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"In the Navy" is a song by Village People . Captain Jack rerecorded a cover of the song and it was parodied by Billy Connolly as "In the Brownies".

The US NAVY actually intended to use the song in promotional advertising - until protests erupted over using taxpayer money for a music video.


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  • The Captain Jack version was in the game Dance Dance Revolution .

  • The song is played in '' The Simpsons '' episode " Simpson Tide " and it ends as a submarine submerges (bringing the Village People with it).

  • The finale of the '' features a performance of "In the Navy" sung by The Three Tenors .

  • A modernized music video version of the song was in the end credits of the movie Down Periscope .

  • Was used in the episode of the wedding of Lt JG Bud Roberts and Ensign Harriet Simms in the series JAG . Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb 's high collar white tunic was missing (the dry cleaners gave it to the wrong customer, who happened to be a male Stripper ). Rabb found it while the customer was stripping to the song of In the Navy. Major MacKenzie, Simms and her mother were in the audience.