Keep It Comin' Love

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"Keep It Comin' Love"
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Single by KC and the Sunshine Band
from the album Part 3
B-side "Baby, I Love You"
ReleasedMay 16, 1977
Genre Disco [1]
Length4:23 (album version)
3:48 (single version)
Label TK
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Harry Wayne Casey
  • Richard Finch
KC and the Sunshine Band singles chronology
"I'm Your Boogie Man"
(1977)
"Keep It Comin' Love"
(1977)
"Wrap Your Arms Around Me"
(1977)

"Keep It Comin' Love" is a song by KC and the Sunshine Band, released as a single in 1977. It appeared on their 1976 album, Part 3 . The song, like its predecessor "That's the Way (I Like It)", became widely successful due to its sexual double entendres.

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Chart performance

"Keep It Comin' Love" peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, kept out of the No.1 spot by both "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" by Meco and "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone. [2] The song made it to number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. [3] It was also a minor crossover to the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at No. 36. [4] The song was also an international chart hit, reaching No. 1 in Canada and charting in Australia (No. 28), Belgium (No. 5), the Netherlands (No. 8), New Zealand (No. 19) and the United Kingdom (No. 31).

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