Injoy Explained

Injoy
Type:Studio album
Artist:the Bar-Kays
Cover:Injoy 1979.jpg
Released:October 1979
Recorded:1979
Studio:Ardent Recording Studios
(Memphis, Tennessee)
Length:37:11
Label:Mercury
Producer:Allen Jones
Prev Title:Light of Life
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:As One
Next Year:1980

Injoy is an album by the Memphis, Tennessee-based funk band the Bar-Kays.

Reception

Released on Mercury Records in October 1979, this album reached number two on the Billboard Soul Album chart. It was the band's biggest selling album, and their second to be certified Gold for sales of over 500,000 copies. The album’s first single, "Move Your Boogie Body", was a Top 3 hit on the Billboard R&B singles chart. The album’s third track, "Running In and Out of My Life", also received substantial airplay and was a hit on R&B radio stations. It is one of the few Bar-Kays songs where the lead vocal is not performed by Larry Dodson. Sherman Guy performed the lead vocal with Dodson adding backgrounds.

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200[1] 35
Billboard US Soul2

Singles

YearSingleChart positions[2]
USUS
R&B
US
Dance
1979"Move Your Boogie Body"57 (1980)390
1980"Today Is The Day"6025-

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p54079/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} The Bar Kays US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-06-14.
  2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p54079/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} The Bar Kays US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-06-14.