Lipps, Inc.

Lipps, Inc.
General information
Genre (s)	Funk, disco, pop, rock
founding	1979
resolution	1985
Website	http://www.cynthiajohnson.net
Last occupation
Lead vocals	Cynthia Johnson

Lipps, Inc. was a Minneapolis -based disco studio formation with Cynthia Johnson as lead singer.

biography

The band name was designed as a play on the term "lip-sync" (to sing lip-synchronic to playback). In addition to Cynthia Johnson, the band consisted of changing studio musicians. Steven Greenberg wrote and produced most of the group's songs.

Lipps, Inc. landed a number one hit in 1980 with the song Funkytown in Germany , Switzerland , Australia , the USA and 24 other countries. This was the band's greatest success. The follow-up singles Rock It (1980), How Long (1981), Hold Me Down (1982) or Addicted to the Night (1983) achieved even smaller successes, mainly in the American dance and R&B charts. Ultimately, Lipps, Inc. with Funkytown joins the category of one-hit wonders .

Funkytown was covered in 1987 by the Australian band Pseudo Echo . There is also a recording by the band Global Kryner . The song is still very popular today and is used again and again in TV shows (The Simpsons, Friends etc.), movies (Shrek 2 etc.), video games, advertising campaigns (Areva Energy, FedEx, Nissan, McDonald's etc.).

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1980	Mouth to Mouth	DE11 (16 weeks) DE	AT7 (2 months) AT	-	-	US5 gold (26 weeks)US	First published: 1979
	Pucker up	-	-	-	-	US63 (9 weeks) US

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

• 1981: Designer Music
• 1983: 4

Compilations

• 1985: Best
• 1992: Funkyworld: The Best of Lipps, Inc.
• 2003: Funkytown

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1980	Funkytown Mouth To Mouth	DE1 gold (25 weeks)DE	AT1 (4½ months) AT	CH1 (16 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (13 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: 1979
	Rock It Mouth To Mouth	-	-	-	-	US64 (7 weeks) US	First published: 1979
	How long pucker up	DE32 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-

More singles

• 1980: The Gossip Song
• 1980: Always Lookin '
• 1980: Designer Music
• 1981: Hold Me Down
• 1981: I Need Some Cash
• 1983: Addicted to the Night
• 1985: Does Anybody Know Me?
• 1988: Funki Town (Remix)

Awards for music sales

Golden record

•  Canada
  • 1980: for the album Mouth to Mouth

2 × platinum record

•  Canada
  • 1980: for the single Funkytown

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	250,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	350,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	platinum1	2,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	250,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3

Artist awards

• Three Billboard Music Awards, 1980
• Platinum and Double-Platinum Status with Funkytown
• Inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame
• Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Ohio

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1. ↑ Information on Funkytown on Cynthia Johnson's website
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles / Albums / UK / US
3. ↑ US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

Web links

• Lipps, Inc. at Allmusic (English)
• Lipps, Inc. at Discogs (English)
• http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Lipps%2C+Inc.&titel=Funkytown&cat=s
• http://www.cynthiajohnson.net official website of lead singer Cynthia Johnson