K-Jee

"K-Jee"

from the album Morning, Noon & the Nite-Liters

Released

1971

Format

Recorded

1971 at RCA's Mid-America Center, Chicago, Illinois

Harvey Fuqua, Charlie Hearndon

Saturday Night Fever track listing

17 tracks
Side one "Stayin' Alive" "How Deep Is Your Love" "Night Fever" "More Than a Woman" "If I Can't Have You" Side two "A Fifth of Beethoven" "More Than a Woman" "Manhattan Skyline" "Calypso Breakdown" Side three "Night on Disco Mountain" "Open Sesame" "Jive Talkin'" "You Should Be Dancing" "Boogie Shoes" Side four "Salsation" "K-Jee" "Disco Inferno"

"K-Jee" is a 1971 song by American soul and funk Band The Nite-Liters. Written by Harvey Fuqua and Charlie Hearndon it charted in 1971 at No. 17 on the US Billboard R&B chart, and at No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.

MFSB covered this song on their Universal Love album, charting No. 2 on the Disco chart in 1975. This version was used briefly in the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever and was featured on the accompanying soundtrack; it also appeared as a theme for newscasts presented on KMSP-TV in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, WKAB in Montgomery, Alabama, and WMAR-TV in Baltimore, Maryland.

Charts

Year	Single	Chart positions
Year	Single	US	US R&B
1971	"K-Jee"	39	17

New Birth

The Nite-Liters studio albums	Nite-Liters Morning, Noon & the Nite-Liters Instrumental Directions Different Strokes A-Nal-Y-Sis

New Birth studio albums	The New Birth Ain't No Big Thing, But It's Growing Coming Together Birth Day It's Been a Long Time Comin' from All Ends

Singles	"K-Jee" "I Can Understand It" "Until It's Time for You to Go" "Wildflower" "Dream Merchant" "The Long and Winding Road"

Related articles	Harvey Fuqua

Book:New Birth

Saturday Night Fever soundtrack

Side one	"Stayin' Alive" "How Deep Is Your Love" "Night Fever" "More Than a Woman" (The Bee Gees) "If I Can't Have You" (Yvonne Elliman)

Side two	"A Fifth of Beethoven" (Walter Murphy) "More Than a Woman" (Tavares) "Manhattan Skyline" (David Shire) "Calypso Breakdown" (Ralph MacDonald)

Side three	"Night on Disco Mountain" (David Shire) "Open Sesame" (Kool & the Gang) "Jive Talkin'" "You Should Be Dancing" (The Bee Gees) "Boogie Shoes" (KC and the Sunshine Band)

Side four	"Salsation" (David Shire) "K-Jee" (MFSB) "Disco Inferno" (The Trammps)

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