Move Any Mountain

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"Move Any Mountain"
Single by The Shamen
from the album En-Tact
Released August 1991
Format CD
Recorded 1990
Genre House
Techno
Length 3:28
Writer(s) Colin Angus
The Shamen
Richard West
The Shamen singles chronology

"Hyperreal"
(1991)		 "Move Any Mountain"
(1991)		 "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)"
(1992)

"Move Any Mountain" was a single performed by The Shamen. With a new radio remix by The Beatmasters, the song was released in the UK during the summer of 1991 and was their first top-ten single, reaching number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. It was the band's only top-40 hit in the U.S., where the song peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1] The promotional video was filmed on the slopes of Mount Teide, Tenerife island where Will Sinnott drowned and died. This happened on 23 May 1991.

In response to demand for remixes from fans,[2] the band released the entire sample list and a number of remixes on the album Progeny, which at the time meant the single and album release of the track made it the only record to chart on both UK Singles and Album Charts at the same time.[3]

The cover includes the kanji 山 (yama, meaning mountain).

Japanese video game music producer Yuzo Koshiro composed an instrumental background music track for the baseball stadium stage in the 1992/1993 Sega Genesis game Streets of Rage 2 named "Under Logic" that bears strong influence from "Move Any Mountain".[4]

The English singer Kate Walsh recorded a version of "Move Any Mountain" for her 2010 album "Peppermint Radio".

UK releases

Pro›gen (1990)
  1. "Pro›gen ('Land of Oz' Mix)" - 5:42
  2. "Light›span" - 5:41
  3. "Pre›gen" - 5:48
Pro›gen Remixes (1991)
  1. "Pro›gen (C-Mix F)" - 7:01
  2. "Pro›gen (7B)" - 3:50
  3. "Light›span (Soundwave)" - 7:43
Move Any Mountain – Progen 91 (CD single 1991)
  1. "Move Any Mountain (Beat Edit)" (remixed by the Beatmasters) - 3:30
  2. "Move Any Mountain (Landslide Edit)" (remixed by the Kid & John) - 3:48
  3. "Move Any Mountain (F2 Mello) - 6:12
  4. "Move Any Mountain (Mountains in the Sky)" (remixed by Caspar Pound) - 6:03
Move Any Mountain – Progen 91 (12" single 1991)
  1. "Move Any Mountain (Landslide)" (remixed by the Kid & John) - 4:51
  2. "Move Any Mountain (Devil)" (remixed by 'Evil' Eddie Richards) - 4:40
  3. "Move Any Mountain (Rude)" (remixed by the Goat) - 5:03
  4. "Move Any Mountain (I.R.P. in the Land of Oz)" (remixed by Paul Oakenfold) - 5:02
Progeny (CD 1991)
  1. "Move Any Mountain (Bang to the Beat of the Drum)" (remixed by Bryan 'Chuck' New & 'Evil' Eddie Richards) - 5:45
  2. "Move Any Mountain (Beltram Dub)" (remixed by Joey Beltram) - 5:30
  3. "Move Any Mountain (Rising High Dub)" (remixed by Caspar Pound) - 7:25
  4. "Move Any Mountain (Alta Vista)" (remixed by F Troop) - 6:16
  5. "Move Any Mountain (The Prelude to Paradise)" (remixed by Frankie Bones) - 5:12
  6. "Move Any Mountain (666 Edit)" (remixed by 'Evil' Eddie Richards) - 4:49
  7. "Move Any Mountain (Land of Oz)" (remixed by Paul Oakenfold) - 5:44
  8. "Move Any Mountain (C. Mix)" (remixed by Colin Angus and Mr. C) - 6:47
  9. "Move Any Mountain (Beat Edit)" (remixed by the Beatmasters) - 3:30
  10. "Move Any Mountain (Rude Edit)" (remixed by the Goat) - 3:44
  11. "Move Any Mountain (Landslide Edit)" (remixed by the Kid and John) - 3:48
  12. "Move Any Mountain (F Troop Edit)" (remixed by F Troop) - 3:27
  13. "Move Any Mountain (Oz Edit)" (remixed by Paul Oakenfold) - 3:39
  14. "Move Any Mountain (Bang Edit)" (remixed by Bryan 'Chuck' New & 'Evil' Eddie Richards) - 3:32
  15. 16 samples & beats – 5:39
Progeny (3x12"/cassette 1991)
  1. "Move Any Mountain (Bang to the Beat of the Drum)" (remixed by Bryan 'Chuck' New & 'Evil' Eddie Richards) - 5:45
  2. "Move Any Mountain (Beltram Dub)" (remixed by Joey Beltram) - 5:30
  3. "Move Any Mountain (Rising High Dub)" (remixed by Caspar Pound) - 7:25
  4. "Move Any Mountain (Alta Vista)" (remixed by F Troop) - 6:16
  5. "Move Any Mountain (The Prelude to Paradise)" (remixed by Frankie Bones) - 5:12
  6. "Move Any Mountain (666 Edit)" (remixed by 'Evil' Eddie Richards) - 4:49
  7. "Move Any Mountain (Land of Oz)" (remixed by Paul Oakenfold) - 5:44
  8. "Move Any Mountain (Beatmasters Dub)" (remixed by Beatmasters, The) - 3:56
  9. "Move Any Mountain (The Bones Break Mastermix)" (remixed by Frankie Bones) - 6:11
  10. "Move Any Mountain (Beltram Vox)" (remixed by Joey Beltram) - 5:20
  11. "Move Any Mountain (Landslide Vox)" (remixed by the Kid and John) - 5:27
  12. "Move Any Mountain (Rude)" (remixed by the Goat) - 5:40
  13. "Move Any Mountain (C. Mix)" (remixed by Colin Angus and Mr. C) - 6:47
  14. "Move Any Mountain (Beat Edit)" (remixed by the Beatmasters) - 3:30
  15. "Move Any Mountain (Rude Edit)" (remixed by the Goat) - 3:44
  16. "Move Any Mountain (Landslide Edit)" (remixed by the Kid and John) - 3:48
  17. "Move Any Mountain (F Troop Edit)" (remixed by F Troop) - 3:27
  18. "Move Any Mountain (Oz Edit)" (remixed by Paul Oakenfold) - 3:39
  19. "Move Any Mountain (Bang Edit)" (remixed by Bryan 'Chuck' New & 'Evil' Eddie Richards) - 3:32
  20. 16 samples & beats

The "Alta Vista" mix is the same as the "F2 Mello" mix. "Move Any Mountain (Land of Oz)" on Progeny is the same as the original "Pro›gen ('Land of Oz' Mix)" (1990), slightly different from "Move Any Mountain (I.R.P. in the Land of Oz)" on the 1991 12", and from "Progen 91 (I.R.P. in the Land of Oz)" on En-Tact.

Charts

Chart (1991)[5] Peak
position
Swedish Singles Chart 21
Swiss Singles Chart 4
Dutch Singles Chart 17[6]
UK Singles Chart 4[7]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 38
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  2. ↑ Progeny sleeve notes.
  3. ↑ The Shamen discography
  4. ↑ Perfekt Past: Streets of Rage II, Peoww, 2008-02-17 
  5. ↑ "Move Any Mountain", in Swedish and Swiss Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 12, 2008)
  6. ↑ Peak positions for Dutch Singles: "Shamen: Album / Song Chart History for Holland". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-06-22. 
  7. ↑ Roberts, David (2004). British Hit Singles & Albums (17th edition ed.). London: Guinness World Records. ISBN 0-85112-199-3. 
Preceded by
"The Pressure Part 1" by Sounds of Blackness		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
November 16, 1991 – November 23, 1991 		Succeeded by
"Emotions" by Mariah Carey
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