Don't Stop Movin' (S Club 7 song)


"Don't Stop Movin'" is a song by S Club 7, released as a single on 23 April 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 song features lead vocals by Bradley McIntosh and Jo O'Meara and has a disco style with violins and other stringed instruments. It was released on 23 April 2001 as the lead single from S Club 7's third studio album, Sunshine.
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 801,000 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 listing

  1. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  2. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  3. "Right Guy"
  4. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  1. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  2. "Reach"
  3. "Bring It All Back"
  1. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  2. "Lately"
  1. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  2. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  3. "Right Guy"
  4. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  1. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  2. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  3. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  4. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  1. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  2. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  3. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  4. "Bring it All Back"
  5. "You're My Number One"
  6. "Two in a Million"
  7. "Natural"
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  2. "Don't Stop Movin'"
  3. "Don't Stop Movin'"
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    Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

Plagiarism lawsuit

In 2007, music publishers BMG and Universal settled out of court with Worcestershire-based songwriter Clive Edwards. Mr Edwards had formally charged S Club 7’s songwriters with plagiarising his original song in order to create “Don’t Stop Movin’”. The action was halted just days before the hearing in May 2007 and, although neither party has disclosed details of the settlement, it is believed within the industry to involve very substantial sums.

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.