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"Can You Move"
Single by Modern Romance
from the album Adventures in Clubland
Released	1981
Genre	Pop music, salsa music, dance music
Label	Atlantic, WEA
Songwriter(s)	Geoffrey Deane, David Wilkerson
Modern Romance singles chronology
"Everybody Salsa" (1981) "Can You Move" (1981) "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey" (1981)

"Can You Move" is a single by UK band Modern Romance. It was released in the United States in 1982 as a 12-inch single by Atlantic Records, and in Japan as a 7-inch single through WEA.

History

"Can You Move" is related to "Can You Dance", which was released in the United States, where it reached #2 on the Billboard Dance Chart. It was released in Japan in 1982. The single lso backs their UK hit, "Queen of the Rapping Scene (Nothing Ever Goes the Way You Plan)" (1982), which peaked at #37 on the UK chart. "Can You Move" was re-released as "Can You Move '88" by band member, David Jaymes.

Formats

7-inch single (Japan)

• Can You Move It
• Queen of the Rapping Scene

12-inch single (America)

• Can You Move
• Can You Move

12-inch promo (America)

• Can You Move
• Can You Move

Chart performance

Personnel

• Geoff Deane – vocals
• David Jaymes – bass guitar
• Robbie Jaymes – synthesizer
• Paul Gendler – guitar
• Andy Kyriacou – drums
• Richie Rivera – Mixer dance

References

1. Modern romance, discography, Tarzan Boy. Accessed April 28, 2011.
2. Modern Romance, Discography, Can You Move, Discogs Website. Accessed April 27, 2011.
3. Lee-Williams, Matt: Modern Romance Biography, Internet Movie Database April 28, 2011.
4. Lee-Williams, Matt: Jaymes, David, Biography, Internet Movie Database. Accessed April 28, 2011.
5. "Modern Romance – Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

• 1981 singles
• Modern Romance (band) songs
• 1981 songs
• Songs written by Geoff Deane
• Atlantic Records singles