Move to This

Move to This
Studio album by Cathy Dennis
Released	29 July 1990[1]
Genre	Dance, House
Length	41:49
Label	Polydor Records
Producer	Cathy Dennis, Dancin' Danny D, Phil Bodger, Nile Rodgers, Shep Pettibone
Cathy Dennis chronology
Move To This (1990) Everybody Move (To the Mixes) (1991)

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Move to This is the debut album by English dance artist Cathy Dennis. It was released in 1990.

Track listing

1. "Just Another Dream" (C. Dennis/Poku) – 4:03
2. "All Night Long (Touch Me)" (P. Adams/C. Dennis/Carmichael Gregory) – 4:09
3. "C'mon and Get My Love" (Poku) – 3:50
4. "Too Many Walls" (C. Dennis/A. Dudley) – 4:38
5. "Tell Me" (C. Dennis) – 4:13
6. "Everybody Move" (Terry Britten/C. Dennis/M. Leeson) – 5:16
7. "Move to This" (G. Bell/Dennis) – 3:34
8. "My Beating Heart" (C. Dennis/S. Schiffron) – 4:43
9. "Got to Get Your Love" (C. Dennis) – 3:43
10. "Taste My Love" (C. Dennis/Poku) – 3:40

Japanese release

1. Just Another Dream (12" Mix) 6:33
2. Just Another Dream (Alternative Bass Dub Version)

Move To This - Remix Album

In Japan, the album was re-released as a remix album. It contained remixes of tracks, plus an extra track "Love Is."

1. Just Another Dream (12" Mix)
2. Touch Me (All Night Long) (Remix)
3. C'mon And Get My Love
4. Too Many Walls (L'autre Mix)
5. Tell Me
6. Everybody Move (Pop Mix)
7. Move To This
8. My Beating Heart
9. Got To Get Your Love
10. Taste My Love
11. Touch Me (All Night Long) (Club Mix)
12. Love Is
13. Everybody Move (Everybody's Club Mix)

Production

• Executive Producer: Bruce Carbone
• Production Manager: Budd Tunick
• Produced By Cathy Dennis, Phil Bodger, Dancin' Danny D., Shep Pettibone & Nile Rodgers
• Engineer: Phil Bodger
• Mixing: Phil Bodger, Cathy Dennis, Tom Durack, Shep Pettibone
• Re-Mixing: Alan Gregorie

Personnel

• Drums: Ivan Hampden
• Drum Programming: Richard Hilton
• Bass: Bernard Edwards
• Keyboards & Programming: Richard Hilton
• Programming: Alan Schwartz
• Guitars: Tony Plater, Nile Rodgers
• Brass: Mike Stevens
• Strings Arranged By Anne Dudley
• Backing Vocals: Michelle Cobbs, Dancin' Danny D., Curtis King, Lamya, Juliet Roberts, Fonzi Thornton

Singles

Move To This spawned five singles which were spread out over a period of three years. The first single, "C'mon and Get My Love", which also appeared on the D Mob album A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That and was credited to either D Mob or "D Mob introducing Cathy Dennis", was released in 1989. It charted in the UK, where it peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart, Australia, where it peaked at number 35, and the US, where it hit number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart,^[3] and also number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[4]

"Just Another Dream" was the next single to be released from the album, in 1989. The initial release managed just number 93 on the UK Singles Chart. It was re-released twice, first in 1990, and again in 1991. The first reissue only made it to number 95 on the UK chart, but managed number 9 on the US's Hot 100.^[5] The second reissue performed much better, hitting number 13 in the UK, number 2 on the US Hot Dance chart,^[6] and Dennis' best chart performance to date in Australia, at number 14.

The next single, after the first release of "Just Another Dream", was "All Night Long (Touch Me)" - a lyrical reworking of a 1984 track by Wish featuring Fonda Rae - which was released in 1991, and remains Dennis' highest-charting single to date. On music charts this song was listed as "Touch Me (All Night Long)". It was her third and final single to hit number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in the US,^[7] where it also peaked at number 2 on the Hot 100.^[8] In the UK, it reached number 5 on the Singles Chart, and in Australia it topped out at number 16.

"Too Many Walls" was the next single from the album, which was released in 1991. It peaked at number 1 on the US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart,^[9] where it also managed number 8 on the Hot 100.^[10] In the UK, the song made number 17 on the Singles Chart, and in Australia it managed number 57.

"Everybody Move" was the final single from Move To This, which was released in 1991. It hit number 25 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 41 on the US Dance chart.^[11] It barely sneaked onto the US Hot 100, at number 90.^[12]

Charts and certification

Move To This entered the US Billboard 200 on the week of 15 December 1990 at number 173.^[13] It spent 40 weeks on the chart, where it peaked at number 67 on the week of 11 May 1991.^[14] It was certified Gold in Canada and the United Kingdom.

References

1. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=10835
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ "Hot Club Dance Play - C'mon and Get My Love". Retrieved 5 July 2007.
4. ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 - C'mon and Get My Love". Retrieved 5 July 2007.
5. ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 - Just Another Dream". Retrieved 5 July 2007.
6. ^ "Hot Club Dance Play - Just Another Dream". Retrieved 5 July 2007.
7. ^ "Hot Dance Club Play - Touch Me (All Night Long)". Retrieved 5 July 2007.
8. ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 - Touch Me (All Night Long)". Retrieved 5 July 2007.
9. ^ "Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks - Too Many Walls". Retrieved 5 July 2007.
10. ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 - Too Many Walls". Retrieved 5 July 2007.
11. ^ "Hot Dance Club Play - Everybody Move". Retrieved 5 July 2007.
12. ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 - Everybody Move". Retrieved 5 July 2007.
13. ^ "The Billboard 200 - Move To This". Retrieved 5 July 2007.
14. ^ "The Billboard 200 - Move To This". Retrieved 5 July 2007.