Moving Mountain Usher

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Moving Mountains" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Usher. It was released on May 23, 2008, as the third single from his fifth studio album, Here I Stand. It was written by Usher with Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Kuk Harrell and The-Dream, and was produced by Stewart and The-Dream. "Moving Mountains" is a slow tempo ballad, with lyrics describing a love struggle.

The song appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, as well as the single charts of several European countries. It peaked highest in New Zealand, where it reached number six on the singles chart and was certified gold. The music video for "Moving Mountains" was filmed in front of a green screen as a sequel to the video of "Love in This Club".

"Moving Mountains" was written by The-Dream, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Kuk Harrell and Usher, and produced by The-Dream and Stewart.[1] Recorded at Triangle Sound Studios and Chalice Recording Studios,[1] it was leaked in February 2008,[2] before being officially released for sale on May 23, 2008.[3]

"Moving Mountains" is a slow jam ballad,[4] and contains synth beats and electronic influences.[5][6] Portions of the song follow a chord progression used in OneRepublic's "Apologize".[7] Partway through the song the beat is adjusted, while the musical instruments are accentuated.[8] Usher's voice ranges from tenor to falsetto.[5] The song's lyrics are of a "struggle to get through to his girl",[9] and contain an extended metaphor, relating his fight for love to that of moving mountains, wishing for the situation to change.[10] Fraser McAlpine from BBC called it "a cold, sad song with cold, sad lyrics".[7]

"Moving Mountains" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number seventy-two on the chart date June 14, 2008.[15] It peaked at number sixty-seven on August 2, 2008, falling off the chart two weeks later, after spending a total of nine weeks on the chart.[16] The song is Usher's lowest-peaking song on the Hot 100.[17] It fared better on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where it peaked at number eighteen and spent seventeen weeks on the chart.[16] It placed at number eighty-four on the end-of-year R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[18] "Moving Mountains" reached number fifty-six on the Pop 100.[19]

The song appeared on the UK Singles Chart in July 2008 at number sixty-seven, rising to peak at number twenty-five. After thirteen charting weeks it fell off the chart.[20] "Moving Mountains" was commercially well received in the rest of Europe, reaching the high point of number twenty-two on the European Hot 100 Singles.[21] In individual countries, the song reached the top forty in Austria,[22] Czech Republic,[23] Germany,[24] Ireland,[25] Slovakia[26] and Sweden.[27] It also appeared on the Ultratop charts in both Flanders and Wallonia at number twenty.[28][29] The song also had chart success in Japan and Australia, reaching the high positions of thirty-three and thirty-six, respectively.[30][31] "Moving Mountains" had the most impact in New Zealand, where it reached number six on the singles chart,[32] and, on March 29, 2009, was certified gold by the RIANZ for over 7,500 sales.[33] The song ranked at number forty-seven on the New Zealand 2008 year-end Singles Chart.[34]

The music video to "Moving Mountains" was released on May 21, 2008. Directed by the Brothers Strause,[35] it is a continuation of the video for "Love in This Club".[36] The video was shot in front of a green screen.[37]

The video begins with Usher exiting the club in which the "Love in This Club" video takes place, then shows a fiery transition into the next scene, showing the burnt-down club. As the song begins, Usher inspects the smoking ruins and imagines a woman in a shard of a broken mirror. He travels through a desert, and takes off his jacket to reveal a tight-fitting t-shirt,[38] and again imagines the woman, this time in a desert pond. Upon reaching a mountain on which his love interest appears, Usher climb the mountain and rain starts to fall.[38] When he reaches the top of the mountain, the rain clears to be replaced by snowfall.[7] Usher finds that the woman is, yet again, merely an illusion. He opens a locket to reveal a portrait of himself and his partner, which freezes over and cracks. As the video ends, Usher kneels, and the mountains breaks around him, leaving a sole pillar for him to stand on.

Idolator noted similarities in some scenery between the music video and Madonna's "Frozen" video.[37] It was placed at number eight on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2008 list.[39] The music video on YouTube has received over 110 million views as of May 2024.[40]

Hah! Have y'all heard the whole album yet? There's a song on there called "Appetite." Just from this song and that one, you can obviously tell that Usher has a problem. "Moving mountains" to me is his struggle to stay faithful. He makes progress by climbing the mountain, but then he'll go and fuck everything up some way or another. He knows he's no good for her so he tells her to leave. But she loves him so she's willing to make it work. But it'll never work because she'll keep being bitter and untrustworthy. And like the playa he is, he'll fuck up all over again. Very personal lyrics. He bled his whole heart into this album.

He said he lost his way and she said she would stay, means he told her what was wrong between them in hopes to better the relationship. Yet it resulted to her insecurity, further damaging them. Standing in gas and shes the flame means she gets mad often, but her not leaving him made him like her more. Finding contentment in this situation is like ...

This song means so much to me right now, I heard this song at the time when I knew something was wrong between me and my boyfriend. I think it's about him trying to make it work, or trying to get over it. "Her Heart is a obliterated, i'm trying to travel through but its like moving mountains" - maybe meaning hes trying to sort everything out. "But I keep climbing and hoping things would changeAnd the sky turns grey, and the water from the rain washes progress away" - meaning everytime he starts to sort it out, it doesn't work and it all comes pooring down causing more problems". This song I think protrays mistrust.

This sounds like a part 3 to the whole confessions thing.....she's decided to take him back and try to work it out, "i told you to leave, but you lied to meWhen you said that, baby no worries I promise to get us back" kinda enquiring about why she would say that and make it this difficult. comparing the struggle to moving mountains."But I keep climbing and hoping things would changeAnd the sky turns grey, and the water from the rain washes progress away", saying everytime he makes a little progress it all comes falling down, the remainder of the song basically him contemplating whether they should just walk away from it all.....to make a long story short, which i've already made long...the song just reflects the stresses of rebuilding a relationship...

to me, its about trying to make the relationship work because he's never had a love like her before, and it hurts him so bad to see it dying like it that he's trying to make it work even though it seems impossible.they still love each other, and they miss each other.. but theyre just so stuck in the problem & so pissed about it that they cant do anything about it.its like moving mountains.

This song explains eveyrthing about the circumstances I'm facing with this guy . .It's funny how songs just happen to jump right out at you and sing out your whole life story at present in 3-5minutes lol . .I swear it's like God/or something fate whatever you call it has created for each & eveyrone of us has a soundtrack to our own lives . .because I seem to find all the songs (not only ones heard on mainstream but just randomly while watching a movie, or walking through the shopping centres watever) just at the right time & I'm not even searching for them . .lol . .how ironic . .but anyways . .I love Usher's Here I stand album . .tracks I've listened to don't fail to impress . .:)

The whole "its like moving mountains" line is syonymous of how hard its proving to fix a realationship that was once so amazing for the male persona.The impact that this girl has had on his life seems so central to his happiness, the "great depression" and "hurricane" that "rocked / stopped us" depict how large the turnaround was; by comparing his emotions to such man made and natural disasters.If you've seen the video clip that goes with this song, you see Usher "keep climbing (and hoping things would change)" - this meaning that he thinks that if he can get to the top of the mountain, he will be able to be on top and in control again; with the top representing the relationship before the problems set in.She doesn't see how hard he's trying to make things right, the lengths he is going to to fix things (verse 2), but then again he doesn't seem to either. The trust is broken.That's just how i interpreted it based on the way i feel about my ex. I cant adapt to anything else other than being with him. Trying to attempt to tell him really is like moving mountains cos i fucked up so much before.i don't know, thats about all ive got. but this song is the best on his new album. Like zombiesforbreakfast said, its just one of those situations you have to be in to truly understand, or the emotion of the song would be underestimated.

Usher's song 'Moving Mountains' delves deep into the emotional turmoil and struggles of a failing relationship. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a love that once thrived but has now deteriorated to a point where reconciliation feels almost impossible. Usher uses the metaphor of 'moving mountains' to describe the immense effort and seemingly insurmountable obstacles he faces in trying to mend the broken relationship. Despite his relentless attempts to make things right, he finds himself in a constant uphill battle, with progress being washed away by the metaphorical rain.

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