In The Navy - Music

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"In The Navy" Is A Song Recorded By American Disco Group Village People Released In 1979. It Was The Last Top 10 Hit For The Group In The United States. The Song "In The Navy" Charted On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 At #3 U.S. Billboard Disco Singles At #14 U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles At #30 Austrian Singles Chart At # 5 Canadian RPM Top Singles At # 1 Dutch Singles Chart At #1 New Zealand Singles Chart At #7 Norwegian Singles Chart At #2 Swedish Singles Chart At #3 Swiss Singles Chart At #7 And UK Singles Chart At # 2. After The Enormous Commercial Success Of Their 1978 Hit "Y.M.C.A." Which Unexpectedly Became The Unofficial Hymn And Powerful Advertising Tool For The YMCA The Group Took On Another National Institution The United States Navy. The Navy Contacted Group Manager Henri Belolo To Use The Song In A Recruiting Advertising Campaign For Television And Radio. Belolo Gave The Rights For Free On The Condition That The Navy Help Them Shoot The Music Video. Less Than A Month Later Village People Arrived At The San Diego Naval Base Where The Navy Provided Them With The USS Reasoner FF-1063 Warship Several Aircraft And The Crew Of The Ship With The Stipulation That They Couldn't Dance . The Navy Later Canceled The Campaign After Protests Erupted Over Using Taxpayer Money For A Music Video Of A Controversial Group. In A Landmark Ruling In 2012 The United States District Court For The Southern District Of California Ruled That Under The Copyright Act Of 1976 Co-Writer Victor Willis Village People's "Cop"/"Naval Officer" Can Terminate His Copyrights To Songs Written By Him And Granted To The Publishers Can't Stop Productions And Scorpio Music Because "a Joint Author Who Separately Transfers His Copyright Interest May Unilaterally Terminate The Grant." In The Navy And Other Hits Written By Willis For Village People And Other Can't Stop Acts Will Revert Back To Him Beginning In 2013. At A Minimum Willis Will Own Recapture 33% Of His Songs This Percentage May Increase To 50% If The Songs Are Proved To Be Written Solely By Willis And Jacques Morali With No Contribution From Belolo.