I love listening to this song, going to the gym early in the morning.

This takes me back to the spring of 1982.....great times,great music!

Cool! I couldn't stop moving lol.

I LOVE this song

The Gap Band tune "Early in the Morning" reached #55 on the UK pop chart.

The band had several other tunes cross to the UK pop chart and US pop charts

in the early 80s and mid 80s.

In the early/mid 80s a lot of funk-ish music crossed from the R&B chart to the US and sometimes at better success, the UK pop chart. AND vice-versa.

David Bowie's "Let's Dance" got to # 14 on the US R&B chart in 1983.
U.S. Funk diva Melba Moore's "Love's Comin At Ya" reached #15 on the UK pop chart.
A few more examples, the US R&B Chart: "Shock the Monkey", "Miss Me Blind" "Out of Touch."

You may find that it is worth the time to take a look and listen at the song lists that
have been posted to Itunes Ping that meld together rhythmically & stylistically
compatible early/mid 80s R&B/funk songs and early/mid 80s synth pop/new wave
songs. Lots of music that was either forgotten or not ever learned
of but was very enjoyable or would be very enjoyable if it was rediscovered or
discovered for the 1st time by people that enjoy this type of music. People like you?

I have researched these music categories for the past 9 years
and I have rediscovered tunes I had forgotten about or I discovered
new tunes that totally deserved the time it took to discover them.
In Itunes Store or Itunes Ping if you use the search terms "electrofunk" (as a single word)
or "80s funk" the search result shall produce several lists that have "electrofunk" or "80s funk"
in the playlist name in the "Playlist" category at the low left corner of the search result.

Click on the "more" link and once you have opened the next page that has
all of the Playlist search results for "electrofunk" or "80s funk",
you'll quickly find a bunch of lists that use the title "Ebony & Ivory Electrofunk".

These lists have songs that (1) you may have heard before and enjoyed but forgotten or (2) songs that you may enjoy now but you have not heard before. These lists also include album cuts that were not released as singles and songs from lesser known yet solid groups/soloists such as Fatback, Kashif, Laid Back, D Train, Boys Don't Cry, Dynasty, Gary Numan, Kaja,

and Heaven 17.