I Like to Move It

"I Like to Move It"
Single by Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman
from the album Move It!
B-side"Toety"
ReleasedOctober 1993 (1993-10)[1]
Genre
Length3:52
LabelStrictly Rhythm
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Erick Morillo
  • Ralphie Muniz
Reel 2 Real singles chronology
"Go on Move"
(1993) 		"I Like to Move It"
(1993) 		"Go on Move (reissue)"
(1994)
Music video
"I Like to Move It" on YouTube

"I Like to Move It" is a song by American solo project Reel 2 Real (Erick Morillo), featuring ragga vocals by Trinidad and Tobago rapper The Mad Stuntman (Mark Quashie). Released by Strictly Rhythm in October 1993 as the second single from the project's debut album, Move It! (1994), it appeared on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1994, peaking at number 89, and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart the same year. It was a number-one hit in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Zimbabwe. On the Billboard Dance Club Play chart, it peaked at number eight.

At the second International Dance Awards in 1995, it won the award for Best Tune of the Year.[4] Its music video was directed by Craig K. McCall and filmed in New York City.

The song was adapted in a Spanish version by Dominican merengue-house duo Sandy & Papo, as "Mueve, mueve", in 1995. In 2021, it was reworked in a remix version by Tunisian DJ-producer duo, Outrage and Spanish DJ and vocalist Alejandro under the title, "Move It".[5]

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  4. ^ "Eternal Clinch Top Award" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). January 28, 1995. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  5. ^ Orlick, Sam (April 2, 2021). "OUTRAGE ft. ALEJANDRO - Move It". Intensity Recordings & Nik Cooper. Retrieved April 2, 2021.