In the Heat of the Night is the second album by British

United Kingdom

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 soul

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/dance

Dance music

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 group Imagination

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, produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain

Jolley & Swain

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 and released in 1982.

In the Heat of the Night was Imagination's most successful album, reaching #7 in the United Kingdom. "Just an Illusion" was the group's highest charting single, peaking at #2 (kept off the top spot by the Goombay Dance Band

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's "Seven Tears

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"), and also making the top 10 in several other countries in Western Europe and Scandinavia. It was covered by Destiny's Child

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 on their self-titled album

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 and Mariah Carey

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 sampled this song for her hit Get Your Number

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 in her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi

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. "Music and Lights" was another UK top 5 hit, and "In the Heat of the Night" and "Changes" also charted.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John

Leee John

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 and Ashley Ingram

1. "In the Heat of the Night" 5:14
2. "Heart 'N Soul" 4:45
3. "Music and Lights" 5:21
4. "All Night Loving" 4:18
5. "Just an Illusion
   Just an Illusion
   "Just an Illusion" is a song co-written by Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Ashley Ingram and Leee John, performed by the British band Imagination. The song was a major European hit, peaking at number two in the group's native UK. In the United States, "Just an Illusion" went to number twenty-seven on...
   
   " 6:27
6. "All I Want to Know" 4:48
7. "One More Love" 5:18
8. "Changes" 5:47

Singles

"Just an Illusion" (EU #1, UK #2, Switzerland #2, Sweden #3, Norway #5, Austria #6, Germany #7, Netherlands #8)

"Music and Lights" (SPA #1, UK #5, Germany #18)

"In the Heat of the Night" (UK #22, Germany #48)

"Changes" (UK #31, Germany #43)