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Malu Halasa, reviewer of British music newspaper Record Mirror, also found Wheeler's work as 'extremely pleasant'. Big in the UK.' Jerry Smith from Music Week said, 'A lush, infectiously loping sound, it must be a massive hit.' Another editor, Alan Jones, praised its 'serene majesty'. Good string arrangement in a Rose Royce vein. Pan-European magazine Music & Media described the song as 'slow and sensuous R&B with more than a hint of the 70s. Featured singer Caron Wheeler's voice sounds like positivity in motion.' Forrest Green III from The Michigan Daily named 'Keep On Movin'' 'the single of the year by way of its power, range, and scope.' He felt that the beat is reminiscent of Eric B.'s ' Paid in Full', 'which is quickly becoming the blueprint for much of pop music', and also noted the song's 'jazzy, semi-sweet piano groove and topped with violin undercurrents from the Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra - you've got something really delicious here. Robert Hilburn from Los Angeles Times wrote that it's 'an especially well-designed blend of optimistic lyric and understated, almost melancholy vocal (by Caron Wheeler) and instrumental arrangement.' Another editor, Duff Marlowe, declared it as a 'breezy, romantic composition'. The song became the titled-track for the group's American release Keep on Movin'.ĭonald Ades from El Paisano complimented the song as 'a refreshing rehash of the 70's soul/ dance music explosion that promised for something more refreshing'. After recording the song in 1988, Wheeler was added to the lineup of Soul II Soul. Produced by Nellee Hooper and Jazzie B, the song was originally to only feature Caron Wheeler as a guest vocalist on the song. In October 2004, 'Keep On Movin'' appeared in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on fictional new jack swing radio station CSR 103.9.

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In October 1996, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 31, minus the sleeve credit to Caron Wheeler, after its use in an episode of the highly popular series of Papa and Nicole commercials for the Renault Clio car on British television. It reached number five on the UK Singles Chart upon its release in March 1989 and number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and was even more successful on Billboard 's R&B charts, where it hit number one. It is one of two songs on the album that features British R&B singer Caron Wheeler (the other being ' Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)') and it became one of Soul II Soul's most successful songs. One (1989) ( Keep On Movin' in the United States), after 'Fairplay'. It was the second single released in March 1989 from their debut album, Club Classics Vol. ' Keep On Movin'' is a song by British soul and R&B band Soul II Soul.