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“Move Mountains” by Jesus Jones
From the album Liquidizer (1989)
“Move Mountains” by Jesus Jones appears on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2005. It was first released in 1989 on the album Liquidizer. Its best result is #76 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #194 alternative song of 1990 and #2,250 alternative song of all time.
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"Move Mountains" is on Liquidizer, the debut album Jesus Jones put out through Food Records in October 1989, with the songwriting credited to the band as a whole and Craig Leon in the producer's chair.
After the band relocated to London, frontman Mike Edwards got hold of a sampler in May 1988 and it pushed his writing somewhere new; guitarist Jerry de Borg and keyboardist Iain Baker filled out the lineup before Food signed them. Early sessions with David Motion went nowhere, so Leon took the job in mid-1989 and gave the record its sound, even if the band later grumbled about the mix. What came out was a sample-stuffed collision of techno and power pop with hip hop in its bloodstream that drew comparisons to Pop Will Eat Itself, and critics mostly liked the tunes and the samples alike.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 76 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 854 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 905 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 910 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 910 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 902 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 902 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 902 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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