| Running in the Family | |
| Cover: | Level 42 - Running in the Family.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Level 42 |
| Album: | Running in the Family |
| Released: | 2 February 1987[1] |
| Recorded: | 1986 |
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| Label: | Polydor |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | World Machine |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | To Be with You Again |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
"Running in the Family" is a single released in 1987 by English jazz-funk band Level 42, from the album Running in the Family. It was then popped up for the release of the single which had significant success, reaching #6 on the UK Singles Chart and #9 in New Zealand,[2] but only reaching #83 in the United States. It was part of a series of single successes by the group and brought Level 42 fame in countries where they were previously little-known, such as the United States, Germany and Norway.
The music video was recorded on a multi-coloured platform, which rotated in the same manner as a vinyl record. It features all the contemporary members of the band: Mark King, Mike Lindup, Boon Gould and Phil Gould. The musicians take turns in switching between "active" when they are performing, and "inactive", where they stand perfectly still as if a colored statue, when they are not. The video was produced by Wally Badarou.
| Peak position | ||
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 43 | |
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| Denmark (Hitlisten)[4] | 1 | |
| France (IFOP)[5] | 26 | |
| Ireland (IRMA)[6] | 4 | |
| Israel (IBA)[7] | 1 | |
| Italy (FIMI)[8] | 10 | |
| Spain (AFYVE)[9] | 4 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 83 |
| Position | ||
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[10] | 27 | |
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| European Top 100 Singles (Music & Media)[11] | 32 | |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] | 25 | |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] | 22 | |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[14] | 50 | |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] | 29 | |
| UK Singles (OCC)[16] | 69 |
In 2007, Spanish singer José Galisteo covered the song on his debut album Remember.