Message in Our Music
Appearance
"Message in Our Music" | ||||
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Single by The O'Jays | ||||
from the album Message in the Music | ||||
B-side | "She's Only a Woman" | |||
Released | 1976 | |||
Genre | Disco[1] | |||
Length | 3:21 (single version) 6:20 (album version) | |||
Label | Philadelphia International | |||
Songwriter(s) | Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff | |||
Producer(s) | Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff | |||
The O'Jays singles chronology | ||||
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"Message In Our Music" was a hit song for the R&B vocal group The O'Jays in 1976 from their album Message in the Music. Written by famed songwriters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, it spent a week at number one on the R&B singles chart in October, 1976, and peaked at number forty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[2]
Chart history
[edit]Charts (1976) | Peak position |
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Canada RPM Top Singles[3] | 100 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 49 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ Echols, Alice (March 29, 2010). "I Hear a Symphony: Black Masculinity and the Disco Turn". Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-393-06675-3.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 438.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-04.