"Joanna" is a song by Kool & the Gang from their 1983 album, In the Heart. Released as a single on December 17, 1983, the song was an immediate hit, peaking at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for one week. A romantic ballad similar to many of Kool & the Gang's later releases, the song's main subject is an eponymous girl named "Joanna". In the group's music video, "Joanna" is portrayed as the current owner of a small, roadside café named "Joanna's Diner" (filmed at the Colonial Diner in Lyndhurst, N.

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