{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Planetary Invasion | type = Album | artist = Midnight Star | cover = Midnight Star Planetary Invasion.jpg | alt = | released = November 11, 1984 | recorded = 1984 | venue = | studio = QCA Recording Studios and Fifth Floor Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio | genre = R&B | length = 45:12 | label = SOLAR | producer = Reggie Calloway | prev_title = No Parking on the Dance Floor | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = Headlines | next_year = 1986 | misc = {{Singles | name = Planetary Invasion | type = Studio album | single1 = Operator | single1date = October 13, 1984 | single2 = Scientific Love | single2date = February 10, 1985 | single3 = Body Snatchers/Curious | single3date = May 21, 1985 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 =AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r13031 |tab=review |label=Midnight Star: ''Planetary Invasion'' > Review |first=Craig |last=Lytle |accessdate=October 6, 2011}}</ref> }} '''''Planetary Invasion''''' is the fifth album released by R&B group Midnight Star. Released in 1984 and produced by group member Reggie Calloway, this album peaked at number seven on the R&B albums chart led by the number-one R&B single "Operator." This single also scored the group their first (and to date, only) top-20 single on the pop charts, peaking at No. 18 in early 1985.

==Track listing== #"Body Snatchers" (Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Melvin Gentry, Bill Simmons, Bo Watson) 6:55 #"Scientific Love" (Calloway, Gentry, Kenneth Gant, Belinda Lipscomb, Watson) 6:19 #"Let's Celebrate" (Calloway, Jeff Cooper, Gentry, Lipscomb, Bobby Lovelace, Watson) 4:57 #"Curious" (Gentry, Lovelace, Watson) 4:19 #"Planetary Invasion" (Calloway, Calloway, Lovelace, Simmons, Watson) 6:10 #"Operator" (Calloway, Calloway, Lipscomb, Watson) 7:30 #"Today My Love" (Calloway, Watson) 4:59 #"Can You Stay with Me" (Calloway, Cooper, Lipscomb, Lovelace, Simmons, Watson) 4:03

==Personnel== * Belinda Lipscomb — lead and backing vocals * Melvin Gentry — lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, drums * Bo Watson — lead and backing vocals, synthesizers * Reggie Calloway — trumpet, backing vocals, flute, percussion, keyboards * Vincent Calloway — trombone, trumpet, flute, percussion, keyboards, vocoder * Jeffery Cooper — guitar, keyboards * Bill Simmons — keyboards, backing vocals, saxophone, percussion * Kenneth Gant — bass, bass vocals, keyboards, trombone * Bobby Lovelace — drums, backing vocals, percussion

==Charts==

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1984) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Midnight+Star&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=TLP|title=Midnight Star, TLP|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 7, 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | 32 |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Midnight+Star&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=BLP|title=Midnight Star, BLP|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 7, 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | 7 |}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1985) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1985/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1985|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref> | 89 |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1985/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1985|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref> | 27 |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic singles">{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4912/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Midnight Star US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=October 6, 2011}}</ref> |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"| US ! width="40"| US<br>R&B ! width="40"| US<br>Dance |- | rowspan="1"|1984 | align="left"| "Operator" | 18 | 1 | 15 |- | rowspan="2"|1985 | align="left"| "Scientific Love" | 80 | 16 | 19 |- | align="left"| "Body Snatchers" | &mdash; | 31 | &mdash; |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{discogs master|135691}}

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