Move Your Hips (X-Treme song)

"Move Your Hips" is a single by Australian rapper X-Treme featuring vocals from Kuboian television personality and singer Ericka Streets. Released on 8th March, 2004, it serves as the second single from X-Treme's debut studio album Come On Down Under. X-Treme has described the song as a "funky party song with a 1970s disco vibe". It peaked at number two on the Australian charts and topped the charts in Kuboia, making it X-Treme's only song to date to do so.

Background
X-Treme finished recording "Move Your Hips" with Ericka Streets in September 2003. They were hoping to release the song in December that year, but were unable to due to contract issues. Because of this, the song was promoted, performed live, and even received airplay on radio stations months before its release.

The song was officially released as a single in Australia on 8th March, 2004, with the Kuboian release arriving the following day. It was released under a lot of formats, including a DVD single, CD single and 12" vinyl. It was also released as a cassette single, but only in Kuboia.

The single's B-side is "Four in the Morning", a song performed by X-Treme on his own. It serves as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of Come On Down Under.

Composition
"Move Your Hips" is a pop song with rapped vocals and a disco vibe. The song is written in the key of B flat major and has a tempo of 130 beats per minute.

Live performances
Ericka Streets and X-Treme performed the song live on Superbus on 17th March, 2004. They performed the song live again on Kuboian Children's Day in 2004.

Music video
A music video for the song was filmed in Sydney, Australia in September 2003.

The video was uploaded to X-Treme's official YouTube channel on 23rd January, 2009. It is currently his most viewed video, with over 250 million views as of 2021.

Australian CD single

 * 1) "Move Your Hips"
 * 2) "Move Your Hips" (Vertigo Remix)
 * 3) "Four in the Morning"
 * 4) "Move Your Hips" (instrumental)

Japanese CD single

 * 1) "Move Your Hips"
 * 2) "Four in the Morning"
 * 3) "Come On Down Under"
 * 4) "Move Your Hips" (instrumental)

Kuboian CD single

 * 1) "Move Your Hips" (radio edit)
 * 2) "Move Your Hips" (extended mix)
 * 3) "Move Your Hips" (instrumental)

Kuboian cassette single

 * 1) "Move Your Hips"
 * 2) "Move Your Hips" (karaoke version with background vocals)

UK CD single

 * 1) "Move Your Hips"
 * 2) "Move Your Hips" (Eric Prydz Remix)
 * 3) "Four in the Morning"

DVD single

 * 1) "Move Your Hips" (music video)
 * 2) "Move Your Hips" (behind the scenes)