"Don't Stop Movin'" is a song by British pop group S Club 7, released on 23 April 2001 as the lead single from their third studio album, Sunshine (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 disco-oriented song features lead vocals by Bradley McIntosh and Jo O'Meara.[1][better source needed]
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.[2] The song's popularity rendered it the year's seventh biggest-selling single.[3] It was also awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Single in 2002 and ITV's Record of the Year accolade.[4] The song made it to number 3 in Q's "Guilty Pleasures" list in August 2006.[5] It has sold 1,137,000 copies in the United Kingdom, as stated by the Official Charts Company.[6]
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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,[47] however they still managed to chart at number 79 on the UK Singles Chart.
^ ab"2001 UK Singles Chart" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^"Don't Stop Movin' by S Club 7 Songfacts". Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^"Entertainment - ELO top 'guilty secret' song list". BBC News. 2 August 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ abMyers, Justin (9 May 2015). "S Club 7's Official Top 10 Best Selling Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
^Garcia, Alex S. "mvdbase.com – S Club 7 – "Don't stop movin'"". Music Video DataBase. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^Don't Stop Movin' (UK CD1 liner notes). S Club 7. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2001. 587 083-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Don't Stop Movin' (Japanese CD single liner notes). S Club 7. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2001. UICP-5012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Don't Stop Movin' (UK CD2 liner notes). S Club 7. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2001. 587 084-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Don't Stop Movin' (UK cassette single sleeve). S Club 7. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2001. 587 083-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Don't Stop Movin' (European CD single liner notes). S Club 7. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2001. 587 092-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Don't Stop Movin' (Australian CD single liner notes). S Club 7. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2001. 587 362-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^"Don't Stop Movin' – Single by S Club on Spotify". Spotify.
^Sunshine (UK CD album booklet). S Club 7. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2001. 5894612.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^"New Releases – For Week Starting April 23, 2001: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 21 April 2001. p. 23. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^"The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 2nd July 2001" (PDF). ARIA. 2 July 2001. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^"新譜発売日一覧 11月分" [New Release Date List for November] (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Archived from the original on 17 February 2002. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
^"TV Shows". itv.com. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.