Movin' (Jennifer Rush album)

Movin' is the second studio album by American singer Jennifer Rush.

Movin'
Studio album by
Jennifer Rush
ReleasedOctober 1985
GenrePop, synthpop, pop rock
LabelCBS Records
ProducerCandy DeRouge, Gunther Mende
Jennifer Rush chronology
Jennifer Rush
(1984)		 Movin'
(1985)		 Heart Over Mind
(1987)
Alternative cover
UK edition of the album, released in 1986

Overview

Originally released in Germany in late 1985, just as Rush was experiencing worldwide success with "The Power of Love" from her self-titled previous album, Movin' became an instant hit there. The album reached No.1 for 14 weeks and went on to be the biggest selling album of 1986.[1] Despite high sales for her previous album, Rush found it harder to follow up in the UK, where the album (released in 1986) only managed to reach No.32, mainly due to the lack of a hit single. The international first release was "Destiny", which charted highly in many countries, but only scraped the bottom of the top 100 in the UK.[2] A second single "If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love" also sold well in Europe. Other notable tracks include a decidedly electronic working of the Stevie Wonder song "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday", and "Ave Maria" (an original track), which was released as a single much later in 1991.

US success still eluded Rush and so following the release of this album she decided to relocate to the US from Germany in order to secure a wider fanbase for her next album, Heart Over Mind.[1]

In some countries the Jennifer Rush debut album was a cross section of tracks from Jennifer Rush (1984) and Movin' , either titled Jennifer Rush (US, Canada,[3] German Democratic Republic) or Movin' (Venezuela, Singapore).

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Destiny" (Candy deRouge, Gunther Mende, Jennifer Rush, M.D. Clinic) (3:35)
  2. "Live Wire" (Tony Carey, Rush) (3:34)
  3. "Silent Killer" (deRouge, Mende, Rush, Clinic (3:50)
  4. "Automatic" (Mark Mangold, Suzanne Mangold) (3:29)
  5. "If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love" (deRouge, Mende, Rush, Clinic) (3:50)

Side Two

  1. "Ave Maria (Survivors of a Different Kind)" (deRouge, Mende, Rush, Mary Susan Applegate, Clinic) (3:48)
  2. "Testify with My Heart" (deRouge, Mende, Rush) (3:18)
  3. "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (Ronald Miller, Bryan Wells) (3:15)
  4. "The Right Time has Come Now" (deRouge, Mende, Rush) (4:01)
  5. "Hero of a Fool" (deRouge, Mende, Rush, Applegate, Clinic) (3:37)

Charts
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 96
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 8
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 32

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[12] 3× Platinum 1,500,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[13] Platinum 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Official website | Biography Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Jennifer Rush - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. Canadian debut album at Discogs (list of releases)
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 262. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. "Austriancharts.at – Jennifer Rush – Heart Over Mind" (in German). Hung Medien.
  6. "Dutchcharts.nl – Jennifer Rush – Heart Over Mind" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  7. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  8. "Norwegiancharts.com – Jennifer Rush – Heart Over Mind". Hung Medien.
  9. "Swedishcharts.com – Jennifer Rush – Heart Over Mind". Hung Medien.
  10. "Swisscharts.com – Jennifer Rush – Heart Over Mind". Hung Medien.
  11. "Jennifer Rush | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  12. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Jennifer Rush; 'Movin')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  13. "Gold & Platinum Awards 1987" (PDF). Music and Media. American Radio History Archive. 26 December 1987. p. 46. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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