{{Infobox song | name = Boogie Body Land | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = The Bar-Kays | album = As One | released = 1980 | recorded = | studio = | genre = | length = * 5:51 (12" version) * 4:11 (single version) | label = Mercury | writer = * Allen Jones * Charles Allen * Frank Thompson * Harvey Henderson * James Alexander * Larry Dodson * Lloyd Smith * Mark Bynum * Michael Beard * Sherman Guy * Winston Stewart | producer = Allen Jones | prev_title = Today Is the Day | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = Body Fever | next_year = 1980 }} "'''Boogie Body Land'''" is a song written by the band members of the Bar-Kays. It was released in 1980 by Mercury Records. "Boogie Body Land" was included on their 1980 album ''As One'', which was produced by Allen Jones. As a single it peaked at number 7 on the ''Billboard'' Black Singles and number 73 on the Dance chart. Its lowest position was 74 on the latter.<ref name=DecBill>{{cite magazine|date=Dec 27, 1980|title=Billboard: Disco Top 100|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=27|magazine=Billboard|volume=92}}</ref><ref name="boook">{{cite book | first= Patricia Romanowski Bashe, Jon Pareles | last= Holly George-Warren, Patricia Romanowski | year= 2001 | title= The Rolling stone encyclopedia of rock & roll | edition= 3rd | publisher= Fireside, 2003 | location= California, U.S. | isbn= 0-7432-0120-5 | page= [https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneency00holl/page/48 48] | url-access= registration | url= https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneency00holl/page/48 }}</ref><ref name=OMG>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bar-kays-p54079/charts-awards/billboard-singles|title=Discography: Bar-Kays on Allmusic|publisher=Allmusic, Billboard|accessdate=2011-08-26}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
=== 1980 releases === ;7" vinyl<ref name=Discogs>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bar-Kays-Boogie-Body-Land/release/1710726|title="Boogie Body Land" (Mercury) on Discogs|date=1980 |publisher=Discogs|accessdate=2011-08-26}}</ref> * US: Mercury / 45-76088 {{Track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = Boogie Body Land | length1 = 4:11 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title1 = Running In and Out of My Life | length1 = 4:44 }}
== Personnel == * Performer: Bar-Kays * Songwriters: Allen Jones, Charles Allen, Frank Thompson, Harvey Henderson, James Alexander, Larry Dodson, Lloyd Smith, Mark Bynum, Michael Beard, Sherman Guy, Winston Stewart
== Chart performance == {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (December 1980) !align="center"|Peak<br/>position |- |US ''Billboard'' Black Singles<ref name="boook"/><ref name=OMG/> |align="center"|#7 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play<ref name=DecBill/><ref name=OMG/> |align="center"|#73 |}
== References == {{reflist}} {{The Bar-Kays}} {{authority control}}
Category:1980 singles Category:1980 songs Category:Mercury Records singles