Running in the Family (song) explained

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
Genre:
Length:
  • 3:57 (7" edit)
  • 6:12 (album version)
Label:Polydor
Producer:
  • Wally Badarou
  • Level 42
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.

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)

  1. "Running in the Family" – 3:57
  2. "Dream Crazy" – 3:50

12": Polydor / POSPX 842 (UK)

  1. "Running in the Family" (extended version) – 6:10
  2. "Dream Crazy" – 3:50
  3. "Running in the Family" (7" version) – 3:57

12": Polydor / POSXX 842 (UK)

  1. "Running in the Family" (extended version) – 6:10
  2. "Dream Crazy" – 3:50
  3. "Running in the Family" (7" version) – 3:57
  4. "World Machine" (Shep Pettibone remix) – 5:39
  5. "World Machine" (dub) – 5:00

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 43
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 10083

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)! scope="col"
Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 27
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

Cover versions

In 2007, Spanish singer José Galisteo covered the song on his debut album Remember.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Music Week. 47.
  2. Web site: The Official New Zealand Music Chart.
  3. Web site: The Best of 2017.
  4. Web site: Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK) .
  5. Web site: InfoDisc : Les Chansons (Auteur, Compositeur, Classements, Ventes, Certifications, les Tops, les N° 1...) .
  6. Web site: Irish Charts 1985 to 1987.
  7. Web site: Israel Singles Charts 1987-1995.
  8. Web site: Hit Parade Italia - Top Annuali Single: 1987.
  9. Web site: Listas de superventas: 1987. 12 February 2010.
  10. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1987. Ultratop. 17 May 2020.
  11. Web site: European Charts of the Year 1987: Singles. 34. Music & Media. 26 December 1987. 9 April 2022. 5. 11.
  12. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987. Dutch Top 40. 17 May 2020.
  13. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1987. dutchcharts.nl. 17 May 2020.
  14. Web site: END OF YEAR CHARTS 1987. Official New Zealand Music Chart. April 22, 2021.
  15. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1987. hitparade.ch. 17 May 2020.
  16. Gallup Year End Charts 1987: Singles. Record Mirror. 36. 23 January 1988. 10 April 2022.