Move Your Feet

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"Move Your Feet"
JuniorSeniorMoveYourFeetCDSingleCover.jpg
Single by Junior Senior
from the album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
B-side
  • "Coconuts" (movie edit)
  • "Chicks and Dicks"
Released10 June 2002 (2002-06-10)
Studio Delta Lab (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Genre Dance-punk [1]
Length3:00
Label Crunchy Frog
Songwriter(s) Junior
Producer(s)
Junior Senior singles chronology
"Move Your Feet"
(2002)
"Rhythm Bandits"
(2003)
Music video
"Move Your Feet" on YouTube

"Move Your Feet" is a song by Danish pop duo Junior Senior from their debut studio album, D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat (2002). The song, originally released in June 2002 in the duo's native Denmark, was issued worldwide in 2003 and became Junior Senior's biggest hit, reaching No. 4 in Denmark, No. 3 in the United Kingdom, and No. 20 in Australia, where it was ranked number 87 on the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown of [[ [2] . A music video for the song, directed by British art collective Shynola, was created using low-resolution pixel art. The song was sampled in Nicki Minaj's 2024 song "Everybody". [3]

Contents

Chart performance

The song proved to be successful in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart for two non-consecutive weeks, [4] going on to become Britain's 16th-best-selling single of 2003. [5] It reached number four on the Danish Singles Chart and number 10 in Ireland. [6] [7] It was a moderate hit in Australia, peaking at number 20. [8] In 2013, the song re-entered the French Singles Chart at number 11. [9]

Music video

This song was accompanied by an animated music video by British art collective Shynola, [10] using low-resolution (90×72) pixel art produced using Deluxe Paint. The video features animated characters of the members of Junior Senior, dancing figures, and personified inanimate objects, as well as Abraham Lincoln in the closing seconds of the video. [11]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat liner notes. [21]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [47] Platinum600,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Denmark10 June 2002CD Crunchy Frog [48]
United Kingdom17 February 2003
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[49]
Australia20 October 2003CD Epic [50]

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