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BodyRockers were an electronic music act, consisting of Dylan Burns and Kaz James. They are best known for their 2005 single, "I Like the Way (You Move)".

Background

Burns, a musician from Canterbury, England, was visiting Australia when he was introduced to Melburnian DJ James by another DJ, Jason Herd.¹ The pair first started with Burns playing his guitar over James' rocky DJ set. Within a month of their first meeting, the duo created "I Like the Way (You Move)", a song loosely based on Billy Idol's 1987 cover version of "Mony Mony" by Tommy James and the Shondells.^{citation needed} Released as a single in 2005, the song reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart²; #12 on the Australian ARIA singles chart.³; and made the Top 20 on both the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts.⁴⁵

Tours

The success of "I Like the Way (You Move)" allowed BodyRockers to make appearances in many countries throughout 2005 and into 2006. In a 2007 interview, James described this era as "…amazing times! We toured the world with a band and sold a shit-load of records."¹ In late 2005, the group released a follow-up single, "Round and Round"; both songs can be found on the 2005 album BodyRockers. They recorded a second album, however the two mutually decided not to release it and instead to pursue their own career paths. As James stated, "Since then we have moved on and actually made a second album but decided that we both wanted to go down different paths in our lives and going on the road as Bodyrockers again for another three years promoting another album wasn’t what we wanted."¹ They performed "I Like The Way (You Move)" at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne as well as at the Canterbury Christ Church University summer ball in 2007.

Appearances in other media

The song "I Like The Way (You Move)" has been featured in advertisements for BMW, Citroen, Ford, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Diet Coke and Ethel Austin. It was used as promotional music for a 2005 Victoria's Secret fashion show as well as for the 2007 Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament[1]. The song was performed in a 2006 episode of America's Got Talent by Leonid the Magnificent.

Discography

Singles

References