"Move Your Ass!" is a 1995 song recorded by the German

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 techno

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 band Scooter

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. It was the second single

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 from their debut studio album ...and the Beat Goes On!. The song was released in January 1995 in most of the European countries. Two months later, a CD maxi containing several new remixes was released in Germany

Germany

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 and Australia

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. In October of the same year, a EP named "The Move Your Ass EP" was also marketed in UK and Ireland

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.

This happy hardcore

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 song was a hit in countries such as Austria

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, the Netherlands, Germany

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, Norway

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, Sweden

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 and Switzerland

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 where it reached the top ten. In France

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, the song stopped at the foot of the top 10 (#11).

Original version

CD single - France (February 23, 1995)

1. "Move Your Ass!" (video edit) — 3:55
2. "Move Your Ass!" — 5:50

CD maxi - Germany and France

1. "Move Your Ass!" (video edit) — 3:58
2. "Move Your Ass!" — 5:50
3. "Back in Time" — 7:04

Remixes

CD maxi - Australia

1. "Move Your Ass!" (video edit) — 4:00
2. "Move Your Ass!" (ultra-sonic remix) — 7:16
3. "Move Your Ass!" (mandala remix) — 6:28
4. "Move Your Ass!" (para-dizer remix) — 3:22
5. "Move Your Ass!" (alien factory remix) — 5:33
6. "Move Your Ass!" (mega 'lo mania-acid mania mix) — 5:49
7. "Move Your Ass!" (men behind remix) — 5:54

CD maxi - Germany (March 14, 1995)

1. "Move Your Ass!" (ultra-sonic remix) — 7:15
2. "Move Your Ass!" (mandala remix) — 6:23
3. "Move Your Ass!" (para-dizer remix) — 3:22
4. "Move Your Ass!" (alien factory remix) — 5:30
5. "Move Your Ass!" (mega 'lo mania-acid mania mix) — 5:48
6. "Move Your Ass!" (men behind remix) — 5:56
7. "Move Your Ass!" (matiz remix) — 5:26

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2 x 12" maxi - Germany

1. "Move Your Ass!" (mandala remix) — 6:27
2. "Move Your Ass!" (mega 'lo mania-acid mania mix) — 8:02
3. "Move Your Ass!" (ultra-sonic remix) — 7:15
4. "Move Your Ass!" (mega 'lo mania-trance dub mix) — 8:23
5. "Move Your Ass!" (para-dizer remix) — 6:59
6. "Move Your Ass!" (men behind remix) — 5:56
7. "Move Your Ass!" (alien factory remix) — 5:31
8. "Move Your Ass!" (matiz remix) — 5:26

EP

CD maxi - UK

1. "Move Your Ass!" (video edit) — 3:55
2. "Friends" — 4:40
3. "Endless Summer" (radio edit) — 3:55
4. "Move Your Ass!" (platinum people remix) — 7:46

12" maxi - UK (October 6, 1995)

1. "Move Your Ass!" — 5:50
2. "Friends" (Ramon Zenker club mix) — 5:32
3. "Endless Summer" (maxi version) — 5:14
4. "Move Your Ass!" (platinum people remix) — 7:46

Cassette - UK

1. "Move Your Ass!" (video edit) — 3:55
2. "Endless Summer" (radio edit) — 3:55
3. "Move Your Ass!" (video edit) — 3:55
4. "Endless Summer" (radio edit) — 3:55

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Peak positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	3
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	16
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	16
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	4
French SNEP Singles Chart	11
German Singles Chart	3
Irish IRMA Singles Chart 1	15
Norwegian Singles Chart	6
Swedish Singles Chart	10
Swiss Singles Chart	3
UK Singles Chart1	23

¹ The Move Your Ass EP

End of year charts

End of year chart (1995)	Position
Austrian Singles Chart	20
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	98
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	80
Dutch Top 40	64
French Singles Chart	74
Swiss Singles Chart	30

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
Germany	Gold	1995	250,000