I Ain't Movin is a full-length album by soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 singer-songwriter Des'ree

Des'ree

Des'ree is an English pop/soul singer who was popular during the 1990s. She is well known for her hits: "Feel So High", "You Gotta Be", "Life", and "Kissing You"...

. It was released on July 5 1994 on Epic Records

Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

, and features the top 5 smash hit, "You Gotta Be". Tom Demalon of allmusic gave the record 4 of 5 stars, saying that "Des'ree possesses a pleasing vocal delivery, and it serves her well on songs like the slinky, mid-tempo "Feel So High", the breezy "Little Child", the hypnotic groove of "Trip On Love" and the confessional title cut." Desree's "Little Child" song was sung by Sibel Alaş

Sibel Alas

Sibel Alaş is a Turkish pop music singer. She was born in February 13, 1973 in İzmit. She graduated from American Culture and Literature Department in İstanbul University. Her first hit was 'Adam' from her album of the same name in 1995. She was both vocalist and dancer of Yonca Evcimik before...

, who is a Turkish singer both of original and as "Affettim" ("I forgave" in Turkish) at "Fem" album in 1996.

Track listing

All songs were co-written by Des'ree; additional writers in brackets below.

1. "You Gotta Be
   You Gotta Be
   "You Gotta Be" is a song recorded by the British pop and soul singer Des'ree. Written by the singer with the track's producer Ashley Ingram, "You Gotta Be" was the first single release from Des'ree's second album I Ain't Movin .-Background:...
   
   " (Ashley Ingram
   Imagination (band)
   Imagination were a three piece British soul and funk band, who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They had chart hits in 28 countries, earning four platinum discs, nine gold discs and more than a dozen silver discs around the world between 1981 and 1983....
   
   ) 4:06
2. "Crazy Maze" (Peter Lord Moreland, Vernon Jeffrey Smith) 4:36
3. "Feel So High" (Michael Graves) 3:53
4. "Little Child" (Ingram) 3:54
5. "Strong Enough" (Moreland, Smith) 4:42
6. "Herald The Day" (Jimmy S. Haynes) 5:18
7. "Trip On Love" (Moreland, Smith) 4:28
8. "I Ain't Movin'" (Haynes) 4:22
9. "Living In The City" (Ingram) 4:31
10. "In My Dreams" (Haynes) 4:14
11. "Love Is Here" (Ingram) 4:50
12. "I Ain't Movin'" (Percussion Reprise) (Haynes) 3:10

Production

• Produced By Des'ree, Ashley Ingram, Phil Legg, Peter Lord Moreland, V. Jeffrey Smith & Mark "Spike" Stent
• Engineers: Peter Moshay, Charlie Smith, V. Jeffrey Smith
• Mixing: Phil Legg, Richard Lengyel, Peter Moshay, Charlie Smith, Mark "Spike" Stent
• Mastering: Vladimir Meller

Personnel

• Drums: Rocky Bryant, Ashley Ingram
  Imagination (band)
  Imagination were a three piece British soul and funk band, who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They had chart hits in 28 countries, earning four platinum discs, nine gold discs and more than a dozen silver discs around the world between 1981 and 1983....
  
  , V. Jeffrey Smith
• Percussion: Norman Hedman, V. Jeffrey Smith
• Drum Programming: Peter Moshay, V. Jeffrey Smith
• Bass: Ashley Ingram, Tracy Wormworth
• Guitars: Ashley Ingram, Peter Lord Moreland, Prince Sampson, V. Jeffrey Smith, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk
• Keyboards: Ashley Ingram, Peter Lord Moreland, V. Jeffrey Smith
• Programming: Ashley Ingram
• Backing Vocals: Des'ree, Ashley Ingram, Michael Sinclair
• String Arrangements By Ashley Ingram
• Other Arrangements By Michael Sinclair