Planet Patrol is an American electro group originating in the 1980s. The members were Arthur Baker, John Robie, and a quintet of vocalists led by Herbert J. Jackson (lead singer), Joseph Lites, Rodney Butler, Michael Anthony Jones, and Melvin B. Franklin (not to be confused with Melvin Franklin of The Temptations). The group only produced a single album, the self-titled Planet Patrol in 1983, which peaked at #64 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart. The group's most popular song, "Play at Your Own Risk", was created from tracks that did not make the final version of Afrika Bambaataa's seminal "Planet Rock".
Albums Year Album Label US R&B 1983 Planet Patrol Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records 64 Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Dance US R&B UK 1982 "Play at Your Own Risk" 10 21 ― 1983 "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll)" ― 62 ― "Cheap Thrills" 56 30 64 1984 "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" ― ― ― "Danger Zone" ― ― ― "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.