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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 ...
Felipe Ortiz Rose (born January 12, 1954) is an American musician who was an original member of the disco group the Village People.While in the group, he performed as "The Indian", [2] usually wearing a costume consisting of an imitation, "bespangled war bonnet", [3] loincloth, and theatrical face paint.
On December 31, 2008, "Y.M.C.A." set a Guinness World Record when 40,148 people danced to Village People's live performance of the song at the 2008 Sun Bowl game in El Paso, Texas. [44] [45] In 2001 it was part of the "Swamp Karaoke Dance Party" in Shrek (2001) performed by Monsieur Hood and the Merry Men.
It was Oct. 26, 1882, in Angoon, a Tlingit village of about 420 people in the southeastern Alaska panhandle. Now, 142 years later, the perpetrator of the bombardment — the U.S. Navy — is set to say it is sorry.