Okay, so earlier this week we looked at music from cartoon characters Yogi Bear and Alvin and the Chipmunks both throwbacks to the late 50s, when I was a kid.
Today we look at a more current cartoon tune. This one is one of my grandson’s favourites and he loves the series of movies associated with it.
The original version of the song I Like To Move It was released in 1994 by Reel 2 Real and sing by rapper The Mad Stuntman from Trinidad and Tobago. (Hey I do my research.)
But the version that eclipsed the original was in the 2005 movie Madagascar and performed by Sacha Baron Cohen, of Borat fame, who voiced the character King Julien in the film. When I’d babysit my grandson he’d watch nothing else but this movie and we’d both jump up and dance as the song played over the credits at the end of the movie. The main characters in the movie are voiced by Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith. In Madagascar2 a version of the song is performed by Will I. Am of the Black Eyed Peas.
I love that song! I also love the movie and I don’t have any kids! I doubt there are many kids or adults that can resist the urge to jump up and dance to it.
That’s the thing about so-called kid’s movies these days. They’re so darn appealing to adults. This song is simply infectious.