Lipps, Inc.
Lipps, Inc. | |
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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
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Canada
- 1980: for the album Mouth to Mouth
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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 |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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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
swell
- ↑ Information on Funkytown on Cynthia Johnson's website
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles / Albums / UK / US
- ↑ 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