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"In the Navy" is a song by American disco group Village People. It was released as the first single from their fourth studio album, Go West (1979). It was a number one hit in Canada, Flanders, Japan and the Netherlands, while reaching number two in Ireland, Norway and the UK.
Village People is an American disco group known for its on-stage costumes and suggestive lyrics in their music. The group was originally formed by French producers Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo and lead singer Victor Willis [ 1 ] following the release of the debut album Village People , which targeted disco's large gay audience.
Go West is the fourth studio album by the Village People, released on March 26, 1979.It features their hit singles "In the Navy" (No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 2 in the UK Top 40) and "Go West", which the Pet Shop Boys did a successful cover of in 1993.
"Y.M.C.A." and other Village People hits, including "Macho Man" and "In The Navy," were early on embraced as an anthem by the LGTBQ+ community, a point that came up in some of the shocked comments ...
Victor Willis — best known as Village People’s policeman, and the co-writer of the group’s biggest hits including “YMCA,” “Macho Man,” “In the Navy,” and “Go West” — took ...
Willis agreed to sing lead and background vocals under the guise of Village People, an at-that-point non-existent concept group.The album Village People was released in July 1977, including the hits "San Francisco (You've Got Me)" and "In Hollywood (Everybody is a Star)", and became a huge hit in the burgeoning disco market.
The Greatest Hits of Boney M and the Village People (with Boney M) Released: October 1990; Label: Concept; ... The Best of Village People "In the Navy" ('94 remix)
That family watching The Village People on Merv Griffin got a glimpse of gay performers they might have shunned out of reflexive prejudice if they weren’t so danged catchy, and they maybe found ...