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Planet Patrol | |
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| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Genres | Electro funk, freestyle, old school hip hop |
| Years active | 1982–1984; 2006–present |
| Labels | Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records |
Planet Patrol is an American electro group originating in the 1980s. The members were Arthur Baker, John Robie, and a quintet of vocalists led by Herbert J. Jackson (lead singer),[1] Joseph Lites, Rodney Butler, Michael Anthony Jones, and Melvin B. Franklin (not to be confused with Melvin Franklin of The Temptations). The group only produced a single album, the self-titled Planet Patrol in 1983, which peaked at #64 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart.[2]
The group's most popular song, "Play at Your Own Risk", was created from tracks that did not make the final version of Afrika Bambaataa's seminal "Planet Rock".[3]
| Year | Album | Label | US R&B [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Planet Patrol | Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records | 64 |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [4] |
US R&B [5] |
UK [6][7] | |||
| 1982 | "Play at Your Own Risk" | 10 | 21 | ― | |
| 1983 | "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll)" | ― | 62 | ― | |
| "Cheap Thrills" | 56 | 30 | 64 | ||
| 1984 | "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" | ― | ― | ― | |
| "Danger Zone" | ― | ― | ― | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
