Funkytown

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Funkytown ( Lipps, Inc. )
  DE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 06/09/1980 (25 weeks)
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 07/01/1980 (18 weeks)
  CH 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link May 25, 1980 (16 weeks)
  UK 2 05/17/1980 (13 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link March 29, 1980 (23 weeks)

Funkytown is a disco classics by Lipps, Inc. , which was written by Steven Greenberg and produced. The song was released on album Mouth to Mouth in 1979 and as a single on Casablanca Records in February 1980 .

history

Steven Greenberg had just landed a local radio hit when he decided to start the Lipps, Inc. project in the summer of 1979 . The album Mouth to Mouth , which also featured Funkytown, was released in the autumn of 1979 . The lyrics are intended to express that Greenberg no longer felt comfortable in Minneapolis and wished to go somewhere else, this place is the funky town sung about in the song . The result was a dance song with a "pumping rhythm" and the distinctive singing of Cynthia Johnson , which gave the declining disco movement of the 1970s another boost in popularity. The song lives from the constant repetition of the main riff , which is taken from The Doors song The Changeling from the album LA Woman , the vocals provided with reverb and numerous sound effects .

The single was released on February 18, 1980 as a second release from the album Mouth to Mouth . In the United States, as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Norway, the disco classic became a number one hit. It remained the group's only hit, going platinum in the US for over one million units sold.

Further use

In the Futurama episode "Amazons make Snu Snu" Morbo sings the song in a karaoke bar. The song was also found in films such as Shrek 2 - The daredevil hero returns , Alvin and the Chipmunks - The cinema and disaster movie , in the episode "A little smoking pot?" the series South Park , as well as in the episode "Rollerskates" of the series Malcolm in the middle of its use.

Cover version of Pseudo Echo

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Funkytown ( pseudo echo )
  DE 16 08/31/1987 (10 weeks)
  AT 13 09/01/1987 (8 weeks)
  CH 11 09/06/1987 (10 weeks)
  UK 8th 07/18/1987 (12 weeks)
  US 6th 05/16/1987 (15 weeks)
Funkytown ( Alvin and the Chipmunks )
  US 86 01/12/2008 (2 weeks)

In 1986 Pseudo Echo re- recorded the classic and designed the cover version based on the "rock numbers" of the 1980s, with a tendency towards Synth Rock and New Wave . The version was released worldwide on December 15, 1986; in Canada, Australia and New Zealand the version became a number one hit.

More cover versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sources Chart placements Lipps Inc .: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ a b c d Fred Bronson: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . Updated and Expanded 5th Edition. Billboard Books, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-8230-7677-2 , pp. 525 .
  3. ↑ Soundsjustlike.com
  4. ^ Frank Hoffmann: Rhythm and Blues, Rap, and Hip-Hop . Infobase Publishing, New York City 2006, ISBN 978-0-8160-6980-4 , pp. 167 .
  5. ↑ Sources chart placements pseudo echo: DE AT CH UK US
  6. ↑ Source chart placement Alvin and the Chipmunks: US