Can You Move

"Can You Move"
Single by Modern Romance
from the album Adventures in Clubland
Released1981
GenrePop music, salsa music, dance music[1]
LabelAtlantic, WEA
Songwriter(s)Geoffrey Deane, David Wilkerson
Modern Romance singles chronology
"Everybody Salsa"
(1981) 		"Can You Move"
(1981) 		"Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey"
(1981)

"Can You Move" is a single by UK band Modern Romance. It was released in the United States in 1982 as a 12-inch single by Atlantic Records, and in Japan as a 7-inch single through WEA.[2][3][4]

History

"Can You Move" is related to "Can You Dance", which was released in the United States, where it reached #2 on the Billboard Dance Chart.[citation needed] It was released in Japan in 1982.[citation needed] The single lso backs their UK hit, "Queen of the Rapping Scene (Nothing Ever Goes the Way You Plan)" (1982), which peaked at #37 on the UK chart.[citation needed] "Can You Move" was re-released as "Can You Move '88" by band member, David Jaymes.[citation needed]

Formats

7-inch single (Japan)

  • Can You Move It
  • Queen of the Rapping Scene

12-inch single (America)

  • Can You Move [Vocal Midnight Mix]
  • Can You Move [Instrumental Midnight Mix]

12-inch promo (America)

  • Can You Move [Vocal Midnight Mix]
  • Can You Move [Instrumental Midnight Mix]

Chart performance

Chart (1981) Peak
position
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[5] 2

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Modern romance, discography, Tarzan Boy. Accessed April 28, 2011.
  2. ^ Modern Romance, Discography, Can You Move, Discogs Website. Accessed April 27, 2011.
  3. ^ Lee-Williams, Matt: Modern Romance Biography, Internet Movie Database [accessed] April 28, 2011.
  4. ^ Lee-Williams, Matt: Jaymes, David, Biography, Internet Movie Database. Accessed April 28, 2011.
  5. ^ "Modern Romance – Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2018.