“Movin On Up” by Primal Scream

On Screamadelica in 1991, "Movin On Up" is where Primal Scream sound most like a rock and roll band on a Sunday morning high: loose, swaggering and lit up with gospel joy. Bobby Gillespie wrote it with guitarists Andrew Innes and Robert Young, and he sings it like a man who's just been saved and wants the whole congregation on its feet.

The playing is warm and roomy, with Martin Duffy's piano and keyboards rolling under the guitars, Henry Olsen on bass and Toby Tomanov on drums and percussion. Jimmy Miller produced and mixed it, with Dave Burnham engineering, and he keeps it earthy and open, the sound of a band leaning back into the groove.

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