Funkytown
Sign in to save"Funkytown" is a song by American disco-funk group Lipps Inc., written and produced by Steven Greenberg and released by Casablanca Records in March 1980 as the second single from the group's debut studio album, Mouth to Mouth (1979). The track was met with immediate commercial success, reaching number one on various record charts in different countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, West Germany and on the US Billboard Hot 100. It quickly became the group's signature song, selling over eight million copies worldwide and becoming their most successful
Key facts
- Song.name
- Funkytown
- Song.image
- Funkytown by Lipps Inc US single side A.png
- Song.caption
- Side A of US 7-inch vinyl single
- Song.type
- single
- Song.artist
- Lipps Inc.
- Song.album
- Love an Adventure
- Song.B side
- Lies Are Nothing
- Song.released
- March 11, 1980
- Song.studio
- Sound 80 (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- Song.genre
- Rock dance-rock
- Song.length
- 4:54 (Australian single version/video mix)3:40 (single version)6:35 (Australian album version/dance mix)
- Song.label
- RCA EMI
- Song.writer
- Steven Greenberg
- Song.producer
- Brian Canham
- Song.prev_title
- Try
- Song.prev_year
- 1986
- Song.next_title
- Take On the World
- Song.next_year
- 1987
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- Official website
- www.funkytown.com
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- publication date
- 1980-00-00
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"Funkytown" is a song by American disco-funk group Lipps Inc., written and produced by Steven Greenberg and released by Casablanca Records in March 1980 as the second single from the group's debut studio album, Mouth to Mouth (1979). The track was met with immediate commercial success, reaching number one on various record charts in different countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, West Germany and on the US Billboard Hot 100. It quickly became the group's signature song, selling over eight million copies worldwide and becoming their most successful song.
==Composition and lyrics== Sung by Lipps Inc.'s lead vocalist Cynthia Johnson, the tune features the narrator pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy", while Lipps Inc. members were dreaming of relocating from Minneapolis to New York City. The song is in time with a key of C major.
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