Running in the Family (song)

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"Running in the Family"
Single by Level 42
from the album Running in the Family
Released	2 February 1987[1]
Recorded	1986
Genre	R&B jazz-funk rock new wave
Length	3:57 (7" edit) 6:12 (album version)
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Mark King Wally Badarou Phil Gould
Producer(s)	Wally Badarou Level 42
Level 42 singles chronology
"World Machine" (1986) "Running in the Family" (1987) "To Be with You Again" (1987)
Music video
"Running in the Family" on YouTube

"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.