Move Your Ass!

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::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]

FieldValue
nameMove Your Ass!
coverMove_your_ass.jpg
typesingle
artistScooter
album... and the Beat Goes On!
B-sideBack in Time
released27 January 1995
* Acid techno<ref name"masterton"
* rave<ref name"hamilton"
length5:38
labelClub Tools
prev_titleHyper Hyper
prev_year1994
next_titleFriends
next_year1995
misc
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| name = Move Your Ass! | cover = Move_your_ass.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Scooter | album = ... and the Beat Goes On! | B-side = Back in Time | released = 27 January 1995 | recorded = | studio = | genre =

  • Acid techno
  • rave | length = 5:38 | label = Club Tools | writer =
  • H. P. Baxxter
  • Rick J. Jordan
  • Jens Thele
  • Ferris Bueller | producer =
  • H. P. Baxxter
  • Rick J. Jordan
  • Jens Thele
  • Ferris Bueller | prev_title = Hyper Hyper | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = Friends | next_year = 1995 | misc =

"Move Your Ass!" is a song by German band Scooter, released in January 1995, by Club Tools, as the second single from their first studio album, ...and the Beat Goes On! (1995). In October of the same year, a Move Your Ass EP was marketed in the United Kingdom and Ireland. This rave song was a hit in countries such as Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland where it reached the top ten. In France, the song reached number 11.

"Move Your Ass" was the introduction to Scooter in the UK, being the first of their many releases to enter the UK top 40. It was first released there on 1 April 1995, but it stalled at number 98 on the chart before dropping out of the top 100 altogether. It saw a re-release on 21 October 1995, when it entered the UK top 40 and peaked at number 23. It remained in the UK top 100 for four weeks.

Critical reception

James Masterton for Dotmusic named "Move Your Ass!" as a "startlingly retrospective-sounding acid track". Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "Vrrrrrroooooommmmmmmm!!!!! There goes the Vespa again to deliver the follow-up to novelty hit 'Hyper Hyper'. Once more the unchanged winning team performs in a fake live show setting." James Hamilton from *Music Week'''s *RM'' Dance Update described it as a "rabble rousing phonetic exhortations shouted surging fantastically frantic 0–160 3-0bpm raver from Germany".

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Move Your Ass!" was directed by Eric Will. It was A-listed on German music television channel VIVA in February 1995. Nine months later, the video was a Box Top on British The Box for four weeks in November.

Track listings

Original version

  • CD single – France
  1. "Move Your Ass!" (Video edit) – 3:55
  2. "Move Your Ass!" – 5:50
  • CD maxi – Germany and France (CLU 6090–5)
  1. "Move Your Ass!" (Video edit) – 3:58
  2. "Move Your Ass!" – 5:50
  3. "Back in Time" – 7:04

Remixes

  • CD maxi – Australia
  1. "Move Your Ass!" (Video edit) – 4:00
  2. "Move Your Ass!" (Ultra-sonic remix) – 7:16
  3. "Move Your Ass!" (Mandala remix) – 6:28
  4. "Move Your Ass!" (Para-dizer remix) – 3:22
  5. "Move Your Ass!" (Alien Factory remix) – 5:33
  6. "Move Your Ass!" (Mega 'lo mania-acid mania mix) – 5:49
  7. "Move Your Ass!" (Men Behind remix) – 5:54
  • CD maxi – Germany (CLU 6105–5)
  1. "Move Your Ass!" (Ultra-sonic remix) – 7:15
  2. "Move Your Ass!" (Mandala remix) – 6:23
  3. "Move Your Ass!" (para-dizer remix) – 3:22
  4. "Move Your Ass!" (Alien Factory remix) – 5:30
  5. "Move Your Ass!" (Mega 'lo mania-acid mania mix) – 5:48
  6. "Move Your Ass!" (Men Behind remix) – 5:56
  7. "Move Your Ass!" (Matiz remix) – 5:26
  • 2×12-inch maxi – Germany (CLU 6105–0)
  1. "Move Your Ass!" (Mandala remix) – 6:27
  2. "Move Your Ass!" (Mega 'lo mania-acid mania mix) – 8:02
  3. "Move Your Ass!" (Ultra-sonic remix) – 7:15
  4. "Move Your Ass!" (Mega 'lo mania-trance dub mix) – 8:23
  5. "Move Your Ass!" (Para-dizer remix) – 6:59
  6. "Move Your Ass!" (Men Behind remix) – 5:56
  7. "Move Your Ass!" (Alien Factory remix) – 5:31
  8. "Move Your Ass!" (Matiz remix) – 5:26

EP

  • CD maxi – UK
  1. "Move Your Ass!" (Video edit) – 3:55
  2. "Friends" – 4:40
  3. "Endless Summer" (Radio edit) – 3:55
  4. "Move Your Ass!" (Platinum People remix) – 7:46
  • 12-inch maxi – UK
  1. "Move Your Ass!" – 5:50
  2. "Friends" (Ramon Zenker club mix) – 5:32
  3. "Endless Summer" (Maxi version) – 5:14
  4. "Move Your Ass!" (Platinum People remix) – 7:46
  • Cassette – UK
  1. "Move Your Ass!" (Video edit) – 3:55
  2. "Endless Summer" (Radio edit) – 3:55
  3. "Move Your Ass!" (Video edit) – 3:55
  4. "Endless Summer" (Radio edit) – 3:55

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table title="Weekly chart performance for "Move Your Ass!""] | Chart (1995) | Peak position | Denmark (IFPI) | Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | Europe (European Dance Radio) | Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) | Ireland (IRMA) | Italy (Musica e dischi) | Spain (AFYVE) | UK Indie (Music Week) | UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart (Music Week) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Year-end charts

::data[format=table title="Year-end chart performance for "Move Your Ass!""]

Chart (1995)PositionAustria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)France (SNEP)Germany (Media Control)Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)Netherlands (Single Top 100)Sweden (Topplistan)Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
20
98
80
39
74
56
64
65
76
30
::

Certifications

Release history

::data[format=table]

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.GermanyUnited KingdomAustralia
27 January 1995Club Tools
20 March 1995
31 July 1995Addiction
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References

References

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  2. Hamilton, James. (8 April 1995). "Dj directory".
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  13. Salaverri, Fernando. (September 2005). "Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002". Fundación Autor-SGAE.
  14. (11 November 1995). "Independent Singles".
  15. (8 April 1995). "The ''RM'' on a Pop Tip Club Chart". [[Music Week]], in [[Record Mirror]] (Dance Update Supplemental insert).
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  17. "Jaaroverzichten 1995". [[Ultratop]].
  18. "Rapports annuels 1995". [[Ultratop]].
  19. (23 December 1995). "1995 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles".
  20. "Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 1995". [[SNEP]].
  21. "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1995". [[GfK Entertainment]].
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