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Cut 'N' Move - Wikipedia

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Cut 'N' Move
Origin	Århus, Denmark
Genres	Eurodance, hip house
Years active	1989 (1989)–1997 (1997)
Labels	SoulPower, Epic, Medley

Past members	Per Holm Jørn K MC Zipp Thera Hoeymans (1990–94) Zindy Laursen (1993–96)

Cut 'N' Move were a Danish dance/hip hop group from Århus.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career

1989–1992: Origins and debut album

The group was founded in 1989 by keyboard player Per Holm, disc jockey Jørn K (Jørn Kristensen), and rapper MC Zipp (Jens Kjær Larsen).^[4] In December 1990 singer Thera Hoeymans joined the group.^[4]

Their debut single "Take No Crap" featured vocals by Danish singer Christine Christiansen and was released in 1990. The following year the single was released internationally as "Get Serious". The song became a moderate hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and a top 10 hit on the dance chart. Their debut album, Get Serious, was released on Epic Records in 1991 and was a moderate success in dance clubs in Europe.^[5] The album sold 53,000 copies in Denmark, with an additional 200,000 copies worldwide.^[6] In 1992, the group was awarded three Danish Grammy Awards for Danish Newcomer of the Year, Danish Hit of the Year ("Get Serious"), and Danish Rap/Dance Album of the Year (Get Serious).

1993–1994: Second album: Peace, Love & Harmony and departure of Thera Hoeymans

For their second album, Peace, Love & Harmony (1993), Danish-American singer Zindy Laursen joined the group. On the album Zindy provided lead vocals on four tracks, while Thera Hoeymans sang lead vocals on two tracks.^[6] Their cover of the KC & the Sunshine Band song "Give it Up" went to number-one in Australia for four weeks in 1994.^[7] The track reached number 61 in the UK Singles Chart.^[8]

In March 1994, Thera Hoeymans left the group to pursue a career as a theatre actor.^[9]^[10]

1995: Third and final album: The Sound of Now

Cut 'N' Move released their third and final studio album, The Sound of Now, in 1995. They scored a minor hit in the US with lead single "I'm Alive", which went to number 46 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.^[11] The song reached number 49 in the UK chart^{[clarification needed]}.^[8]

1996: Greatest hits and disbanding

In 1996 Cut 'N' Move released the greatest hits album Into the Zone '91-'96 which included three new songs.^[12] The album was awarded Danish Dance Album of the Year at the Danish Grammy Awards.

The group disbanded in 1997.^[13]

In a retrospective article in 2009, Politiken called Cut 'N' Move "a kind of big sister to the 90s' biggest Danish hit group Aqua" and wrote: "18 years later the band still stands as a milestone in Danish music. Cut 'N' Move was simply the band that brought dance music to the country".^[14]

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS ^[15]	GER
Get Serious	Released: 1991 Format: CD Label: SoulPower Productions (SPCD 0002)	-	-
Peace, Love & Harmony	Released: 1993 Format: CD Label: SoulPower Productions (SPCD0006)	97	62
The Sound of Now	Released: 1995 Format: CD Label: Medley Records (EMI 8335952)	-	-

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with details
Title	Details
Into the Zone '91-'96	Released: 1996 Format: CD Label: Medley Records (EMI 8523272)
Hits 'n' Remix	Released: 2003 Format: 2×CD Label: EMI (EMI 5938312)
Get Serious - De Største Hits	Released: 2009 Format: CD, Digital Label: EMI (EMI 6954212)

Singles

List of singles, with chart positions
Year	Title	Peak chart positions											Certifications	Album
Year	Title	DEN ^[16]^[17]	AUS ^[15]	AUT ^[18]	GER ^[19]	NLD ^[20]	NOR ^[21]	NZ ^[22]	SWI ^[23]	UK ^[24]	US ^[25]	US Dance ^[25]	Certifications	Album
1990	"Take No Crap"	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Get Serious
1991	"Get Serious"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	98	76	8
1991	"Spread Love"	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9
1993	"Give It Up"	1	1	6	6	30	2	5	34	61	—	—	AUS: Platinum^[26] GER: Gold^[27]	Peace, Love & Harmony
	"Peace, Love & Harmony"	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Sunshine"	—	92	—	85	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	"I'm Alive"	4	—	21	61	—	—	—	—	49	—	46		The Sound of Now
1995	"Real Emotion"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The Sound of Now
1996	"Missionary Man"	—	137	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Into the Zone '91-'96
1996	"Upside Down"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Into the Zone '91-'96
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

References

^ "aarhus.dk: Thera Hoeymans" (in Danish). aarhus.dk. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
^ "Cut'N'Move gendannes". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 2008-12-19. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
^ Bille, Torben, ed. (1997). Politikens Dansk Rock 1956-1997 (in Danish). Politikens Forlag. pp. 122–123. ISBN 87-567-5777-8.
^ ^a ^b Heick, Annette (1993-03-07). Så rykker de igen (in Danish). BT.
^ Cut 'N' Move at Allmusic
^ ^a ^b Madsen, Lise Penter (1993-02-28). Vi vil ikke have klistermærker på (in Danish). Berlingske.
^ "australian-charts.com > Cut 'N' Move – Give It Up (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
^ ^a ^b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 131. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Dorte, Quist (1994-07-14). Sort skærmtrold til eleva2ren (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet.
^ Dorte, Quist (1994-03-17). Færdig med cut'n'move (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet.
^ Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com
^ Hartung, Peter (1996-07-08). Rock og rytmer/uge 28 (in Danish). Dagbladenes Bureau.
^ Nielsen, Søren (1997-01-10). Ingen rubrik (in Danish). Dagbladenes Bureau.
^ Giese, Ditte (2009-09-21). 40 år i morgen: Kvinden, der tryllebandt MTV (in Danish). Politiken.
^ ^a ^b
Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Cut 'N' Move in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 72.
- "Sunshine": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 05 Jun 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- "Missionary Man": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-06-05". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 13. 27 March 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research)". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 18. Nielsen Business Media. 6 May 1995. p. 47. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ "Discographie Cut %27N%27 Move - austriancharts.at".
^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
^ "Discografie Cut %27N%27 Move - dutchcharts.nl".
^ Steffen Hung (1995-10-03). "Discography Cut 'N' Move". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
^ Charts.nz
^ "Discographie Cut %27N%27 Move - hitparade.ch".
^ "Chart Log UK: Chris C. - CZR".
^ ^a ^b "Cut 'n' Move". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1994". Australian Record Industry Association Ltd. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
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