"Move It Like This"
Single by Baha Men
from the album Move It Like This
B-side"Remixes"
Released17 February 2002
GenreDance-pop, reggae, junkanoo
Length3:24
LabelS-Curve[1]
Capitol
EMI
Songwriter(s)Anthony Monks Flowers, Brooke Morrow, Colyn Grant, David Schommer, Herschel Small, Jeffrey Chea, Marvin Prosper, Rick Carey, Sam Hollander, Steve Greenberg
Baha Men singles chronology
"Best Years of Our Lives"
(2001) 		"Move It Like This"
(2002) 		"We Rubbin'"
(2002)

"Move It Like This" is a song recorded by the Bahamian pop group Baha Men. It was released on 17 February 2002 as the second and title single from the seventh album of the same name. The song reached number 13 on the New Zealand RIANZ list, number 13 on the Canadian Singles Chart and number 65 on the Swiss Music Charts.

Composition

The song has dance-pop, reggae, and junkanoo elements.

Critical reception

The song received generally mixed reviews. musicOMH said of it, "Try to remember this song and you'll remember...nothing original."[2] Conversely, Scott Tady of the Beaver County Times called the song "jubilant" and Rebecca Mahoney of the Lakeland Ledger referred to it as "energetic".[3][4]

Music video

Directed by Bryan Barber, the video starts with the Baha Men's tour bus arriving at a college fraternity house filled with high-class students. The Baha Men tell them that they're here for 'the party' with the students protesting no party until the band forces themselves in to set up with a bunch of people coming up behind them hearing about the party. The party escalates from being a house party to going outside during the night with the police coming in to stop the party only for them to get sucked in by the music. Throughout the video, the partygoers perform dance moves that the Baha Men mention in the song from the twist, the electric slide and the robot.

Popular culture

The song was in the soundtrack of the 2002 comedy film Big Fat Liar, starring Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes and Paul Giamatti.[5] It was also featured in the video game Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball[6] as well as in an NBA commercial.[3] It was used in a promo for Nick Jr. that aired during the world premiere of the Blue's Clues special, "Meet Joe". It had kids and animated characters from Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, Dora the Explorer, Bob the Builder, Franklin the Turtle, Little Bear, Little Bill, and Oswald dancing to the song.[7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Move It Like This"
Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 76
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[9] 9
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[10] 13
Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 76
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 47
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 11
Scotland (OCC)[14] 17
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 65
UK Singles (OCC)[16] 16

Year-end charts

2002 year-end chart performance for "Move It Like This"
Chart Position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[17] 161

References

  1. ^ MTV.com
  2. ^ musicOMH review Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Tady, Scott (August 15, 2002). "Baha Men let the dogs out for Pittsburgh concert". Beaver County Times. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  4. ^ Mahoney, Rebecca (August 9, 2002). "Sweden to Bahamas". Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  5. ^ Movie soundtrack
  6. ^ Game soundtrack
  7. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Old Nick Jr Promo - Can You Move It Like This?. YouTube.
  8. ^ Australian peak
  9. ^ "Baha Men – Move It Like This" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  10. ^ "Baha Men Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  11. ^ "Baha Men – Move It Like This" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  12. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Baha Men". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  13. ^ "Baha Men – Move It Like This". Top 40 Singles.
  14. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  15. ^ "Baha Men – Move It Like This". Swiss Singles Chart.
  16. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  17. ^ "Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002 (Part 2)". Jam!. January 14, 2003. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004.
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