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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. In 1994, a remix charted at number 36 in 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.
The Village People recorded a version of the song for Pepsi in 1997 for a commercial featuring a group of dancing bears, changing the lyrics to match the drink and spelling out P-E-P-S-I. [41] A few months afterwards, Pepsi used the song again as part of its new blue-themed imaging for the Pepsi Globe. [42]
", "In the Navy", and "Go West". In 1980, as preparations for a Village People feature film Can't Stop the Music were underway, Willis left the group. Although he does not appear in the movie, he wrote the lyrics for two of the film's songs, "Magic Night" and "Milkshake". Can't Stop the Music is listed among Hollywood's bigger movie flops. [2]
The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.”
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.
A founding member of the Village People and long-time critic of Donald Trump’s use of the group’s song YMCA is changing his tune and says he would now consider performing the 70s anthem at the ...
Village People Singer Praises Trump For Boosting 'YMCA,' Rejects Song’s ‘Gay Anthem’ Label ... The lyrics of “YMCA” allude to “the things I knew about the Y in the urban areas of San ...