From Jersey to Global: How ‘I Like To Move It’ Dragged U.S. Dance Music & Erick Morillo Into the Spotlight (Whether It/He Was Ready or Not)

The Twelve Inch 163 : I Like To Move It (Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman)

When “I Like To Move It” by Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman exploded onto the international scene, it seemed to come out of nowhere. Brash, cartoonish, relentlessly energetic, and unmistakably not cool in the eyes of America’s still-nascent club elite. Yet within months, it was inescapable across Europe’s dancefloors, featured in every gym aerobics class, and, yes, used to sell yogurt on TV (Danone).