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

Injoy
Studio album by The Bar-Kays
Released	October 1979
Recorded	1979
Studio	Ardent Recording Studios (Memphis, Tennessee)
Genre	Funk[1] disco[1]
Length	37:14
Label	Mercury Records
Producer	Allen Jones
The Bar-Kays chronology
Light of Life (1978) Injoy (1979) As One (1980)

Reception

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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.

Track listing

1. "More and More" 4:27
2. "Move Your Boogie Body" 6:17
3. "Running In and Out of My Life" 4:44
4. "Girl I'm on Your Side" 3:59
5. "Loving You is My Occupation" 4:59
6. "Today is The Day" 3:11
7. "You've Been" 4:01
8. "Up in Here" 5:07

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200[2]	35
Billboard US Soul[2]	2

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[3]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1979	"Move Your Boogie Body"	57 (1980)	3	90
1980	"Today Is The Day"	60	25	-

References

External links

• The Bar-Kays-Injoy at Discogs

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