She Wants to Move

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"She Wants to Move"
She Wants to Move.jpg
Single by N*E*R*D
from the album Fly or Die
ReleasedFebruary 9, 2004 (2004-02-09)
Length3:34
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Neptunes
N*E*R*D singles chronology
"Provider"
(2002)
"She Wants to Move"
(2004)
"Maybe"
(2004)

"She Wants to Move" is a single by American hip hop and rock group N*E*R*D from their second studio album, Fly or Die (2004). It was written by Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo and released on February 9, 2004, as the album's lead single. The song peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and peaked within the top 10 on the charts of Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. It received substantial airplay on MTV.

Contents

In Australia the song was ranked number 63 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. The video for the song features British singer, rapper and television personality Alesha Dixon. This song was featured in a party scene in the movie Coach Carter , as well as in an episode of Six Feet Under, "The Black Forest."

Remixes

In 2005, Hitch featured the Mac & Toolz remix of this song in the film, but it was not included on the soundtrack album.

Amongst the other remixes were one by the record label DFA Records which featured in the movie and soundtrack of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as well as a Native Tongue remix, which features guest spots by Common, Mos Def, De La Soul and Q-Tip. Basement Jaxx also remixed the song which was included as a B-side on the follow-up single "Maybe". The song was also remixed by French DJs Justice in 2004. In 2016, Boys Noize presented a presumable remix from Daft Punk, but they confirmed that it was fake.

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [35] Gold35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [36] Silver200,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesFebruary 9, 2004 Virgin [37]
March 1, 2004 [38]
AustraliaMarch 8, 2004CD [39]
United KingdomMarch 15, 2004
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
[40]

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