{{More citations needed|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox song | name = K-Jee | cover = | type = single | artist = the Nite-Liters | album = Morning, Noon & the Nite-Liters | released = 1971 | recorded = 1971 | studio = RCA Mid-America Center, Chicago | genre = Soul, funk, proto disco | label = RCA | writer = Harvey Fuqua, Charlie Hearndon | producer = Harvey Fuqua }}
"'''K-Jee'''" is a 1971 instrumental song by American soul and funk band the Nite-Liters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Paige |first1=Nathan |title=Nate Neblett, founding member of the Nite-Liters, New Birth, has died |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2016/06/nate_neblett_founding_member_o.html |work=Cleveland.com |date=9 June 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Oliver |title=Harvey Fuqua: From Doo-Wop To Disco |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128466919 |work=NPR |date=13 July 2010 |language=en}}</ref> Written by Harvey Fuqua and Charlie Hearndon, it charted in 1971 at No. 17 on the US ''Billboard'' R&B chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|author=Whitburn, Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=2004|publisher=Record Research|page=427}}</ref> It spent 16 weeks on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100,<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1971-10-23/ ''Billboard'' Hot 100, Week of October 23, 1971 – Billboard.com.] Retrieved February 11, 2025.</ref> debuting at number 93 the week of July 3, 1971 and peaking at No. 39 the week of September 11, 1971.<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1971-07-03/ ''Billboard'' Hot 100, Week of July 3, 1971 – Billboard.com.] Retrieved February 11, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1971-09-11/ ''Billboard'' Hot 100, Week of September 11, 1971 – Billboard.com.] Retrieved February 11, 2025.</ref> The song gained some notoriety again when it was included on the successful ''Saturday Night Fever soundtrack'' in 1977, from the eponymous film.
==Charts== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !rowspan=2|Year !rowspan=2|Single !colspan=3|Chart positions |- style="font-size:smaller;" !width=40|US !width=40|US<br>R&B |- |1971 |align=left|"K-Jee" |39 |17 |- |}
==Cover versions== *In 1975, MFSB covered the song on their ''Universal Love'' album, charting at No. 18 on the Disco File Top 20 chart.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|author=Whitburn, Joel|year=2004|publisher=Record Research|page=174}}</ref> This version was used briefly in the 1977 film ''Saturday Night Fever'' and was featured on the accompanying soundtrack.
==Use in other media== The instrumental has 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.<ref>[http://www.southernmedia-nmsa.com/#2,2,20 Maryland]</ref> It also used for Today In Chicago on WMAQ-TV in Chicago. It was also used by WTVM in Columbus, GA as the opening theme for their Action 9 News broadcast in the late 70s. In the early 80s, the start of the song was used as "bumper" music (going into the commercial break) on WICZ-TV 40 in Binghamton, NY.
==References== {{Reflist}} {{MFSB|state=autocollapse}} {{New Birth}} {{Saturday Night Fever soundtrack}}
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