Move Your Ass!

"Move Your Ass!"
Single by Scooter
from the album ... and the Beat Goes On!
B-side	"Back in Time"
Released	27 January 1995
Length	5:38
Label	Club Tools
Songwriter(s)	H. P. Baxxter Rick J. Jordan Jens Thele Ferris Bueller
Producer(s)	H. P. Baxxter Rick J. Jordan Jens Thele Ferris Bueller
Scooter singles chronology
"Hyper Hyper" (1994) "Move Your Ass!" (1995) "Friends" (1995)
Music video
"Move Your Ass!" on YouTube

"Move Your Ass!" is a song by German band Scooter, released in January 1995 as the second single from their first studio album, ...and the Beat Goes On! (1995). In October of the same year, a Move Your Ass EP was marketed in the United Kingdom and Ireland. This rave song was a hit in countries such as Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland where it reached the top ten. In France, the song reached number 11.

"Move Your Ass" was the introduction to Scooter in the UK, being the first of their many releases to enter the UK top 40. It was first released there on 1 April 1995, but it stalled at number 98 on the chart before dropping out of the top 100 altogether. It saw a re-release on 21 October 1995, when it entered the UK top 40 and peaked at number 23. It remained in the UK top 100 for four weeks.

Critical reception

James Masterton for Dotmusic viewed "Move Your Ass!" as a "startlingly retrospective-sounding acid track".^[1] Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "Vrrrrrroooooommmmmmmm!!!!! There goes the Vespa again to deliver the follow-up to novelty hit Hyper Hyper. Once more the unchanged winning team performs in a fake live show setting."^[2] James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update described it as a "rabble rousing phonetic exhortations shouted surging fantastically frantic 0–160 3-0bpm raver from Germany".^[3]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Eric Will.^[4]

Track listings

Original version CD single – France "Move Your Ass!" (Video edit) – 3:55 "Move Your Ass!" – 5:50 CD maxi – Germany and France (CLU 6090–5) "Move Your Ass!" (Video edit) – 3:58 "Move Your Ass!" – 5:50 "Back in Time" – 7:04 Remixes CD maxi – Australia "Move Your Ass!" (Video edit) – 4:00 "Move Your Ass!" (Ultra-sonic remix) – 7:16 "Move Your Ass!" (Mandala remix) – 6:28 "Move Your Ass!" (Para-dizer remix) – 3:22 "Move Your Ass!" (Alien Factory remix) – 5:33 "Move Your Ass!" (Mega 'lo mania-acid mania mix) – 5:49 "Move Your Ass!" (Men Behind remix) – 5:54 CD maxi – Germany (CLU 6105–5) "Move Your Ass!" (Ultra-sonic remix) – 7:15 "Move Your Ass!" (Mandala remix) – 6:23 "Move Your Ass!" (para-dizer remix) – 3:22 "Move Your Ass!" (Alien Factory remix) – 5:30 "Move Your Ass!" (Mega 'lo mania-acid mania mix) – 5:48 "Move Your Ass!" (Men Behind remix) – 5:56 "Move Your Ass!" (Matiz remix) – 5:26

2×12-inch maxi – Germany (CLU 6105–0) "Move Your Ass!" (Mandala remix) – 6:27 "Move Your Ass!" (Mega 'lo mania-acid mania mix) – 8:02 "Move Your Ass!" (Ultra-sonic remix) – 7:15 "Move Your Ass!" (Mega 'lo mania-trance dub mix) – 8:23 "Move Your Ass!" (Para-dizer remix) – 6:59 "Move Your Ass!" (Men Behind remix) – 5:56 "Move Your Ass!" (Alien Factory remix) – 5:31 "Move Your Ass!" (Matiz remix) – 5:26 EP CD maxi – UK "Move Your Ass!" (Video edit) – 3:55 "Friends" – 4:40 "Endless Summer" (Radio edit) – 3:55 "Move Your Ass!" (Platinum People remix) – 7:46 12-inch maxi – UK "Move Your Ass!" – 5:50 "Friends" (Ramon Zenker club mix) – 5:32 "Endless Summer" (Maxi version) – 5:14 "Move Your Ass!" (Platinum People remix) – 7:46 Cassette – UK "Move Your Ass!" (Video edit) – 3:55 "Endless Summer" (Radio edit) – 3:55 "Move Your Ass!" (Video edit) – 3:55 "Endless Summer" (Radio edit) – 3:55

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Move Your Ass!" Chart (1995) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 3 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 16 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[7] 16 Denmark (IFPI)[8] 12 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9] 4 Europe (European Dance Radio)[10] 3 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 7 France (SNEP)[12] 11 Germany (GfK)[13] 3 Ireland (IRMA)[14] 15 Italy (Musica e dischi)[15] 5 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[16] 4 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[17] 5 Norway (VG-lista)[18] 6 Scotland (OCC)[19] The Move Your Ass E.P. 8 Spain (AFYVE)[20] 18 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 10 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 3 UK Singles (OCC)[23] The Move Your Ass E.P. 23 UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart (Music Week)[24] 22

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Move Your Ass!" Chart (1995) Position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[25] 20 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[26] 98 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[27] 80 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[28] 39 France (SNEP)[29] 74 Germany (Official German Charts)[30] 56 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[31] 64 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[32] 65 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[33] 76 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 30

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Move Your Ass!"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[35]	Gold	250,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Germany	27 January 1995	12-inch vinyl CD	Club Tools	^[citation needed]
United Kingdom	20 March 1995	12-inch vinyl CD cassette		[36]

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3. Hamilton, James (8 April 1995). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). p. 11. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
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25. 1995 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved 29 August 2008)
26. 1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 29 August 2008)
27. 1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 29 August 2008)
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34. 1996 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 1 August 2008)
35. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Scooter; 'Move Your Ass')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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