“Movin’” was co-written by Williamston and Brass Construction's founder and leader Randy Muller. It was the first single from the band’s platinum self-titled debut album, released in December of 1975 on United Artists Records. It topped Billboard’s R&B singles chart and peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. And the track spent four weeks atop Billboard’s Dance Club chart. It also performed well on the charts in other parts of the world: the UK (#23), the Netherlands (#10), Belgium (#20) and Canada (#47).
According to Whosampled.com, “Movin’” has been sampled on 216 songs, including Michael Jackson’s “Can’t Let Her Get Away,” MC Hammer’s “Pump and a Bump,” DJ Quik’s “Quik is the Name," DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince’s “Boom! Shake the Room" and "Back That Azz Up" by Juvenile, featuring Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne.
"Movin'" has been featured on the soundtracks for the films Auto Focus (2002) and All The Way (2003), as well as the HBO series How to Make It in America (season 1, episode 1, Pilot, originally aired February 14, 2010). Additionally, it was featured in an episode of the famous sitcom Good Times. It can be heard playing in the background during the Evans family's going-away party where they receive the tragic news that the Evanses’ patriarch, James Evans Sr., has been killed in an auto accident. The episode was titled “The Big Move: Part 1,” and it originally aired on September 22, 1976.
The players on “Movin’” were Randy Muller (keyboards, percussion, vocals), Wade Williamston (bass), Larry Payton (drums, vocals), Joseph Arthur-Wong (lead guitar), Jesse Ward Jr. (saxophone, vocals), Wayne Parris (trumpet, vocals), Irving Spice (strings), Michael Grudge (saxophone, vocals), Sandy Billups (congas, vocals) and Morris Price (trumpet, vocals, percussion).
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