Running in the Family (song)
{{short description|1987 single by Level 42}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Running in the Family
| cover = Level 42 - Running in the Family.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Level 42
| album = Running in the Family
| released = 2 February 1987{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1987/Music-Week-1987-01-31.pdf|title=Music Week|page=47}}
| recorded = 1986
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length =
- 3:57 (7" edit)
- 6:12 (album version)
| label = Polydor
| writer =
| producer =
- Wally Badarou
- Level 42
| prev_title = World Machine
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = To Be with You Again
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|-CaC9K7myVc|"Running in the Family"}}}}
}}
"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,{{Cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/1987-09-04|title=The Official New Zealand Music Chart}} 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.
Music video
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.
Track listing
=7": Polydor / POSP 842 (UK)=
- "Running in the Family" – 3:57
- "Dream Crazy" – 3:50
=12": Polydor / POSPX 842 (UK)=
- "Running in the Family" (extended version) – 6:10
- "Dream Crazy" – 3:50
- "Running in the Family" (7" version) – 3:57
- also available on German CD single (Polydor / 885 518-2)
=12": Polydor / POSXX 842 (UK)=
- "Running in the Family" (extended version) – 6:10
- "Dream Crazy" – 3:50
- "Running in the Family" (7" version) – 3:57
- "World Machine" (Shep Pettibone remix) – 5:39
- "World Machine" (dub) – 5:00
- Limited edition 2x12" release
Charts
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= Weekly charts =
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|+Weekly chart performance for "Running in the Family" ! scope="col"| Chart (1987) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{Cite web|url=http://www.chartbeats.com.au/2017/07/30-years-ago-this-week-july-5-1987.html|title = The Best of 2017}}
| 43 |
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| {{single chart|Austria|12|artist=Level 42|song=Running In The Family|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|3|artist=Level 42|song=Running In The Family|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| Denmark (Hitlisten){{Cite web|url=https://www.ukmix.org/showthread.php?118921-Danish-Chart-Archive-Singles-1979-____-(B-T-IFPI-DK)/page9|title=Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK) |date=4 March 2019 }}
| 1 |
| scope="row"| France (IFOP){{cite web | url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artiste_Choisi.php | title=InfoDisc : Les Chansons (Auteur, Compositeur, Classements, Ventes, Certifications, les Tops, les N° 1...) }}
| 26 |
| {{single chart|Germany|12|artist=Level 42|song=Running In The Family|year=1987|songid=1576|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| Ireland (IRMA){{Cite web|url=https://www.ukmix.org/showthread.php?33548-Irish-Charts-1985-to-1987/page2|title = Irish Charts 1985 to 1987}}
| 4 |
| scope="row"| Israel (IBA){{Cite web|url=https://www.ukmix.org/showthread.php?45645-Israel-Singles-Charts-1987-1995/page2|title = Israel Singles Charts 1987-1995}}
| 1 |
| scope="row"| Italy (FIMI){{Cite web|url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1987.htm|title = Hit Parade Italia - Top Annuali Single: 1987}}
| 10 |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|3|year=1987|week=11|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|3|artist=Level 42|song=Running In The Family|rowheader=true|refname="dutchcharts"}} |
| {{single chart|New Zealand|9|artist=Level 42|song=Running In The Family|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Norway|7|artist=Level 42|song=Running In The Family|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| Spain (AFYVE){{Cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1987.html|title = Listas de superventas: 1987|date = 12 February 2010}}
| 4 |
| {{single chart|Sweden|12|artist=Level 42|song=Running In The Family|accessdate=21 July 2013|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Level 42|song=Running In The Family|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|UK|6|date=1987-03-01|accessdate=26 January 2014|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100
| 83 |
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= Year-end charts =
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Cover versions
In 2007, Spanish singer José Galisteo covered the song on his debut album Remember.
References
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Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
Category:Number-one singles in Denmark
Category:Number-one singles in Israel
Category:Polydor Records singles
Category:Songs written by Mark King (musician)