Move Any Mountain
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Single by The Shamen | ||||
| from the album En-Tact | ||||
| Released | July 15, 1991 September 26, 1991 (USA)[1] | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Length | 3:28 | |||
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The Shamen singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
"Move Any Mountain" on YouTube | ||||
"Move Any Mountain" is a song by the Scottish electronic group The Shamen, first released under the title "Pro›gen". With an official remix by The Beatmasters, the song was re-released in the UK in summer 1991 and was their first top-ten single, reaching number 4 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] It was the band's only top-40 hit in the U.S., where the song peaked at number 38 in February 1992 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3]
Contents
1 Release
2 Critical reception
3 Music video
4 UK releases
5 Versions
6 Charts
7 Notes and references
Release
In response to demand for remixes from fans,[4] 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.[5]
The track was used for the entrance of Team Scotland during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park in Glasgow. The lyrics of the first verse also appeared as Super Hans' wedding vows in the second episode of the ninth series of Peep Show.
The cover includes the kanji 山 (yama, meaning mountain).
Critical reception
Billboard wrote about the song: "Track by alternative/dance band may be best remembered as the most remixed record in history. At last count, there are 35 versions of this song circulating throughout Europe, seven of which are on this U.S. pressing. Beneath abundant studio tricks, which alter song's stance from techno to house and then hi-NRG, lies a simplistic and memorable modern-pop tune."[6]
Music video
The promotional video was filmed on the slopes of Mount Teide, Tenerife. Shortly afterwards, Will Sinnott drowned off the coast of the neighbouring island La Gomera.
UK releases
Pro›gen (CD single 1990)
- "Pro›gen ('Land of Oz' Mix)" – 5:42
- "Light›span" – 5:41
- "Pre›gen" – 5:48
Pro›gen Remixes (12" single 1990)
- "Pro›gen (C-mix F+)" – 7:01
- "Pro›gen (7b)" – 3:50
- "Light›span (Soundwave)" – 7:43
Move Any Mountain – Progen 91 (CD single 1991)
- "Move Any Mountain (Beat Edit)" (remixed by the Beatmasters) – 3:30
- "Move Any Mountain (Landslide Edit)" (remixed by the Kid & John) – 3:48
- "Move Any Mountain (F2 Mello) – 6:12
- "Move Any Mountain (Mountains in the Sky)" (remixed by Caspar Pound) – 6:03
Move Any Mountain – Progen 91 (12" single 1991)
- "Move Any Mountain (Landslide)" (remixed by the Kid & John) – 4:51
- "Move Any Mountain (Devil)" (remixed by 'Evil' Eddie Richards) – 4:40
- "Move Any Mountain (Rude)" (remixed by the Goat) – 5:03
- "Move Any Mountain (I.R.P. in the Land of Oz)" (remixed by Paul Oakenfold) – 5:02
Progeny (3x12"/cassette 1991)
- "Move Any Mountain (Bang to the Beat of the Drum)" (remixed by Bryan 'Chuck' New & 'Evil' Eddie Richards) – 5:45
- "Move Any Mountain (Beltram Dub)" (remixed by Joey Beltram) – 5:30
- "Move Any Mountain (Rising High Dub)" (remixed by Caspar Pound) – 7:25
- "Move Any Mountain (Alta Vista)" (remixed by F Troop) – 6:16
- "Move Any Mountain (The Prelude to Paradise)" (remixed by Frankie Bones) – 5:12
- "Move Any Mountain (666 Edit)" (remixed by 'Evil' Eddie Richards) – 4:49
- "Move Any Mountain (Land of Oz)" (remixed by Paul Oakenfold) – 5:44
- "Move Any Mountain (Beatmasters Dub)" (remixed by The Beatmasters) – 3:56
- "Move Any Mountain (The Bones Break Mastermix)" (remixed by Frankie Bones) – 6:11
- "Move Any Mountain (Beltram Vox)" (remixed by Joey Beltram) – 5:20
- "Move Any Mountain (Landslide Vox)" (remixed by the Kid and John) – 5:27
- "Move Any Mountain (Rude)" (remixed by the Goat) – 5:40
- "Move Any Mountain (C. mix)" (remixed by Colin Angus and Mr. C) – 6:47
- "Move Any Mountain (Beat Edit)" (remixed by the Beatmasters) – 3:30
- "Move Any Mountain (Rude Edit)" (remixed by the Goat) – 3:44
- "Move Any Mountain (Landslide Edit)" (remixed by the Kid and John) – 3:48
- "Move Any Mountain (F Troop Edit)" (remixed by F Troop) – 3:27
- "Move Any Mountain (Oz Edit)" (remixed by Paul Oakenfold) – 3:39
- "Move Any Mountain (Bang Edit)" (remixed by Bryan 'Chuck' New & 'Evil' Eddie Richards) – 3:32
- 16 samples & beats – 5:39
The CD version of Progeny only contains 15 tracks, it omits tracks 8–12.
The "Alta Vista" mix is the same as the "F2 Mello" mix. The "Beltram Dub" mix, as published on Progeny, is the same as the "Beltram Vox" 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.
Versions
| Title | Remixer | Length | Format | Year | ||||
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| Pro›gen Pro›gen (7a) Move Any Mountain (Beat Edit) | The Beatmasters | 3:30 | 7" Cass 7", 12", CD, Cass | 1990 | p p m | E | P | |
| Pro›gen (Dub Mix) Pro›gen (7b) Move Any Mountain (Beatmasters Dub) | The Beatmasters | 3:52 | 7" 12", CD 12", CD, Cass | 1990 | p p | P | ||
| Pro›gen (C-mix F+) | Colin Angus, Mr. C | 7:01 | 12" | 1990 | p | |||
| Pre›gen | Steve Osborne | 5:48 | 12", CD | 1990 | p | |||
| Pro›gen ('Land of Oz' Mix) Move Any Mountain (Land of Oz) | Paul Oakenfold | 5:42 | 12", CD, Cass 12", CD, Cass | 1990 | p | P | ||
| Pro›gen (C-mix F-) | Colin Angus, Mr. C | Cass | 1990 | p | ||||
| Pro›gen (C-mix Dub) | Colin Angus, Mr. C | 6:35 | 12" promo | 1990 | p | |||
| Progen (Land of Oz) | Paul Oakenfold | 4:07 | 12", CD, Cass | 1990 | e | |||
| Move Any Mountain (Rude Edit) | The Goat | 3:44 | 7", 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | m | P | ||
| Move Any Mountain (Landslide) | The Kid & John | 4:51 | 12" | 1991 | m | |||
| Move Any Mountain (Devil) | 'Evil' Eddie Richards | 4:40 | 12" | 1991 | m | |||
| Move Any Mountain (Rude) | The Goat | 5:03 | 12" | 1991 | m | |||
| Move Any Mountain (I.R.P. in the Land of Oz) | Paul Oakenfold | 5:02 | 12" | 1991 | m | |||
| Move Any Mountain (Landslide Edit) | The Kid & John | 3:48 | 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | m | P | ||
| Move Any Mountain (F2 Mello) Move Any Mountain (Alta Vista) | F. Troop | 6:12 | CD 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | m | P | ||
| Move Any Mountain (Mountains in the Sky) | Caspar Pound | 6:03 | CD | 1991 | m | |||
| Move Any Mountain (Bang to the Beat Dub) | 'Evil' Eddie Richards, Bryan 'Chuck' New | 12" promo | 1991 | m | ||||
| Move Any Mountain (Caspars First Dub) | Caspar Pound | 12" promo | 1991 | m | ||||
| Move Any Mountain (C-mix D.E.) | Colin Angus, Mr. C, Ian Tregoning | 12" promo | 1991 | m | ||||
| Move Any Mountain (F2 Faster) | F. Troop | 12" promo | 1991 | m | ||||
| Move Any Mountain (Whizz) | 'Evil' Eddie Richards | 12" promo | 1991 | m | ||||
| Move Any Mountain (The Sound of Pro-gen) | Ian Tregoning, Mads Bjerke, Steve Osborne | 12" promo | 1991 | m | ||||
| Move Any Mountain (666 Edit) | 'Evil' Eddie Richards | 4:49 | 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | E | P | ||
| Progen 91 (I.R.P. in the Land of Oz) | Paul Oakenfold | 5:21 | 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | E | |||
| Move Any Mountain (Bang to the Beat of the Drum) | 'Evil' Eddie Richards, Bryan 'Chuck' New | 5:45 | 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | P | M | ||
| Move Any Mountain (Beltram Vox) | Joey Beltram | 5:25 | 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | P | |||
| Move Any Mountain (Rising High Dub) | Caspar Pound | 7:25 | 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | P | |||
| Move Any Mountain (The Prelude to Paradise Beat Mix) | Frankie Bones | 5:12 | 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | P | |||
| Move Any Mountain (The Bones Break Mastermix) | Frankie Bones | 6:11 | 12", Cass | 1991 | P | |||
| Move Any Mountain (Landslide Vox) | The Kid & John | 5:27 | 12", Cass | 1991 | P | |||
| Move Any Mountain (Rude) | The Goat | 5:40 | 12", Cass | 1991 | P | |||
| Move Any Mountain (C mix) | Colin Angus, Mr. C | 6:47 | 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | P | |||
| Move Any Mountain (F. Troop Edit) | F. Troop | 3:27 | 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | P | |||
| Move Any Mountain (Oz Edit) | Paul Oakenfold | 3:39 | 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | P | M | ||
| Move Any Mountain (Bang Edit) | 'Evil' Eddie Richards, Bryan 'Chuck' New | 3:32 | 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | P | |||
| 16 samples & beats | 5:39 | 12", CD, Cass | 1991 | P | ||||
| Move Any Mountain '96 (Loaded Dub) | Andy Ling | 11:37 | 12" | 1996 | M | |||
| Move Any Mountain '96 (Unknown Pleasure Dub) | Axis Shift | 11:39 | 12" | 1996 | M | |||
| Move Any Mountain '96 (Tomka Mix) | Rhythm Masters | 7:30 | 12", CD | 1996 | M | |||
| Move Any Mountain '96 (Tomka Dub) | Rhythm Masters | 12" | 1996 | M | ||||
| Move Any Mountain '96 (Tony De Vit Mix) | Tony De Vit | 7:32 | 12", CD | 1996 | M | |||
| Move Any Mountain '96 (Tony De Vit 7" Edit) | Tony De Vit | 4:10 | 12", CD, Cass | 1996 | M | |||
| Move Any Mountain '96 (Bush Flange Mix) | Bush Flange | 12" | 1996 | M | ||||
| Move Any Mountain '96 (Sneaker Pimps Mix) | Sneaker Pimps, Line of Flight | 7:29 | 12", CD | 1996 | M | |||
| Move Any Mountain '96 (Forces of Nature Mix) | Forces of Nature | 12" | 1996 | M | ||||
| Move Any Mountain '96 (Forces of Nature Dub) | Forces of Nature | 12" | 1996 | M | ||||
| Move Any Mountain '96 (Beatmasters Radio Mix) | The Beatmasters | 4:02 | CD, Cass | 1996 | M | |||
| Move Any Mountain '96 (Beatmasters 12" Mix) | The Beatmasters | 7:22 | CD | 1996 | M |
Legend: p = "Pro›gen", m = "Move Any Mountain – Progen 91", e = En-tact (1990), E = En-tact (1991), P = Progeny, M = "Move Any Mountain '96"
Charts
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[7] | 104 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] | 8 |
| Denmark (IFPI)[9] | 8 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] | 5 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[11] | 17 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] | 23 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] | 17 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] | 21 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] | 4 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[2] | 4 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 38 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[16] | 1 |
Notes and references
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^ ab "Official Charts > Shamen". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
^ ab "Billboard > Artists / The Shamen > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
^ Progeny sleeve notes.
^ The Shamen discography
^ "Billboard: NEW & NOTEWORTHY" (PDF). Billboard. October 5, 1991. p. 93. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 September 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – Shamen – Move Any Mountain" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
^ "Top 10 Denmark" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for Shamen". Fireball Media. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Shamen" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Shamen – Move Any Mountain" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Shamen – Move Any Mountain". Singles Top 100.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Shamen – Move Any Mountain". Swiss Singles Chart.
^ "Billboard > Artists / The Shamen > Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
