"Don't Stop Movin'" is a song by British pop group S Club 7, released on 23 April 2001 as the lead single from their third studio album, Sunshine (2001). The song was written by the group, along with their regular songwriter Simon Ellis, together with Sheppard Solomon. Solomon had worked on hits in the 1990s by Eternal and Michelle Gayle. The disco-oriented song features lead vocals by Bradley McIntosh and Jo O'Meara.
The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart twice in the course of one month, with Geri Halliwell's "It's Raining Men" spending two weeks at the top position in between. The song's popularity rendered it the year's seventh biggest-selling single. It was also awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Single in 2002 and ITV's Record of the Year accolade. The song made it to number 3 in Q's "Guilty Pleasures" list in August 2006. It has sold 1,137,000 copies in the United Kingdom, as stated by the Official Charts Company.
Music video
The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.
Track listings
UK CD1 and Japanese CD single
"Don't Stop Movin'" – 3:53
"Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) – 3:51
"Right Guy" – 3:40
"Don't Stop Movin'" (CD-ROM video) – 3:53
UK CD2
"Don't Stop Movin'" – 3:53
"Reach" (karaoke version) – 4:05
"Bring It All Back" (karaoke version) – 3:34
UK cassette single
"Don't Stop Movin'" – 3:53
"Lately" – 4:32
European CD single
"Don't Stop Movin'" – 3:53
"Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) – 3:51
Australian CD single
"Don't Stop Movin'" – 3:53
"Don't Stop Movin'" (Pants 'N' Corset club) – 7:27
"Don't Stop Movin'" (Trisco remix) – 7:31
"Don't Stop Movin'" (CD-ROM video) – 3:53
Digital Single
"Don't Stop Movin'" – 3:53
"Right Guy" – 3:40
"Lately" – 4:32
"Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone mix) – 5:01
"Don't Stop Movin'" (Jewels & Stone radio mix) – 3:51
"Don't Stop Movin'" (Trisco's vocal mix) – 7:31
"Don't Stop Movin'" (Trisco instrumental) – 7:31
"Don't Stop Movin'" (Pants 'n' Corset club mix) – 7:27
"Don't Stop Movin'" (Pants 'n' Corset Tuff dub) – 8:05
"Don't Stop Movin'" (Steve Thomas remix) – 6:35
"Don't Stop Movin'" (D-Bop's Mirrorball mix) – 6:34
"Don't Stop Movin'" (Karaoke version) – 3:32
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the Sunshine album booklet.
Studio
Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)
Personnel
Simon Ellis – writing, keyboards, programming, production
Sheppard Solomon – writing
S Club 7 – writing
Dave Rainger – guitar
Ernie McKone – bass
Gavyn Wright – concertmaster
Nick Ingman – arrangement, conducting
Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contracting
Richard Robson – additional programming
Chuck Norman – additional programming
Stephen Lipson – additional programming, additional production
Heff Moraes – mixing
James Reynolds – engineering
Richard Dowling – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
Release history
Cover versions
On Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, as part of Ant vs. Dec: The Teams, their challenge was to record a charity single. Ant's team sang this song as their single. They lost the challenge, however they still managed to chart at number 79 on the UK Singles Chart.
Starsailor covered this song on Radio 1's Live Lounge.
The song was also recorded by The Beautiful South for their cover album Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs at a slower tempo in contrast to the original.
Boy band 911 sang the song on the ITV television programme Hit Me, Baby, One More Time.
Jo O'Meara recorded an "unplugged" acoustic version of the song in 2021 to mark 20 years since its original release.
References
19 Recordings singles
2001 singles
2001 songs
Brit Award for British Single
Disco songs
Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
Music videos directed by Andy Morahan
Number-one singles in Scotland
Number-one singles in Switzerland
Polydor Records singles
S Club 7 songs
Song recordings produced by Simon Ellis (record producer) Songs about dancing Songs written by Sheppard Solomon Songs written by Simon Ellis (record producer) UK Singles Chart number-one singles