Movin' (song)

"Movin'"
Single by Brass Construction
from the album Brass Construction
B-side	"Talkin'"
Released	March, 1976
Format	7" single, 12" single
Genre	R&B, funk
Length	3:49 (radio edit) 8:40 (full version)
Label	United Artists
Writer(s)	Randy Muller Wade Williamston
Producer(s)	Jeff Lane
Brass Construction singles chronology
"Movin'" (1976) "Changin'" (1976)

"Movin'" is a song by R&B/disco band Brass Construction. The song was culled together from a 16-minute jam session by the band.^[1] Released from their self-titled 1976 album, the single spent a week at number one 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.^[2] On the disco dance charts, "Movin'" went to number one for four weeks and spent a total of twelve weeks on the chart.^[3]

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 Evans' patriarch, James, had been killed in an automobile accident.

References

1. Movin' - Song Review, allmusic.com
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 76.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 42.