The Movement (dance band)
The Movement | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Techno |
| Years active | 1992–1994 |
| Labels | Arista |
| Past members | AJ Mora Richard Vission DJ Hazze |
The Movement was an American techno band from Los Angeles, California consisting of Costa Rican-born AJ Mora, Canadian-born Richard "Humpty" Vission and DJ Hazze.[1] The band was only two years in activity, between 1992 and 1994.
Musical career
[edit]The Movement is generally considered a one-hit wonder. Their first single, released on Kahn's L.A.-based Sunshine record label, was "Jump!" in 1992. The record reached number one on Billboard Magazine's Hot Dance Club Play chart.[2] It also reached the top 10 on the magazine's Hot 12" Sales chart, crossed over to pop radio, hitting number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, albeit with a re-working of the chorus ("Jump Motherfucker Jump!" which became "Jump Everybody Jump!"). Kahn signed a deal with Arista Records in New York to distribute the single and the subsequent album, which he also produced.
The song "Jump" included a sample of the hit "Tu Pum Pum" by Panamanian rapper El General, courtesy of New Creations Enterprises.
Kahn continued to produce and release artists on the Sunshine label, including Skee-Lo, whose rap single "I Wish" was hugely successful before jointly re-releasing the single on the Sunshine and Scotti Bros. label, along with Skee-Lo's first album, also produced by Kahn, which was nominated for a Grammy as Best Rap Album.
Vission continues to be a successful producer, remixer and DJ, and he had more dance and Hot 100 hits in 1998 as a member of Pure Sugar.
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- The Movement (1992)
EPs
[edit]- The Movement (1993)
Singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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| US | AUS [3] |
SWE [4] |
UK [5] | |||
| "Jump!" | 1992 | 53 | 7 | 26 | 57 | The Movement |
| "B.I.N.G.O." | — | 84 | — | — | ||
| "Shake That" | 1993 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Bounce" | 1994 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
See also
[edit]- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
[edit]- ^ "Movement, the (3) Discography at Discogs". Discogs. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-05. Discogs
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 183.
- ^ Peaks in Australia:
- "Jump!": "Discography The Movement". australian-charts.com. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- "B.I.N.G.O.": Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 185.
- ^ "Discography The Movement". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ "Movement | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
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