“Move On Up” was a popular soul song released by Curtis Mayfield in 1970. It is now a classic that was named one of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” by Rolling Stone magazine. However, it never ended up charting in the United States.
The song was originally nine minutes long on his debut album, Curtis. An edited version of the song made it onto the UK Singles Chart, reaching the No. 12 spot.
“Everything was a song,” Mayfield said in an interview with Richard Williams. “Every conversation, every personal hurt, every observance of people in stress, happiness and love. If you could feel it, I could feel it. And if I could feel it, I could write a song about it. If you have a good imagination, you can go quite far.”
Mayfield also spoke about the way record companies operated when he was starting out in the business. “During that time, record companies were used to taking people off the street and giving them twenty-five bucks for a song,” he said. “Many a hit came off the street like that. But I was too stubborn, too strong-willed, which they didn’t care for. However, I also understood early on that it’s better to have fifty per cent of something than a hundred per cent of nothing. And at least I had it to bargain with.”
He added, “I’m a creative person. And I was just too young. I didn’t have the knowledge. I’m sure that for every dollar I’ve earned, I’ve probably earned someone else ten or twenty dollars.”
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“Move On Up” has appeared in many different movies and TV shows over the years, including Bend It Like Beckham, The Bernie Mac Show, and The Wire.
Mayfield released several more popular songs over the years, including “Pusherman,” “Freddie’s Dead,” and “The Makings of You.” In 1998, he was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Mayfield died in 1999 at the age of 57 from complications due to type 2 diabetes.
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