Make the World Move

"Make the World Move" is a song recorded by American singer Christina Aguilera for her seventh studio album, Lotus (2012).

The song was written by Alexander Grant, Mike Del Rio, Candice Pillay, Jayson DeZuzio, Dwayne Abernathy and Armando Trovajoli.

"Make the World Move" received a mixed response from music critics; some were complimentary of Aguilera and Green's performance, although others felt that the track is weak compared to other songs on Lotus.

Following the release of her sixth studio album, Bionic (2010), and its low sales figures,[1] Aguilera filed for divorce from husband Jordan Bratman, starred in a film entitled Burlesque and recorded its accompanying soundtrack.

[2] She then became a coach on NBC's singing competition show The Voice[2] and was featured on Maroon 5's single "Moves like Jagger" (2011), which spent a total of four consecutive weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

[5] Speaking about her new material on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2012, Aguilera revealed that the album was taking a while to record because "I don't like to just get songs from producers.

[3] In April 2012, Aguilera confirmed that she and Green had worked on a new track entitled "Make the World Move" and described it as "positive" and "full of life.

"[8] "Make the World Move" was written by Alexander Grant, Mike Del Rio, Candice Pillay, Jayson DeZuzio, Dwayne Abernathy and Armando Trovajoli, with production done by Grant credited with his professional name, Alex da Kid, Del Rio and DeZuzio[9] Aguilera was involved with the song's vocal production, along with Pillay.

[9] "Make the World Move", an up–tempo and "old school" inspirational song which consists of dance, R&B and soul genres,[10][11][12][13] and lasts for a duration of 2:59 (two minutes and 59 seconds).

[17] Hampp was complimentary of the song's arrangement, writing that it is something that would have worked well on Aguilera's fifth studio album, Back to Basics (2006), which features prominent 1940's music influences.

"[10] In comparison to the previous track on Lotus, "Red Hot Kinda Love", Chris Younie for 4Music wrote that "Make the World Move" is "not the same", but "by no means hugely different.

[9] Upon the release of Lotus, "Make the World Move" debuted on the South Korean singles chart at number 88 during the week of November 11 to 17, 2012, due to digital download sales of 2,999.