Move On Up
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"Move On Up" is a song by Curtis Mayfield from his 1970 debut album Curtis. Nearly 9 minutes long in its album version, it was released as a single in the United States (Curtom 1974), but failed to chart. An edited version of the song spent 10 weeks in the top 50 of the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #12 and it has become a soul music classic over the years.
In popular culture and covers
The song is played by English Premier League side Arsenal.
The song was used in the sixth episode entitled 'Margin of Error' of the fourth season of The Wire.
In 1979, disco trio, Destination, recorded the song, incorporating the song "Keep on Pushing", a 1964 hit by The Impressions also written by Mayfield. Along with the tracks, "Up Up Up" and "Destination's Theme, "Move On Up", hit number one on the disco chart for four weeks.
The song's horn section is sampled in the song Touch The Sky by the hip-hop artist Kanye West.
