Don't Stop Movin' (S Club 7 song)

2001 single by S Club 7

"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. 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. The song made it to number 3 in Q's "Guilty Pleasures" list in August 2006. It has sold 1,137,000 copies in the United Kingdom, as stated by the Official Charts Company.

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref. (Reference)United Kingdom23 April 2001CD, cassettePolydor Records, Polydor, 19 Recordings, 19Australia2 July 2001CDJapan7 November 2001

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, however they still managed to chart at number 79 on the UK Singles Chart. Starsailor covered this song on Radio 1's Live Lounge. The song was also recorded by The Beautiful South for their cover album Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs at a slower tempo in contrast to the original. Boy band 911 sang the song on the ITV television programme Hit Me, Baby, One More Time. Jo O'Meara recorded an "unplugged" acoustic version of the song in 2021 to mark 20 years since its original release.