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Just Keep Me Moving

{{Short description|1993 single performed by k.d. lang}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Just Keep Me Moving

| cover = K.d._lang-Just_Keep_Me_Moving.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = k.d. lang

| album = Even Cowgirls Get the Blues {{noitalic|soundtrack}}

| B-side = In Perfect Dreams

| released = {{start date|1993|11|29|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=27 November 1993}}

| recorded =

| studio = Pearl Sound

| genre = Deep house{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Single Reviews |magazine= Billboard |date= 27 November 1993 |page= 99 |access-date= 17 March 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-11-27.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}}

| length =

  • 4:08 (radio remix)
  • 3:58 (remix/album version)

| label =

| writer =

| producer =

  • Ben Mink
  • k.d. lang

| prev_title = Miss Chatelaine

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Lifted by Love

| next_year = 1994

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|xsQ0ycqtDdU|"Just Keep Me Moving"}}}}

}}

"Just Keep Me Moving" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang, co-written with Ben Mink. It was featured in the 1993 film Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, starring Uma Thurman, as well as the soundtrack album. The single was released in November 1993 by Warner Bros. and Sire, and reached number six on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and number seven on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart. In Europe, it peaked at number 59 on the UK Singles Chart, but was more successful on the Music Week Airplay and Dance Singles charts, peaking at numbers 26 and 35. A music video was also produced to promote the single.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard commented, "Betcha thought it would never happen. Torch diva lang slips into an intense deep-house groove with a lot more ease than you might expect. Redressing of a disco-minded cut from the Even Cowgirls Get the Blues soundtrack is an essential peak-hour entry, thanks to hearty bottom and moody keyboards. Radio may dig the equally jammin' hip-hop remixes. Gag on it, kiddies." Ben Thompson from The Independent wrote, "Her swooning and, well, langorous vocal performances on songs such as "Lifted by Love" and "Just Keep Me Moving" are the perfect complement to the film's mood of dreamy sensuality, and also stand up well on their own."Thompson, Ben (7 November 1993). "Records". The Independent. Pan-European magazine Music & Media remarked, "This funky single [...] is a gigantic departure from her usual "torch and twang". Funky as hell, it should give dance divas the blues."{{cite magazine|first= |last= |title= New Releases: Singles |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 11 |issue= 5 |date= 29 January 1994 |page= 10 |access-date= 17 March 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-01-29.pdf}}

John Harris from NME said, "On "Just Keep Me Moving" she does the hitch-hike along this swish Becker/Fagen type groove — the only real musical nod to the novel's time frame."{{cite magazine|first=John|last=Harris|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53025657730/|title=Long Play|magazine=NME|date=20 November 1993|page=33|access-date=10 July 2023|author-link=John Harris (critic)}} Another NME editor, Barbara Ellen, viewed it as "a limp, reggae-ish cut".{{cite magazine|first=Barbara|last=Ellen|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53037028194/|title=Singles|magazine=NME|date=4 December 1993|page=15|access-date=17 July 2023}} Sam Wood from Philadelphia Inquirer found that "she imbues the antiquated sound of a '70s bell-bottom thumper with genuine heart, as if she were getting her first big break headlining at the Love Boat{{'}}s discotheque."Wood, Sam (9 November 1993). "From John McLaughlin, A Guitarist's Tribute to Pianist Bill Evans". Philadelphia Inquirer. Renée Christ from Spin described it as "a dancey patter track, with lang's vocals filling space like a Casio sample when she's singing the repetitive onomatopoetic lyrics."{{cite magazine|first=Renée|last=Crist|title=Spins|magazine=Spin|date=January 1994|page=74|accessdate=23 January 2023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dJ7nHM_LvUUC}}

Track listings

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  • 7-inch single, Europe (1993)
  1. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Radio Remix) — 4:08
  2. "In Perfect Dreams" — 3:07
  • 12-inch single, US (1993)
  1. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Movin' Mix) — 6:41
  2. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Movin' Dub) — 6:40
  3. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Radio Remix) — 4:10
  4. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Wild Planet Mix) — 6:15
  5. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Wild Planet Instrumental) — 6:19
  6. "In Perfect Dreams" (Album Version) — 3:09
  • CD single, Europe (1993)
  1. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Radio Remix) — 4:08
  2. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Movin' Mix) — 6:40
  3. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Wild Planet Mix) — 6:15
  4. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Movin' Dub) — 6:41
  5. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Wild Planet Instrumental) — 6:15
  6. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Album Version) — 4:42
  • CD maxi, US (1993)
  1. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Remix/Album Version) — 3:58
  2. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Radio Remix) — 4:10
  3. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Movin' Mix) — 6:41
  4. "In Perfect Dreams" (Album Version) — 3:09
  5. "Just Keep Me Moving" (Wild Planet Mix) — 6:15

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Charts

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!Chart (1993)

!Peak
positions

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/R3VYdDX.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 27 Feb 1994|publisher=Imgur (original document published by ARIA)|access-date=30 May 2021}}

|align="center"|63

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|25|chartid=2375|artist=K.D. Lang|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2021}}
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|7|chartid=2386|artist=K.D. Lang|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2021}}
scope="row"|Europe (European Dance Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-03-12.pdf|title=European Dance Radio Top 25|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=11|date=12 March 1994|page=21|access-date=23 May 2023}}

|align="center"|24

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100 Tipparade){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=k%2Ed%2E+lang&titel=Just+Keep+Me+Moving&cat=s|title=K.D. Lang – Just Keep Me Moving|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=17 July 2021}}

|align="center"|16

{{single chart|UK|59|date=19931211|artist=K.D. Lang|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2021}}
scope="row"|UK Airplay (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-12-25.pdf|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=25 December 1993|page=28|access-date=4 May 2024}}

|align="center"|26

scope="row"|UK Dance (Music Week){{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-12-11.pdf |title= Dance Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 11 December 1993 |page= 22 |access-date= 9 April 2021}}

|align="center"|35

scope="row"|UK Club Chart (Music Week){{cite magazine|title=The RM Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=18 December 1993|page=4|accessdate=13 May 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-12-18.pdf}}

|align="center"|90

{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|6|artist=K.D. Lang|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2021}}

References

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Category:1993 singles

Category:1993 songs

Category:Deep house songs

Category:K.d. lang songs

Category:Songs written by Ben Mink

Category:Songs written by k.d. lang

Category:Songs written for films