Make a Move on Me

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{{Infobox song

| name = Make a Move on Me

| cover = Make A Move On Me.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Olivia Newton-John

| album = Physical

| B-side = Falling

| released = January 1982

| recorded = 1981

| studio =

| genre = Dance-pop

| length = 3:17

| label = MCA

| writer = {{flatlist|

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| producer = John Farrar

| prev_title = Physical

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Landslide

| next_year = 1982

| misc =

}}

"Make a Move on Me" is a song recorded by singer Olivia Newton-John for her eleventh studio album. Physical (1981). It was written by John Farrar and Tom Snow, and produced by the former. The follow-up single to the number-one hit "Physical", it was released in January 1982 and peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 that April.Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications) It also became her twelfth and final single to be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

In Canada, "Make a Move on Me" reached number four on the pop chart and number two for two weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart. It was blocked from the top spot on that chart by "Key Largo" by Bertie Higgins.

Record World said that John's "saucy vocal solicitation and John Farrar's production make pop-A/C magic."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=February 13, 1982|page=1|accessdate=2023-03-02|title=Hits of the Week|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/82/Record-World-1982-02-13.pdf}}

Juliana Hatfield covered the song on her album Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John.{{cite web|last1=Erlewine|first1=Stephen Thomas|title=Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/juliana-hatfield-sings-olivia-newton-john-mw0003140945|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=23 April 2018}}

Track listing and formats

  • 7-inch vinyl single (MCA, EMI, 1981)
  1. Make a Move on Me – 3:13
  2. Falling – 3:42
  • 7-inch vinyl single (EMI, 1981)
  1. Make a Move on Me – 3:13
  2. Stranger's Touch – 3:49

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
align="left"|Chart (1982)

!align="left"|Peak
position

align="left"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book |title=Australian Chart Book (1970-1992) |year=1993 |publisher=Australian Chart Book |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |page=217}}

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{{singlechart|Germany|songid=29800|38|artist=Olivia Newton-John|song=Make a Move on Me|accessdate=6 March 2016}}
{{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|4|chartid=0488|artist=Olivia Newton-John|song=Make a Move on Me|accessdate=6 March 2016}}
{{singlechart|Canadaadultcontemporary|2|chartid=4294|artist=Olivia Newton-John|song=Make a Move on Me|accessdate=6 March 2016|refname=can}}
align="left"|Japan (Oricon)

| style="text-align:center;"|59

{{singlechart|Dutch100|49|artist=Olivia Newton-John|song=Make a Move on Me|accessdate=6 March 2016}}
{{singlechart|New Zealand|22|artist=Olivia Newton-John|song=Make a Move on Me|accessdate=6 March 2016}}
{{singlechart|UK|43|artist=Olivia Newton-John|date=1982-04-24|accessdate=26 October 2013}}
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|5|artist=Olivia Newton-John|rowheader=|accessdate=20 November 2014}}
{{singlechart|Billboardadultcontemporary|6|artist=Olivia Newton-John|rowheader=|accessdate=20 November 2014}}
US Cash Box Top 100{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19820410.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, 10 April 1982 |access-date=12 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603073519/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19820410.html |archive-date=3 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}

|align="center"|5

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
align="left"|Chart (1982)

! style="text-align:center;"|Rank

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1982 |publisher= Kent Music Report |via= Imgur |issue= 445 |date= 3 January 1983 |access-date= 22 January 2023 |url= https://i.imgur.com/iP7HHqt.jpg}}

| style="text-align:center;"|84

Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite web | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6167&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021000014/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6167&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 | archive-date=21 October 2012 | title=Top 100 Singles of 82 | date=25 December 1982 | work=RPM | page=17 | access-date=10 August 2012 }}

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US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1982.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=2016-11-05}}

| style="text-align:center;"|84

US Cash Box Top 100{{Cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1982YESP.html|title = Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1982}}

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Certifications and sales

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Make a Move on Me|artist=Olivia Newton-John|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=1982|relmonth=1|certmonth=5|relyear=1982|accessdate=11 August 2024}}

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References

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