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From : Maximum90s
Added: May 29, 2009
"I Like to Move It" is a 1994 music track performed by Reel 2 Real (Erick Morillo), featuring ragga vocals by Trinidad and Tobago rapper The Mad Stuntman (Mark Quashie). The song appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1994, peaking at #89, reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart, and was a #8 hit on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song is featured prominently in the Madagascar film series. Subsequently, the song was used in various promotions, including advertisements for the National Basketball League in Australia, as well as the confectionery Chewits in the United Kingdom ("I like to chew it, chew it!"). Also Durex condoms ("i like to do it, do it"). It has also been featured on the 2001 Summers edition of Toshiba EMI's dance compilation album series Dancemania, and as a result, also appeared on DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution (due to Konami's deal with Toshiba EMI, allowing the series to use music from the series). A remix of this song by DJ Aligator was featured on Dancemania EX 2. The music is heard briefly in one scene of critics failure movie Master of Disguise. It can also be heard in the motion picture "Saving Silverman". Use in the Madagascar films The song is used in DreamWorks's Madagascar film franchise, where different versions of the song are featured prominently in the films, their soundtracks, and associated marketing campaigns. In the first film, Madagascar, "I Like to Move It" is performed by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays the character of King Julien in the films. In the 2008 sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, a different version is performed by American hip-hop artist will.i.am, who plays the character of Moto Moto. Both versions include (different) lyrics referencing the characters and plot of the two films. Snippets of the song are performed by other characters in the films as well. [info courtesy: wikipedia.org]
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