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Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's a Jungle Out There"	Bill Moloney, Paul Pilger, Dennis Polen	3:35
2.	"Shot in the Dark"	Barry Devorzon, Micheal Towers	3:10
3.	"Livin' it Up"	Bill LaBounty, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	3:30

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Can't Help It"	M. Anthony	3:05
2.	"Somebody's Gonna Get Hurt"	Charlie Black, Richard Feldman, Marcy Levy	3:11

Personnel

Session players

Bruce Gowdy - guitar
Tris Imboden - drums
Mark Leonard - bass
Jay Gruska - keyboards
Greg Hilfman - keyboards
Duane Hitchings - synthesizer

Production

Producer: Richard Podolor

Music videos

A music video was released accompanying the single off the album, "It's a Jungle Out There". Although the exact meaning is disputed, it shows an attractive woman in a "watering hole" being flirted with by the band's three lead vocalists and other bystanders. After the woman has had enough, she goes on dates with the singers and a bystander, then vanishes into thin air while on the date, tricking them into thinking she was actually in love with each, when in reality, it was only a plot to get rid of them. The video ends with a shot of her sitting alone in the "watering hole", having tricked and scared off every man who was interested in her.

The video was released on the Stet recording label and received "Light" and "Medium" screenplay.

Another video was recorded for "Shot in the Dark", directed by David Minasian. Although never commercially released, it was filmed on the set of the television program Fantasy Island, and on the streets of Beverly Hills, California.

Charts

The album failed to sell to its full potential due to its label, Passport, going bankrupt. However, it sold a certified 60,000 copies, which rose over time to an estimated total of 200,000 to 300,000 copies.

Album

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	210

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"It's a Jungle Out There"	Radio & Records AOR Hot Tracks	65

References

It's a Jungle release information
"It's a Jungle Out There" Official Music Video
Cash Box Magazine Merchandising October 8, 1983
David Minasian Three Dog Night Gallery
"Three Dog Night, "It's a Jungle Out There" Chart Position" (PDF). American Radio History. Retrieved February 14, 2020.

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Danny Hutton Paul Kingery Pat Bautz Eddie Reasoner David Morgan Timothy Hutton Cory Wells Chuck Negron Jimmy Greenspoon Floyd Sneed Joe Schermie Michael Allsup Skip Konte Al Ciner Gary Moon Richard Campbell
Studio albums	Three Dog Night (1968) Suitable for Framing (1969) It Ain't Easy (1970) Naturally (1970) Harmony (1971) Seven Separate Fools (1972) Cyan (1973) Hard Labor (1974) Coming Down Your Way (1975) American Pastime (1976) It's a Jungle (1983)
Live albums	Captured Live at the Forum (1969) Around the World with Three Dog Night (1973)
Compilations	Golden Bisquits (1971) Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits (1975) The Best of 3 Dog Night (1982) Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 (1993) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Three Dog Night (1999) The Complete Hit Singles (2004)
Singles	"Nobody" "Try a Little Tenderness" "One" "Easy to Be Hard" "Eli's Coming" "Celebrate" "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" "Out in the Country" "One Man Band" "Joy to the World" "Liar" "An Old Fashioned Love Song" "Never Been to Spain" "The Family of Man" "Black & White" "Pieces of April" "Shambala" "Let Me Serenade You" "The Show Must Go On" "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" "Til the World Ends" "Everybody's a Masterpiece" "It's a Jungle Out There"
Other songs	"Darlin'" "Time to Get Alone"
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