Everybody Move

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"Everybody Move"
Everybody Move single cover.jpg
Single by Cathy Dennis
from the album Move to This
Released25 November 1991 (1991-11-25) [1]
Genre House
Length3:26
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s) Cathy Dennis, Terry Britten, Mick Leeson
Producer(s) Cathy Dennis, Phil Bodger
Cathy Dennis singles chronology
"Too Many Walls"
(1991)
"Everybody Move"
(1991)
"You Lied to Me"
(1992)

"Everybody Move" is a song by British dance-pop singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis. It was a top-30 hit in the UK, peaking at number 25. Additionally, it also reached number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 41 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the US. In Australia, the single peaked at number 85.

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Critical reception

Alex Henderson from AllMusic noted that Dennis is "warm and convincing on such sleek and infectious dance-floor fare", as "Everybody Move". [2] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "After the soft and pleasing "Too Many Walls", Dennis returns to her dance roots for an instantly contagious pop/house twirler. Already racking up club adds, fourth shot from hit-packed " Move to This " debut album sounds like another sure-fire multiformat smash." [3] Marc Andrews from Smash Hits commented that here, the singer "returns to more familiar ground with this dance stormer a la Vogue ('tis the season obviously). And, good news ahoy, it seems certain to provide Cathy from Norwich with the fifth hit from her five-hits-from-the-one-LP". [4]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Scottish television comedy director and producer Bob Spiers.

Track listings

  1. "Everybody Move" (Everybody's Club Mix)
  2. "Everybody Move" (Padapella)
  3. "Everybody Move" (Everybody's House Mix)
  4. "Everybody Move" (Everybody's House Music)

Charts

Chart (1991–1992)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 85
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [6] 58
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [7] 31
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 38
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 25
UK Dance ( Music Week ) [10] 46
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] 90
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 41

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