I Like to Move It
| "I Like to Move It" | ||||
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| Single by Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman | ||||
| from the album Move It! | ||||
| B-side | "Toety" | |||
| Released | October 1993 | |||
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| Length | 3:52 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | Strictly Rhythm | |||
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| "I Like to Move It" on YouTube | ||||
"I Like to Move It" is a song by American musical project Reel 2 Real featuring vocals by Trinidad and Tobago rapper The Mad Stuntman. Released by Strictly Rhythm in October 1993 as the second single from the project's debut album, Move It! (1994), the song appeared on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1994, peaking at number 89, and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart the same year. It was a number-one hit in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Zimbabwe. At the second International Dance Awards in 1995, it won the award for Best Tune of the Year. Its music video was directed by Craig K. McCall and filmed in New York City.
The song was adapted in a Spanish version by Dominican merengue-house duo Sandy & Papo, as "Mueve, mueve", in 1995. In 2021, it was reworked in a remix version by Tunisian DJ-producer duo, Outrage and Spanish DJ and vocalist Alejandro under the title, "Move It".
The song was heavily used on several films from the DreamWorks Madagascar franchise, of which it is first used in the 2005 film as character King Julien's theme song, played by Sacha Baron Cohen. It has since then been associated with the franchise throughout the years.