Lips Are Movin

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American songwriter Kevin Kadish met Meghan Trainor in June 2013 at the request of Carla Wallace, the co-owner of Trainor's publishing firm Big Yellow Dog Music. Kadish liked Trainor's voice and booked a writing session with her.{{cite web|author=Kawashima, Dale|url=http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/kevin-kadish-interview-2014.htm|title=Kevin Kadish Co-Writes & Produces 'All About That Bass'|publisher=SongwriterUniverse|date=November 6, 2014|access-date=June 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610030801/http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/kevin-kadish-interview-2014.htm|archive-date=June 10, 2015|url-status=live}} They subsequently co-wrote the song "All About That Bass" in November 2013 and pitched it to different record labels, all of which turned it down due to its doo-wop pop production as synth-pop was more popular at the time.{{cite news|author=Sullivan, Jim|url=http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20140830/ENTERTAIN/140829518|title=Meghan Trainor hits big time with 'All About That Bass'|work=Cape Cod Times|date=August 30, 2014|access-date=June 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529082618/http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20140830/ENTERTAIN/140829518|archive-date=May 29, 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6214302/meghan-trainor-on-all-about-that-bass-i-wish-there-was-a-song-like|title=Meghan Trainor On 'All About That Bass': 'I Wish There Was a Song Like This When I Was 13'|magazine=Billboard|agency=Associated Press|date=August 11, 2014|access-date=December 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219220644/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6214302/meghan-trainor-on-all-about-that-bass-i-wish-there-was-a-song-like|archive-date=December 19, 2014|url-status=live}} L.A. Reid, the chairman of Epic Records, heard it and encouraged Trainor to record it herself. She signed with the label in 2014 and released it as her debut single in June that year. The song reached number{{nbsp}}1 in 58 countries and sold 11 million units worldwide.{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Helen |title=Meghan Trainor, Title, review: 'relentlessly cute' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/11362142/Meghan-Trainor-Title-review-relentlessly-cute.html |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=April 26, 2019 |date=January 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124095611/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/11362142/Meghan-Trainor-Title-review-relentlessly-cute.html |archive-date=January 24, 2015 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Paulson |first=Dave |title='All About That Bass' began down backroad in Nolensville |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/02/06/bass-grammy-awards-meghan-trainor-kevin-kadish/22940983 |website=The Tennessean |access-date=November 6, 2018 |date=February 6, 2015 |url-access=limited |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1653636810KZNZULUDOG?url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/02/06/bass-grammy-awards-meghan-trainor-kevin-kadish/22940983 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title= IFPI publishes Digital Music Report 2015 |url= http://www.ifpi.org/news/Global-digital-music-revenues-match-physical-format-sales-for-first-time |publisher= IFPI |date= April 14, 2015 |access-date= April 15, 2015 |page= 12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150415181431/http://www.ifpi.org/news/Global-digital-music-revenues-match-physical-format-sales-for-first-time |archive-date= April 15, 2015 |url-status=dead |df= mdy-all }}

Following the success of "All About That Bass", Trainor's A&R suggested that she and Kadish write more songs together. Kadish produced eight tracks for her debut major-label studio album Title (2015), and co-wrote seven of them, including "Lips Are Movin".{{efn|Though Trainor independently released three acoustic albums between 2009 and 2011, Title is widely reported to be her debut studio album.Sources referring to Title as Trainor's debut studio album:

• {{cite news|author=Ryan, Patrick|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/11/03/meghan-trainor-2015-north-american-tour/18410521/|title=Meghan Trainor lines up North American tour|work=USA Today|date=November 3, 2014|access-date=December 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116111622/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/11/03/meghan-trainor-2015-north-american-tour/18410521/|archive-date=January 16, 2015|url-status=live|ref=none}}
• {{cite magazine |last=D'Addario |first=Daniel |title=Meghan Trainor Is All About the Boys on Title, With Mixed Results |url=https://time.com/3664801/meghan-trainor-title-review/ |magazine=Time |access-date=March 9, 2021 |date=January 13, 2015 |ref=none |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921002707/https://time.com/3664801/meghan-trainor-title-review/ |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web |last=Grein |first=Paul |title=Meghan Trainor's Debut Album Arrives at #1 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/meghan-trainors-debut-album-arrives-at-1-108758860341.html |publisher=Yahoo! Music |access-date=March 9, 2021 |date=January 22, 2015 |ref=none |archive-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811112449/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/meghan-trainors-debut-album-arrives-at-1-108758860341.html |url-status=live }}}} Following the album's initial completion, the two had an additional day to work together and went into the studio. Trainor overheard the instrumental track for "Lips Are Movin" through Kadish's headphone box and insisted they write it that day. Trainor started singing the song's verse after Kadish came up with the line "I know you're lying, your lips are moving", and they finished writing it within eight minutes.{{cite web |last=Paulson |first=Dave |title=Story Behind the Song: Meghan Trainor's 'Lips Are Movin' |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/story-behind-the-song/2019/01/18/meghan-trainor-lips-movin-story-behind-song/2508127002/ |website=The Tennessean |access-date=July 28, 2020 |date=January 22, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115551/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/story-behind-the-song/2019/01/18/meghan-trainor-lips-movin-story-behind-song/2508127002/ |url-status=live }} In a 2014 interview, he spoke fondly about writing with Trainor: "It's almost like we share a brain musically when we're writing a song. I've never had that with anyone before."{{cite news|author=Case, Wesley|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/midnight-sun-blog/bs-ae-kevin-kadish-20141024-story.html#page=1|title='All About That Bass' co-writer took '15 years to become an overnight success'|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=November 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111231640/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/midnight-sun-blog/bs-ae-kevin-kadish-20141024-story.html#page=1|archive-date=November 11, 2014|url-status=live}}

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"Lips Are Movin" is 3:01 in length. Kadish produced, engineered, and mixed the song at the Carriage House studio in Nolensville, Tennessee. He plays the acoustic bass, baritone saxophone, drums, guitar, and piano, and David Baron plays the organ. The track was mastered by Dave Kutch at the Mastering Palace in New York.

Trainor told The Tennessean that the musical composition of "Lips Are Movin" and "All About That Bass" follows the same formula, which Slant Magazine{{'}}s Alexa Camp described as "doo-wop throwback, girl-group harmonies, bubblegum pop hooks". "Lips Are Movin" is a retro-tinged doo-wop and pop song, with production that makes use of handclaps, and a post-chorus chant reminiscent of the latter. The lyrics, too, reference it with the line, "I gave you bass/You gave me sweet talk."{{cite magazine | url=https://time.com/3594544/meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin/ | title=Meghan Trainor Kisses Cheating Boyfriend Goodbye in 'Lips Are Movin' | magazine=Time | date=November 19, 2014 | access-date=December 25, 2014 | author=Feeney, Nolan | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224142318/http://time.com/3594544/meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin/ | archive-date=December 24, 2014 | url-status=live }}{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6398474/taylor-swift-meghan-trainor-hot-100 | title=Taylor Swift Tops Hot 100, Meghan Trainor Scores Second Top 10 | magazine=Billboard | date=December 10, 2014 | access-date=December 16, 2014 | last=Trust | first=Gary | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226060446/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6398474/taylor-swift-meghan-trainor-hot-100 | archive-date=December 26, 2014 | url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Hampp |first=Andrew |title=The Best and Worst Singles of the Week – From Iggy Azalea to Meghan Trainor |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6304283/the-best-and-worst-singles-of-the-week-from-iggy-azalea-to-meghan-trainor |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 30, 2020 |date=October 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728143828/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6304283/the-best-and-worst-singles-of-the-week-from-iggy-azalea-to-meghan-trainor |archive-date=July 28, 2020 }} Trainor assumes a Southern-inflected patois while singing over the song's saxophone bleats. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine described it as Motown bounce.

Kadish stated that the lyrics of "Lips Are Movin" were inspired by Trainor's frustrations with her record label. However, reviewers, including The Tennessean{{'}}s Dave Paulson and MTV News' Christina Garibaldi, deemed it a track about leaving a significant other after being cheated on, an interpretation Kadish is open to.

MTV News reported the song "Title" (2014) would be released as Trainor's second single, in September 2014.{{cite web |last=Garibaldi |first=Christina |title=Meghan Trainor Is Full On 'Freaking Out' Because She Has John Legend on Her Album |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1940460/meghan-trainor-john-legend-duet/ |publisher=MTV News |access-date=July 28, 2020 |date=September 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728113452/http://www.mtv.com/news/1940460/meghan-trainor-john-legend-duet/ |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |url-status=dead }} Kadish went to New York to meet with Reid and voiced his regret about not having "Lips Are Movin" ready in time for the release of Trainor's debut extended play Title that month, and its potential release as the follow-up single. Reid announced during the meeting that he was going with it as the second single and scrapping "Title", and was quoted by Kadish as saying, "I think this song will do better."

On October 14, 2014, "Lips Are Movin" was briefly available to stream on mobile application Shazam, and premiered along with its artwork on MTV News the following day.{{cite web |last=Paulson |first=Dave |title=Meghan Trainor celebrates 'Bass' in Nashville |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/10/14/meghan-trainor-celebrates-bass-nashville/17278023/ |website=The Tennessean |access-date=July 29, 2020 |date=October 13, 2014 |url-access=limited |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115548/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/10/14/meghan-trainor-celebrates-bass-nashville/17278023/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|author=Garibaldi, Christina|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1962957/song-premiere-meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin/|title=Song Premiere: Meghan Trainor Sends Her Cheating Boyfriend Packing On New Track, 'Lips Are Movin'|publisher=MTV News|date=October 15, 2014|access-date=December 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219050734/http://www.mtv.com/news/1962957/song-premiere-meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin/|archive-date=December 19, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{Cite tweet |user=Epic_Records |number=522101049784807424 |date=October 14, 2014 |title=Epic Records on Twitter: '#Shazam @Meghan_Trainor's 'All About That Bass' now to hear her new single #LipsAreMovin exclusively on @Shazam! 💋💖🎶 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |author=Epic Records }} Epic Records released the song to contemporary hit radio in the United States on October 21, and for digital download in various countries. British radio station BBC Radio 1 added it to rotation on December 26, 2014, and the record label sent it to radio stations in Italy on January 16, 2015. In the UK, "Lips Are Movin" was made available to those who pre-ordered Title, with its digital release as a single being held back until January 18.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/lips-are-movin-single/932865668|title=Lips Are Movin – Single by Meghan Trainor|date=October 21, 2014 |publisher=iTunes Store (GB)|access-date=December 16, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216165106/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lips-are-movin-single/id932865668|archive-date=December 16, 2014}} Sony Music released a CD single exclusively for sale by United States retailer Best Buy on December 30, 2014, and in Germany on February 13, 2015.{{Cite web|url = http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lips-are-moving-2-track-single-only--best-buy/1585034.p?id=3333697&skuId=1585034|title = Lips Are Movin 2-Track Single Only at Best Buy|access-date = June 23, 2015|date = December 30, 2015|publisher = Best Buy|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150630163555/http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lips-are-moving-2-track-single-only--best-buy/1585034.p?id=3333697&skuId=1585034|archive-date = June 30, 2015}}

"Lips Are Movin" received widespread comparisons to "All About That Bass" from music critics.{{cite web|author=Camp, Alexa|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/meghan-trainor-title|title=Meghan Trainor: Title Album Review|work=Slant Magazine|date=January 9, 2015|access-date=January 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110065034/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/meghan-trainor-title|archive-date=January 10, 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Hamad |first=Michael |title=Meghan Trainor Bringing Bass And Bubblegum To Mohegan |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/hc-meghan-trainor-at-mohegan-sun-0702-20150702-story.html |website=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=February 28, 2021 |date=June 26, 2015 |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009104312/https://www.baltimoresun.com/hc-meghan-trainor-at-mohegan-sun-0702-20150702-story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news|last=Robinson|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Robinson (journalist)|date=January 15, 2015|title=From Uptown Funk to All About That Bass: what makes a hit count in 2015?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/15/from-uptown-funk-to-all-about-that-bass-what-makes-a-hit-count-in-2015|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-date=September 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115620/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/15/from-uptown-funk-to-all-about-that-bass-what-makes-a-hit-count-in-2015|url-status=live}} Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times considered it one of Title{{'}}s dozen versions of the latter, which he found as cheerful but also as annoying.{{cite news|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=January 13, 2015|title=Review Meghan Trainor's 'Title' is cheerful, crafty yet vexing|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-meghan-trainor-title-review-20150113-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-date=September 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115622/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-meghan-trainor-title-review-20150113-story.html|url-status=live}} Writing for Clash, Alice Levine remarked that the songs have the same "factory-produced sass" and theme of false feminism and empowerment, but being done a second time decreased its novelty.{{cite magazine|last=Levine|first=Alice|author-link=Alice Levine|date=January 19, 2015|title=Alice Levine Reviews The Singles|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/features/alice-levine-reviews-the-singles|magazine=Clash|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928200604/http://www.clashmusic.com/features/alice-levine-reviews-the-singles|archive-date=September 28, 2015|url-status=live}} The Boston Globe{{'}}s Marc Hirsh derided "Lips Are Movin" for following the formula of "All About That Bass", writing that Trainor is a plunderer and "steals from herself" with the song.{{cite news|last=Hirsh|first=Marc|date=January 13, 2015|title=Meghan Trainor, 'Title'|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/01/13/meghan-trainor-title/MoFnOiTIZx4I8rHDUhlYlL/story.html|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307150150/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/01/13/meghan-trainor-title/MoFnOiTIZx4I8rHDUhlYlL/story.html|archive-date=March 7, 2016|url-status=live}} Spin{{'}}s Dan Weiss criticized the lyrics and compared them to the age-old joke about lawyers being liars.{{cite magazine|last=Weiss|first=Dan|date=January 15, 2015|title=Review: Meghan Trainor, 'Title'|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/01/meghan-trainor-title/|magazine=Spin|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127121134/http://www.spin.com/2015/01/meghan-trainor-title/|archive-date=January 27, 2017|url-status=live}} Toronto Star{{'}}s Ben Rayner wrote that it is "whitewashed into a fairly anodyne mush", and declared that its "hip-hop bump and plush bassline" are "pure cosmetic window dressing". He considered them an attempt to make Trainor's "old-timey aesthetic" feel contemporary.{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2015/01/12/meghan_trainor_has_bass_but_lacks_depth_on_debut_title_review.html | title=Meghan Trainor has bass but lacks depth on debut | work=Toronto Star | date=January 12, 2015 | access-date=January 17, 2015 | first=Ben | last=Rayner | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118085158/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2015/01/12/meghan_trainor_has_bass_but_lacks_depth_on_debut_title_review.html | archive-date=January 18, 2015 | url-status=live }}

Other reviewers were positive of "Lips Are Movin". Billboard{{'}}s Carl Wilson complimented the lyrics, saying that they proved Trainor had "more going on than a topical trifle", but concluded that the song was risking "coming off as 'Bass, Part 2". Brian Mansfield of USA Today called "Lips Are Movin" the "better record" of the two.{{cite news|author=Mansfield, Brian|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/10/27/meghan-trainor-sheppard-cobra-starship-flaming-lips-listen-up-playlist/17991253/|title=Playlist: What's Brian Mansfield listening to?|work=USA Today|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=December 17, 2014|archive-date=September 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115620/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/10/27/meghan-trainor-sheppard-cobra-starship-flaming-lips-listen-up-playlist/17991253/|url-status=live}} Garibaldi described it as an up-beat and catchy "ladies anthem", and a Billboard critic stated that the "upbeat and sassy" song's similarities with "All About That Bass" would lead to "great things" for it.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6281810/meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin|title=Meghan Trainor Releases 'Lips Are Movin'|magazine=Billboard|date=October 15, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219043143/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6281810/meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin|archive-date=December 19, 2014|url-status=live}} In a favorable review, Andrew Hampp from the same magazine said that "Lips Are Movin" helped solidify Trainor "as the self-proclaimed queen of her own genre, 'she-wop{{'}}". Erlewine declared it the best song on the album and wrote that it would help the listener accept Trainor's "pastiche and performance" skills,{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/title-mw0002769775|title=Title – Meghan Trainor|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|date=January 12, 2015|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418053034/http://www.allmusic.com/album/title-mw0002769775|archive-date=April 18, 2015|url-status=live}} and Chicago Tribune{{'}}s Matt Pais considered it a showcase of Trainor's "versatility, confidence, vulnerability and smartness".{{cite news|last=Pais|first=Matt|date=January 9, 2015|title=Meghan Trainor's 'Title' puts fun, pride in pop|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-meghan-trainor-title-review-20150108-story.html|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-date=September 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115550/https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-meghan-trainor-title-review-20150108-story.html|url-status=live}}

"Lips Are Movin" debuted at number 93 on the US Billboard Hot 100 issued for November 8, 2014.{{cite magazine|author=Trust, Gary|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6296997/hot-100-meghan-trainor-hozier-top-10|title=Hot 100: Meghan Trainor No. 1 For Eighth Week, Hozier Hits Top 10|magazine=Billboard|date=October 29, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120123921/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6296997/hot-100-meghan-trainor-hozier-top-10|archive-date=November 20, 2015|url-status=live}} On December 10, 2014, the song moved from number 13 to number 8 and became Trainor's second consecutive top-10 entry, selling 110,000 digital downloads and earning 7.8 million streams. It peaked at number 4 in its eighth week on the chart, receiving 116,000 sales and 8 million streams during the tracking week. This made Trainor the fifth female artist in Billboard Hot 100 chart history to follow her debut number-one single directly with a second top-five.{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |title=Taylor Swift Leads Billboard Hot 100, Ed Sheeran Soars to Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6406647/taylor-swift-leads-hot-100-ed-sheeran-top-10 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512235808/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6406647/taylor-swift-leads-hot-100-ed-sheeran-top-10 |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |date=December 17, 2014}}{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |title=Meghan Trainor Joins Elite Company With Debut No. 1 Single & Album |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6443848/meghan-trainor-joins-elite-company-debut-single-album |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020014047/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6443848/meghan-trainor-joins-elite-company-debut-single-album |archive-date=October 20, 2015 |date=January 21, 2015}} The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the single 4× Platinum, which denotes four million units based on sales and track-equivalent on-demand streams. On the Canadian Hot 100, "Lips Are Movin" peaked at number 7 and was certified 2× Platinum by Music Canada.

The song debuted at number 89 on the UK Singles Chart issued for December 21, 2014.{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141221/7501/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115622/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20141221/7501/ |url-status=live }} Following its digital release as a single in the United Kingdom, it rose from number 50 to its peak of number 2 on January 25, 2015. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified "Lips Are Movin" Platinum. In Germany, the song reached number 10 and was certified Gold. It peaked at number 3 in Australia and was certified 5× Platinum in 2023. In New Zealand, the track peaked at number 5 and was certified double platinum. Elsewhere, "Lips Are Movin" charted within the top 10 of national record charts – at number 2 in Scotland and Venezuela, number 3 in Czech Republic and Poland, number 4 in Slovakia, number 5 in Ireland, Slovenia, and Spain, number 6 in Austria, and number 10 in the Netherlands and South Africa. The song additionally made the top 30, at number 18 in Hungary and Switzerland, number 22 in Norway, number 23 in Denmark, and number 28 in Sweden. It received a Double Platinum certification in Sweden, Platinum in Mexico and Spain,{{cite web|url=http://www.elportaldemusica.es/cancion-9410-17079-meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin|title=Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin|publisher=PROMUSICAE|access-date=February 25, 2015|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306025123/http://www.elportaldemusica.es/cancion-9410-17079-meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin|archive-date=March 6, 2015|url-status=live}} and Gold in Denmark and Italy.

Philip Andelman directed the music video for "Lips Are Movin", which was filmed in Los Angeles, California.{{cite news|author=Nudd, Tim|url=http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/ad-agency-made-meghan-trainors-new-video-and-its-great-161594|title=An Ad Agency Made Meghan Trainor's New Video, and It's Great|work=Adweek|date=November 20, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215113939/http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/ad-agency-made-meghan-trainors-new-video-and-its-great-161594|archive-date=December 15, 2014|url-status=live}} It premiered on Trainor's Vevo account on November 19, 2014.{{cite web|author=Rutherford, Kevin|url=http://amp.cbslocal.com/2014/11/19/meghan-trainor-releases-colorful-lips-filled-video-for-lips-are-movin-listen/|title=Meghan Trainor Releases Colorful, Lips-Filled Video for 'Lips Are Movin': Watch|publisher=KAMP-FM|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217113024/http://amp.cbslocal.com/2014/11/19/meghan-trainor-releases-colorful-lips-filled-video-for-lips-are-movin-listen/|archive-date=December 17, 2014|url-status=dead}} Information technology corporation Hewlett-Packard (HP) commissioned the video, which features appearances by social media influencers—actors, dancers and set designers with large social media followings.{{cite news|last=Cowan|first=James|url=http://www.canadianbusiness.com/innovation/meghan-trainor-neil-gaiman-and-the-art-of-commerce/|title=Meghan Trainor's 'Lips are Movin' and the art of corporate patronage|work=Canadian Business|date=November 21, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217104638/http://www.canadianbusiness.com/innovation/meghan-trainor-neil-gaiman-and-the-art-of-commerce/|archive-date=December 17, 2014|url-status=live}} It is the first-ever music video to be created solely by Vine, Instagram and YouTube stars.{{cite web |last=Garibaldi |first=Christina |title=Pucker Up! Meghan Trainor's Video for 'Lips Are Movin' Is Here |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2001447/meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin-music-video/ |publisher=MTV News |access-date=February 25, 2021 |date=November 19, 2014 |archive-date=September 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926032052/http://www.mtv.com/news/2001447/meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin-music-video/ |url-status=dead }}

Trainor wanted to create something as "big and fun" as the music video for "All About That Bass", and did not want the video to just feature her yelling at a male love interest. Hewlett-Packard and ad agency 180LA had been contacting record labels, wanting to help create a music video as part of the promotional campaign for the former's newly launched Pavilion x360 laptop, when they thought of Trainor. A creative director for 180LA told Adweek that they picked Trainor as her music would suit a "fun, high-energy campaign" and she had the potential to inspire the influencers' followers. HP and Trainor picked out the influencers, which include American YouTuber Liza Koshy, French dancers Les Twins, and American dancer Chachi Gonzales.{{cite web|author=Garibaldi, Christina|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2004029/meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin-video-vine-stars/|title=Meghan Trainor Did Something No Artist Has Ever Done Before With Her 'Lips Are Movin' Video|publisher=MTV News|date=November 20, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214170840/http://www.mtv.com/news/2004029/meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin-video-vine-stars/|archive-date=December 14, 2014|url-status=dead}} Trainor described the concept of the video in an interview with MTV News: "Here's me being sassy and other people dancing with me and having just a good time and trying to get through this feeling of, Ugh he's cheating on me again". She said she was excited about it and concluded "it still feels very 'Meghan Trainor,' which is amazing!".

The video depicts behind-the-scenes events of a music video shoot. The x360 laptop appears frequently in the music video as a product placement, beginning with its use as a digital clapperboard in the opening scene.

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In the music video, Trainor, in a black leather jacket, sings in front of a pastel blue backdrop. She performs choreography with the influencers in subsequent scenes, on vibrant studio sets of bright colors. The meta concept of the visuals also depicts Trainor getting her makeup done and choosing wardrobe. Lips are used as a motif throughout the video; they appear as close-ups of Trainor's mouth, lip-shaped earrings and sunglasses, and as a large drawing in the backdrop, the latter of which Yahoo! Music writer Lyndsey Parker compared to those in a poster for The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Trainor is later seen lying on a lip-shaped sofa. One of Trainor's outfits include a bubblegum-colored dress with two cat faces on it, which Mike Pell of MTV UK compared to the top Katy Perry wore at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards.

The music video's release reportedly boosted Trainor's social media presence, including an 11% surge in Twitter followers, 16% on Facebook, 41.3% on Instagram, and an almost 100% increase on Vine. Hampp said that in being the first-ever music video created entirely by social media influencers, its production was a "historic milestone in the realm of YouTube creators".{{cite magazine|author=Hampp, Andrew|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6327404/behind-hewlett-packards-20-million-ad-spend-behind-meghan-trainor|title=Behind Hewlett-Packard's $20 Million Ad Spend Behind Meghan Trainor, Beginning with Her New Music Video|magazine=Billboard|date=November 21, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124181224/http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6327404/behind-hewlett-packards-20-million-ad-spend-behind-meghan-trainor|archive-date=November 24, 2014|url-status=live}} James Cowan of Canadian Business believed that some could see Hewlett-Packard's involvement as a dull brand trying to appear modish by attaching itself to influencers, but a more enthusiastic viewer may call it "arts patronage for the 21st century", and noted that the sponsorship is so limited that no one would notice it without searching.

Pell called it a thematic continuation of the "All About That Bass" video, due to the bright and ebullient sets featured in both clips.{{cite web|last=Pell|first=Mike|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/x692td/meghan-trainor-premieres-lips-are-movin-video-watch-here|title=Meghan Trainor Puckers Up In 'Lips Are Movin' Video|publisher=MTV UK|date=November 20, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217111557/http://www.mtv.co.uk/meghan-trainor/news/meghan-trainor-premieres-lips-are-movin-video-watch-here|archive-date=December 17, 2014|url-status=live}} Fuse's Hilary Hughes wrote that the "Lips Are Movin" music video offered a bolder look for Trainor, which constituted a style shift from the latter and "definitely made a statement", but retained its "cheekiness and big-eyed adorable vibes".{{cite web|author=Hughes, Hilary|url=http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2014/11/meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin|title=Meghan Trainor's 'Lips Are Movin' with Real Talk in New Vid|publisher=Fuse|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217104914/http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2014/11/meghan-trainor-lips-are-movin|archive-date=December 17, 2014|url-status=live}} Parker wrote that Trainor's cat outfit was a "fashion statement" that was bound to get attention, and remarked that the excessive use of lips as a motif could be seen as Trainor's informal campaign for a M.A.C. Viva Glam endorsement deal.{{cite web|author=Parker, Lyndsey|url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/meghan-trainors-new-video-is-all-about-those-103097097556.html|title=Meghan Trainor's New Video is All About Those Lips|publisher=Yahoo! Music|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217105130/https://www.yahoo.com/music/meghan-trainors-new-video-is-all-about-those-103097097556.html|archive-date=December 17, 2014|url-status=live}}

File:Meghan Trainor - Lips Are Moving (Jingle Ball) (cropped).jpg on December 10, 2014.]]

Trainor performed "Lips Are Movin" live on NBC's Today on November 5, 2014, where she gave an interview and received a plaque.{{cite web |last=Dawn |first=Randee |title=Meghan Trainor's 'Lips Are Moving' on Today with New Tune, Tour Reveal |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/meghan-trainors-lips-are-moving-today-new-tune-tour-reveal-1D80263010 |website=Today |access-date=July 30, 2020 |date=November 3, 2014 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115625/https://www.today.com/popculture/meghan-trainors-lips-are-moving-today-new-tune-tour-reveal-1D80263010 |url-status=live }} On November 27, she performed the song at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on a GoldieBlox float.{{cite magazine |last=Smith |first=C. Molly |title=Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2014: EW{{'}}s play-by-play |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/11/27/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-2014-ews-play-by-play/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=July 20, 2020 |date=November 27, 2014 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115627/https://ew.com/article/2014/11/27/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-2014-ews-play-by-play/ |url-status=live }} Trainor performed it on the finale of The Voice{{'}}s seventh season on December 16.{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Ashley |title='The Voice' Finale Recap: Season 7 Winner Named |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/voice-season-7-winner-craig-758718 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=July 30, 2020 |date=December 16, 2014 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115628/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/voice-season-7-winner-craig-758718 |url-status=live }} She performed a medley of "Lips Are Movin" and "All About That Bass" on the season 19 finale of America's Dancing with the Stars.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dancing-with-the-stars-season-19-winner-alfonso-ribeiro-takes-home-mirror-ball-trophy/|title='Dancing with the Stars' season 19 crowns a winner|publisher=CBS News|date=November 26, 2014|access-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129133721/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dancing-with-the-stars-season-19-winner-alfonso-ribeiro-takes-home-mirror-ball-trophy/|archive-date=November 29, 2014|url-status=live}} Trainor performed an acoustic version of the former song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on January 15, 2015, during which she played the guitar.{{cite web|author1=Gracie, Bianca|title=Meghan Trainor Performs 'Lips Are Movin' On 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'|url=http://www.idolator.com/7577161/meghan-trainor-performs-lips-are-movin-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon|work=Idolator|access-date=January 19, 2015|date=January 16, 2015|archive-date=January 19, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150119112256/http://www.idolator.com/7577161/meghan-trainor-performs-lips-are-movin-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon|url-status=live}} She performed it during Today{{'}}s 2015 Toyota Concert Series as well as their 2016 Citi Concert Series.{{cite web |last=Hines |first=Ree |title=Her lips are movin! Meghan Trainor kicks off summer concert series on Today |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/meghan-trainor-today-show-summer-concert-series-kicks-t22331 |website=Today |access-date=August 3, 2020 |date=May 22, 2015 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115630/https://www.today.com/popculture/meghan-trainor-today-show-summer-concert-series-kicks-t22331 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Hines |first=Ree |title=Meghan Trainor gets lips movin' on the Today plaza for summer concert series |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/meghan-trainor-gets-lips-movin-today-plaza-summer-concert-series-t99676 |website=Today |access-date=August 3, 2020 |date=June 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412135332/https://www.today.com/popculture/meghan-trainor-gets-lips-movin-today-plaza-summer-concert-series-t99676 |archive-date=April 12, 2020 |url-status=live }}

A live rendition of "Lips Are Movin" appeared on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2015.{{cite web |last=Hillyard |first=Kim |title=BBC Radio 1 announce 'Live Lounge 2015' album and reveal tracklist |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/nme-414-1213784 |website=NME |access-date=February 22, 2021 |date=October 8, 2015 |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317191203/http://www.nme.com/news/music/nme-414-1213784 |url-status=live }} Trainor included the song in her set list for the Jingle Ball Tour 2014,{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6406107/z100-jingle-ball-2014-highlights-taylor-swift-5-seconds-of-summer-ariana-grande-sam-smith-more|title=Z100's Jingle Ball 2014 Highlights: Taylor Swift, 5 Seconds of Summer, Sam Smith & More|magazine=Billboard|date=December 13, 2014|access-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213215631/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6406107/z100-jingle-ball-2014-highlights-taylor-swift-5-seconds-of-summer-ariana-grande-sam-smith-more|archive-date=December 13, 2014|url-status=live}} the 2015 Summertime Ball,{{cite web |title=Meghan Trainor – 'Lips Are Movin' (Live at Capital's Summertime Ball 2015) |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/meghan-trainor/performances/lips-are-movin-summertime-ball-2015/ |publisher=Capital |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115630/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/meghan-trainor/performances/lips-are-movin-summertime-ball-2015/ |url-status=live }} her That Bass and MTrain Tours, the Untouchable Tour (2016),{{cite news|last=DeCosta|first=Nicole|title=Review: Meghan Trainor proves she's more than 'that bass'|url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/11-features/250628-119561-review-meghan-trainor-proves-shes-more-than-that-bass|access-date=March 13, 2015|work=Portland Tribune|date=February 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321102419/http://portlandtribune.com/pt/11-features/250628-119561-review-meghan-trainor-proves-shes-more-than-that-bass|archive-date=March 21, 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.idolator.com/7640870/meghan-trainor-greek-theatre-live-concert-review |title=Meghan Trainor at L.A.'s Greek Theatre: Self Empowerment Reigns |last=Ball-Dionne |first=Caila |date=July 23, 2016 |work=Idolator |access-date=January 9, 2017 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115629/https://www.idolator.com/7640870/meghan-trainor-greek-theatre-live-concert-review |url-status=live }} Capital's Summertime Ball 2024,{{cite web |last=Prance |first=Sam |title=The Full Setlist for Capital's Summertime Ball with Barclaycard 2024 |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/capital-summertime-ball-setlist-songs-2024/ |publisher=Capital FM |access-date=June 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616155256/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/capital-summertime-ball-setlist-songs-2024/ |archive-date=June 16, 2024 |date=June 16, 2024 |url-status=live}} and the Timeless Tour (2024).{{cite web |last=Swift |first=Megan |title=Meghan Trainor Is All About the Bass — and Family — in Spirited Pittsburgh Show |url=https://triblive.com/aande/music/meghan-trainor-is-all-about-the-bass-and-family-during-spirited-pittsburgh-show/ |website=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |access-date=September 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907151423/https://triblive.com/aande/music/meghan-trainor-is-all-about-the-bass-and-family-during-spirited-pittsburgh-show/ |archive-date=September 7, 2024 |date=September 7, 2024 |url-status=live}} She performed it while headlining the Philadelphia Welcome America Festival as part of the 2019 Fourth of July celebrations.{{cite web |last=Hatmaker |first=Julia |title=Fourth of July 2019: Fireworks in Philadelphia, as well as Meghan Trainor and Jennifer Hudson performances |url=https://www.pennlive.com/life/2019/07/fourth-of-july-2019-fireworks-in-philadelphia-as-well-as-meghan-trainor-and-jennifer-hudson-performances.html |website=The Patriot-News |access-date=August 3, 2020 |date=July 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705063526/https://www.pennlive.com/life/2019/07/fourth-of-july-2019-fireworks-in-philadelphia-as-well-as-meghan-trainor-and-jennifer-hudson-performances.html |archive-date=July 5, 2019 |url-status=live }}

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• Recorded, engineered, and mixed at The Carriage House, Nolensville, Tennessee
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