A song KC and The Sunshine Band recorded four decades ago and never put out has finally been released, reworked as a collaboration with the artist and producer NYNE.
Love Goes Up and Down turned up in the 1986 film Knights of the City, performed by the band, and then went nowhere. It was never officially released as a single or on a record, which left a finished melodic soul cut sitting unheard for 40 years.
The subject matter is the reason it survives the gap. "Love goes in many directions. Sometimes you fall in love, fall out of love, and then find your way back in love again," KC said of it, describing a song built around the breaking up and making up that most relationships run on rather than around one moment.
The release comes in several mixes. SoulTracks, which ran it as a first listen on 28 August, favoured the OG Mix and described a groove made for a warm evening with the windows down. NYNE handles the vocals across it, and the result sits comfortably in 2026 without pretending to be from it.
What makes it more than an archive dig is that it was finished rather than restored. The band's original performance is the spine of the record, and the collaboration is built around it, which puts it closer to a duet across time than to a reissue. It files under R&B and soul and pop, and is logged on the release calendar.
The facts
- Love Goes Up and Down was performed in the 1986 film Knights of the City
- The song was never officially released at the time
- It is out now as a collaboration with NYNE
- The release carries several mixes, including an OG Mix
- SoulTracks published its first listen on 28 August 2026
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