"Movin'" is a song written by Randy Muller and Wade Williamston,[1] and performed by R&B/disco band Brass Construction.
Background
The song was culled together from a 16-minute jam session by the band.[2]
Chart performance
Released from their self-titled 1976 album, the single spent a week at number 1 on the R&B singles chart in the spring of that year. It was also successful on the pop charts, peaking at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] On the disco dance charts, "Movin'" went to number 1 for four weeks and spent a total of twelve weeks on the chart.[4] Outside the US, "Movin'" went to number 23 in the UK in 1976[5] and peaked at number 24 as "Movin' 1988" when remixed by PWL's Phil Harding.[6][7][8]
The song is heard playing in the background in the Good Times episode "The Big Move", Part One, at the Evans' going-away party, where they receive the news that the family patriarch, James, had been killed in an automobile accident.
References
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