Don't Stop Movin' (S Club 7 song)
"Don't Stop Movin'" is a song by British pop group S Club 7, released as a single on 23 April 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 song features lead vocals by Bradley McIntosh and Jo O'Meara and has a disco style with violins and other stringed instruments. It was the lead single from S Club 7's third studio album, "Sunshine" (2001). 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's popularity rendered it the year's seventh biggest-selling single. It was also awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Single in 2002 and ITV's Record of the Year accolade. The song made it to number 3 in "Q"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "Guilty Pleasures" list in August 2006. It has sold 801,000 copies in the United Kingdom, as stated by the Official Charts Company. Following  the success of "Never Had a Dream Come True", S Club released "Don't Stop Movin'" as the lead single from their American-only album "Don't Stop Movin'". Music video. The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan. Cover versions. 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.