K-Jee

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"K-Jee" is a 1971 instrumental song by American soul and funk band The Nite-Liters.^[1][2][3] Written by Harvey Fuqua and Charlie Hearndon it charted in 1971 at No. 17 on the US Billboard R&B chart, and at No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[4] The song gained some notoriety again when it was included on the successful Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977, from the eponymous film.

• In 1975, MFSB covered the song on their Universal Love album, charting at No. 18 on the Disco File Top 20 chart.^[5] This version was used briefly in the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever and was featured on the accompanying soundtrack.

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.^[6] 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.