hypersongs

Move Any Mountain

Originally the 1990 single Pro>gen, re-released in 1991 with a Beatmasters remix, UK 4.
The Shamen, from En-Tact (1991)

It was first released in 1990 as "Pro>gen" and re-released with an official Beatmasters remix on July 15, 1991 on One Little Indian, at 3:28, the first UK top ten single for the band. Paul Carter and Richard Searle are credited as producers. It entered the UK chart on July 27, 1991, reached 4 over 10 weeks, and "Move Any Mountain '96" reached 35 on a re-entry in December 1996. In the US it reached 38 in February 1992, their only top 40 there, and number one on US Dance Club Play, with 4 in Switzerland and 5 in Finland. Mr. C said Paul Oakenfold recommended him when the Shamen wanted a rapper for it. The video was filmed on the slopes of Mount Teide in Tenerife in May 1991.

Our upload is the Beat Edit. A 1991 CD single lists "Move Any Mountain (Beat Edit)" at 4:51 as track one, with "Landslide", "F2 Mello" and "Mountains in the Sky"; a MusicBrainz mirror credits the Beatmasters as remixer, which we could not verify, and we found no production story for the edit. Billboard's Larry Flick said it may be best remembered as the most remixed record in history, and AllMusic's John Bush called it an infectious techno-pop anthem. It was Team Scotland's entrance music at the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow, and its first verse was used as wedding vows in Peep Show. Setlist.fm shows 11 plays across 239 setlists.

Sources

  1. Move Any Mountain, Wikipedia
  2. The Shamen, Official Charts Company
  3. The 7 lucky dip 33: The Shamen, Move Any Mountain, The New Vinyl Villain (2025-05-09)
  4. Move Any Mountain CD single, Discography listing