![]() It was posted on their official British YouTube channel, but it was since deleted. Ī reworked parody version, titled "I Like to Shake It, Shake It", was used in an April 2018 commercial for the dishwasher brand Fairy. ![]() The song appeared in the American Dad! episode "The Dentist's Wife". The song appeared in the films The Master of Disguise and Saving Silverman. Dele Fadele from NME noted that it featured "the mock-crazy ragga chatter dancing in the streets of New York with one trouser-leg rolled up." The video received heavy rotation on MTV Europe and was A-listed on Germany's VIVA. It was shot in New York City, with notable filming locations including Times Square and Flatbush. The accompanying music video for "I Like to Move It" was directed by Craig K. James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update declared it a "madly happy gruff ragga rapped bogle/soca-style leaper". Maria Jimenez from Music & Media remarked that the "boomin'" and "grinding scorcher is gaining much audience and radio support on this side of the ocean." Andy Beevers from Music Week rated the song four out of five, adding, "Originally released by Strictly Rhythm, this inspired combination of NY house rhythms and The Mad Stuntman's ragga rhymes has been generating plenty of interest on import." Another editor, Alan Jones, complimented it as a "fierce ragga house anthem". The magazine's David Bennun commented, "The result is ridiculously, naggingly, excruciatingly simple, as you will have no doubt come to realise by the time it turns up on the radio for the 19th time that day and you put your boot through the dial." Another editor, Sarra Manning, praised the song as "god-like genius". ![]() In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, "Straight from nowhere come Reel 2 Real to become the first dance act for several months to charge straight into the Top 10 without a previous hit to their name." Melody Maker viewed it as "a sonic equivalent of the tango advert - equal parts irritant/wonderful pop song." His energy transforms what could have been a laid-back record into a rousing peak-hour anthem." Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian complimented its "growly catchiness". The Mad Stuntman toasts with predictable speed, cutting through the fairly thick groove with a raspy edge. The pulsing synths and sirens of the song made for an instant wall shaker." Larry Flick from Billboard noted that here, " Reggae beat sensibilities are woven around loose house and rave keyboards. In 2020, an editor from AllMusic stated that Reel 2 Real's "I Like to Move It" "still sounds as hot today as it did when it first came out in 1993. "I Like to Move It" was awarded with a gold record in Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In New Zealand, it was a top 20 hit, peaking at number 14. On the Billboard Hot 100, the single reached number 89. It went into the top 10 in Australia and on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart in the US. Outside Europe, "I Like to Move It" peaked at number-one also on the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada and in Zimbabwe. But it topped the UK Dance Singles Chart on February 26. In the UK, it peaked at number five in its eight-week on the UK Singles Chart, on March 27. The single entered the top 10 also in Austria (2), Finland (10), Germany (3), Iceland (6), Ireland (5), Lithuania, Spain (7), Switzerland (4) and the United Kingdom, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it reached number two. It remains the project's biggest and best-known hit, peaking at number-one on the singles chart in Belgium, France, Greece and the Netherlands. "I Like to Move It" was very successful on the charts across several continents. 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". The song was adapted in a Spanish version by Dominican merengue-house duo Sandy & Papo, as "Mueve, mueve", in 1995. At the second International Dance Awards in 1995, it won the award for Best Tune of the Year. On the Billboard Dance Club Play chart, it peaked at number eight. ![]() It was a number-one hit in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Zimbabwe. Released by Strictly Rhythm in 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. " 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). Single by Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman
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