Move Ya Body

"Move Ya Body"
Single by Nina Sky
from the album Nina Sky
B-side"In a Dream"
ReleasedApril 12, 2004 (2004-04-12)
Recorded2003
StudioThe Hit Factory (New York City)
Genre
Length3:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Elijah Wells
  • Lionel Bermingham
Nina Sky singles chronology
"Move Ya Body"
(2004)
"Oye Mi Canto"
(2004)
Music video
"Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (Official Music Video) ft. Jabba" on YouTube

"Move Ya Body" is a song by American musical duo Nina Sky. It was released on April 12, 2004, as the lead single from their self-titled debut album (2004). The song became the duo's only solo single to reach the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. The song was ranked at number 250 on Blender's "500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born" and is well known for the use of the recurring ostinato on the bongos known as the "Coolie Dance" riddim. This has been the subject and musical motif of many musical samples.[3]

  1. ^ Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2024. The beguiling dancehall breakout hit for identical twins Nicole and Natalie Albino...
  2. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (March 19, 2021). "The Number Ones: Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam's "Lost In Emotion". Stereogum. Retrieved November 7, 2023. ...in 2004, the Queens duo Nina Sky interpolated "Can You Feel The Beat" on "Move Ya Body," a monster freestyle/dancehall hybrid.
  3. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born - Blender". December 28, 2010. Archived from the original on December 28, 2010.