the sampler for his single Saturday
In 2010 Jedward
released a cover of the version performed by will.i.am
in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa on their debut album Planet Jedward
.
CD maxi
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
track performed by Reel 2 Real
Reel 2 Real
Reel 2 Real is a house music and reggae-influenced duo which had seven Top 10 hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the 1990s.-Biography:...
(Erick Morillo
Erick Morillo
Erick Morillo is a Colombian-American DJ, music producer and record label owner. Having produced under a number of pseudonyms, including Ministers De la Funk, The Dronez, RAW, Smooth Touch, RBM, Deep Soul, Club Ultimate and Li'l Mo Ying Yang, Morillo is best known for his international work in...
), featuring ragga
Ragga
-Origins:Ragga originated in Jamaica during the 1980s, at the same time that electronic dance music's popularity was increasing globally. One of the reasons for ragga's swift propagation is that it is generally easier and less expensive to produce than reggae performed on traditional musical...
vocals by Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
rapper The Mad Stuntman
The Mad Stuntman
Mark Quashie , better known by his stage name The Mad Stuntman, is a singer, best known for providing the vocals on "I Like to Move It" by Reel 2 Real. Quashie took his name from the Lee Majors' television series The Fall Guy...
(Mark Quashie). The song appeared on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
charts in 1994, peaking at #89, reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, was a number one hit in the Netherlands and was a #8 hit on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
The song is featured prominently in the Madagascar film series.
Uses in the media
Subsequently, the song was used in various promotions, including advertisements for the National Basketball League in AustraliaNational Basketball League (Australia)
The National Basketball League, also known as the iiNet NBL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australasia....
, as well as the confectionery Chewits
Chewits
Chewits is the brand name of a chewy, cuboid-shaped, soft taffy sweet manufactured by Leaf International. -History:Chewits was launched in the UK in 1965. The sweets were originally manufactured in Southport, but after the closing of the factory in 2006 manufacture was moved to Slovakia. The...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
("I like to chew it, chew it!"). Also Durex
Durex
Durex is the trademarked name for a range of condoms that used to be made by British company SSL International. This company was sold to Reckitt Benckiser in July 2010....
condoms ("I like to do it, do it"). The song has also been featured on the 2001 Summers edition of Toshiba EMI's dance compilation album series Dancemania
Dancemania
Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...
, and as a result, also appeared on Just Dance
Just Dance (video game)
Just Dance is a music video game developed and published by Ubisoft for the Wii. It was released on November 17, 2009 in North America, November 26 in Australia, and November 27 in Europe. It is similar to the Dance Dance Revolution games in that dancers match moves on screen in order to earn...
and DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution
DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution
DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution is the fourth home version of Dance Dance Revolution to be released in the United States, the first of which to be released on the Sony PlayStation 2 console. It was released by Konami on October 29, . DDRMAX contains a total of 71 songs, 33 of which are hidden and...
(due to Konami's deal with Toshiba EMI, allowing the game series to use music from the album series). A remix of this song by DJ Aligator was featured on Dancemania EX 2.
The music is heard briefly in the movie Master of Disguise. It can also be heard in the motion picture "Saving Silverman
Saving Silverman
Saving Silverman is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan. It stars Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black and Amanda Peet. Neil Diamond has a cameo role playing himself...
".
Use in the Madagascar films
The song is used in DreamWorksDreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
's Madagascar
Madagascar (film series)
Madagascar is an animated film series produced by DreamWorks Animation. Voices of Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock and David Schwimmer are featured in the films...
film franchise, where different versions of the song are featured prominently in the films, their soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
s, and associated marketing campaigns. In the first film, Madagascar
Madagascar (2005 film)
Madagascar is a 2005 computer-animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation, and released in movie theaters on May 27, 2005. The film tells the story of four Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa, getting shipwrecked...
, "I Like to Move It" is performed by British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
comedian
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and voice artist. He is most widely known for his portrayal of three unorthodox fictional characters: Ali G, Borat, and Brüno...
, who plays the character of King Julien in the films. In the 2008 sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, a different version is performed by American hip-hop artist will.i.am
Will.i.am
William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...
, who plays the character of Moto Moto (although the Sacha Baron Cohen version can be heard in the film's main menu). Both versions include (different) lyrics referencing the characters and plot of the two films. Snippets of the song are performed by other characters in the films as well.
Cover versions
In 1995, there was a Latin Tropical (house-merengue) version released, sung by Sandy y Papo titled "Mueve, Mueve", it's a loose version of "I Like to Move It" but the main chorus remains almost exactly as the original.In 2001, the song was remixed by MC Mario
MC Mario
Mario Tremblay, better known under his moniker MC Mario, is a French Canadian song producer, disc jockey and radio host from Montreal, Quebec...
, a popular Canadian radio jock.
In 2005, a remixed version was featured on the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
version of the Crazy Frog
Crazy Frog
Crazy Frog, originally known as Adam King, is a computer-animated character created in 2003 by Erik Wernquist. Marketed by the ringtone provider Jamba!, the animation was originally created to accompany a sound effect produced by Daniel Malmedahl in 1997 while attempting to imitate the sound of a...
album, Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits
Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits
Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits is an album by the Crazy Frog, released on July 25, 2005. It is a collection of songs mixed with the Crazy Frog ringtone, including "Axel F" and "Popcorn"....
. The song was partially included and recorded for Jully Black
Jully Black
Jully Black |Julie]]"; born Jullyann Inderia Gordon; November 8, 1977) is a Canadian R&B singer–songwriter. She has collaborated and written for many artists, including Nas, Missy Elliott, Saukrates, Choclair, Kardinal Offishall, Destiny's Child, and Sean Paul.-Life & career:Black was born Jullyann...
's Sweat of Your Brow
Sweat of Your Brow
"Sweat of Your Brow" was the second single from Jully Black's debut album This Is Me. Released in 2005, the single featured a rap by Demarco, and was a significant airplay and video hit in Canada.-Chart positions:-Official versions:...
.
In 2004 The Minister Ft. Scooby released "I Like To Move It". The song is based on the melody from Ghostbusters.
In 2006 Syndicate Of Law produced their version of the song.
Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
-Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian DJ Alligator
Ali Movasat
Aliasghar Movasat), on 10 March 1975, Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-Danish eurodance producer and DJ. He enjoyed worldwide success with the single "The Whistle Song" from his 2000 debut album Payback Time. It peaked at #5 in the United Kingdom in January 2002, and subsequently, he performed it on...
has also made a cover of the song.
In 2008 the song became well known at Arsenal FC's stadium when supporters started a song for Emmanuel Eboué
Emmanuel Eboué
Emmanuel Eboué is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and Ivory Coast. His natural position is at right back, but he is also used in various other positions. Eboué also holds a Belgian passport.-Early career:...
to the tune of the song re-wording the lyrics to "I like Eboue-boue, I like Eboue-boue, I like Eboue-boue, You like EBOUE!"
In 2009 2 more covers were released. This time produced by Klaas
Klaas
Klaas is a Dutch male given and surname. It is the Dutch short form of Nicholas, a Greek name ultimately meaning victory of the people. Its female variants is Klaasien...
Gerling. And the second being performed by The Zoo Gang.
In late 2009 a remix entitled "I like to Cook it" was released by Berlin based artist Sean Mckendrick.
In 2010 Basshunter
Basshunter
Jonas Erik Altberg , better known by his stage name Basshunter, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. He is best known for his number one hits "Boten Anna", "Dota", "Now You're Gone" and "All I Ever Wanted". Basshunter has so far released a total of six albums, two of which have...
used the sampler for his single Saturday
Saturday (Basshunter song)
"Saturday" is a dance-pop song by Swedish producer Basshunter. It was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2010 as the lead single from his forthcoming fourth studio album. The song samples Reel 2 Real's "I Like to Move It". "Saturday" peaked at number twenty-one on the UK Singles...
In 2010 Jedward
Jedward
John Paul Henry Daniel Richard Grimes and Edward Peter Anthony Kevin Patrick Grimes are an Irish hip pop duo. They are identical twins and perform under the name Jedward...
released a cover of the version performed by will.i.am
Will.i.am
William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...
in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa on their debut album Planet Jedward
Planet Jedward
Planet Jedward is the debut studio album by Irish pop duo Jedward. The album was released on July 16, 2010.-Background:The album was released via Absolute Records, a minor subsidiary of the Universal Music Group label. Despite this, the twins' debut single, "Under Pressure ", was released by Sony...
.
Track listings
CD single- "I Like to Move It" (radio edit) — 3:52
- "I Like to Move It" (more's instrumental) — 3:57
CD maxi
- "I Like to Move It" (radio edit) — 3:52
- "I Like to Move It" (UK vocal house remix) — 5:47
- "I Like to Move It" (UK moody house remix) — 5:05
- "I Like to Move It" (Reel 2 Reel dub) — 4:25
- "I Like To Shoot It" (video version) - 3:52-13:00
Peak positions
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 8 |
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 6 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 2 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 1 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart | 1 |
| German Singles Chart | 3 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 5 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 14 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 12 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 4 |
| UK Singles Chart | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 89 |
End of year charts
| End of year chart (1994) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 40 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 25 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 2 |
| French Singles Chart | 3 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 47 |