Moving (Supergrass song)

"Moving"
Single by Supergrass
from the album Supergrass
B-side "Believer"
Released 6 September 1999 (UK)
Format CD, 7"
Recorded Ridge Farm Studio
Sawmills Studio
1998
Genre Britpop, rock
Length 04:29
Label Parlophone
Writer(s) Supergrass & Rob Coombes
Producer(s) Supergrass
John Cornfield
Supergrass singles chronology
"Pumping on Your Stereo"
(1999)
"Moving"
(1999)
"Mary"
(1999)

"Moving" is a song by Supergrass, from their eponymous third album, Supergrass (1999). It was also released as a single, reaching #9 in the UK Singles Chart.[1][2] It is about the tedium of touring as a band. It was the last Supergrass song to reach the UK Top 10.

The song later appeared on the greatest hits compilation Supergrass Is 10: The Best Of 1994–2004.

The song has featured in the British film comedy East Is East at the beginning of the closing credits, and in the Holby City episode "Tough Love" in 2009. It was also sampled by MC Lars for his song "Ahab" about Moby-Dick.

Track listing

CD1 CDRS6524

  1. "Moving" (4:29)
  2. "You Too Can Play Alright" (4:56)
  3. "Pumping on Your Stereo (Video)" (3:19)

CD2 CDR6524 / TC TCR6524

  1. "Moving" (4:29)
  2. "Believer" (3:48)
  3. "Faraway (Acoustic)" (4:55)

LTD. ED. Blue 7" R6524

  1. "Moving" (4:29)
  2. "Believer" (3:48)

Music video

The video, like the song, is intended to show the tedium of touring. The passing of time is shown by the change of outfits the band are wearing, their slight changes in appearance, the selection of different hotel rooms they are seen in and the assortment of hotel room keys displayed. Footage is sped up and slowed down, and scenes are rewound and repeated to add to the film's effect.

References

  1. The Strange Ones Supergrass Site
  2. Supergrass biography : beginnings, career, success

External links