# Curtis Mayfield — Move On Up

Curtis Mayfield’s Move On Up (1970) appears on 3 of our lists — Soul, The Waxonia Desk — One Subject, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, highest at No. 9 in Soul. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1970
- **Label:** Curtom
- **On:** Soul, The Waxonia Desk — One Subject, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Curtis Mayfield](https://waxonia.com/artist/curtis-mayfield/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/curtis-mayfield--move-on-up/

## What 3 lists say

### No. 9 in [Soul](https://waxonia.com/genre/soul/)

Nine minutes of unbroken forward motion, congas and a horn line that never lets up. Mayfield's optimism is the harder thing to write, and this is the most durable example of it.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — One Subject](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-one-subject/)

Nine minutes of forward motion that works on a dancefloor and on daytime radio, which is a rare combination — and it is the long version that earns the claim, not the edit.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)

Nine minutes of unbroken forward motion. Optimism is the harder thing to write and this is the most durable example anyone has managed.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Curtis%20Mayfield%20Move%20On%20Up) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=A9RMr9KuVZo)

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