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"Funkytown" is a song by American disco act Lipps Inc., released in 1980 as the second single from its debut album, Mouth to Mouth (1979). It was very successful on charts globally, reaching top spots such as the United States, West Germany, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands, and Australia.[4][5][6]

"Funkytown"

Side A of the US single

Single by Lipps Inc.from the album Mouth to MouthB-side"All Night Dancing"ReleasedMarch 1980; 42 years ago (March 1980)[1]Genre

  • Disco[2]
  • funk[3]

Length4:00 (7" single version)
7:50 (album/12" single version)LabelCasablancaSongwriter(s)Steven GreenbergProducer(s)Steven GreenbergLipps Inc. singles chronology
"Rock It"
(1979) 		"Funkytown"
(1980) 		"Designer Music"
(1980)
Music video"Funkytown" (TopPop, 1982) on YouTube

It was written by musician, composer, and record producer Steven Greenberg and sung by Cynthia Johnson. The lyrics pine for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy", while the band members were dreaming of relocating from Minneapolis to New York City.[7] It is in the key of C major.[8]

"Funkytown" has at least two music videos. In one, a black singer mimes the vocals and some women dance in a pub. In another video, Debbie Jenner, who fronted the band in the Netherlands and West Germany, dances while miming the vocals.[9] Johnson says on her website that she "was never asked to perform a video of 'Funkytown'".[10]

"Funkytown" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 on March 29, 1980, and spent four weeks at number one, from May 31 to June 21, 1980. It hit the number one spot on the disco chart in 1980.[6] It reached no. 2 in the United Kingdom,[11] Sweden, and the US soul chart.[12] The song is Lipps Inc's only American Top 40 hit.[6]

VH1 ranked the song at number 37 on its list of the 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s in 2009.[13]

Time Out listed the song number 44 in its list of The 100 best party songs in 2018, adding:

"Funkytown" expresses a simple, repetitive yearning for the pulse of a bigger city, goosed by a killer ten-note synth riff. "Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me", sings Cynthia Johnson in a robotic, vocoderized voice (a precursor to the Auto-Tune sound) before busting out an unmodified, soulful wail, pleading for a trip to the party destination of her dreams. Released in 1980, "Funkytown" came late to the disco party, but gave it a jolt of electricity.[14]

ThoughtCo placed the song at number 7 in its list of "25 Best Dance Pop Songs of All Time" in 2018.[15]

  • 7" single
  1. "Funkytown" – 4:00
  2. "All Night Dancing" – 3:10
  • 12" single
  1. "Funkytown" – 7:50
  2. "All Night Dancing" – 8:20

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[16] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[17] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[18] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen singlelista)[19] 2
France (IFOP)[20] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[21] 3
Israel (IBA)[22] 1
Italy (Musica e dischi)[23] 5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[24] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[25] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[26] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[27] 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[28] 5
Spain (AFYVE)[29] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[11] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 1
US Hot Disco Singles (Billboard)[6] 1
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[6] 2
US Cash Box Top 100[32] 1
US Record World Singles[33] 1
West Germany (Official German Charts)[34] 1
Chart (1980) Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[35] 9
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[36] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[37] 3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[38] 14
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[39] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[40] 10
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[41] 7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[42] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[43] 8
US Cash Box[44] 10
Chart (1958–2018) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[45] 375

Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)[46] Canada (Music Canada)[47] France (SNEP)[48] Germany (BVMI)[49] United Kingdom (BPI)[50] United States (RIAA)[52] Summaries Worldwide
Platinum 100,000^
2× Platinum 300,000^
Gold 500,000*
Gold 500,000^
Silver 250,000^
Platinum 3,000,000[51]
— 8,000,000[51]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

"Funkytown" Single by Pseudo Echofrom the album Love an AdventureB-side"Lies Are Nothing"ReleasedNovember 17, 1986[53]Genre

  • Rock[54]
  • dance-rock[55]

Length

  • 4:53 (Australian single/video version)
  • 3:40 (international single edit)
  • 6:36 (Dance Mix/Australian album version)

LabelRCASongwriter(s)Steven GreenbergProducer(s)Brian CanhamPseudo Echo singles chronology
"Try"
(1986) 		"Funkytown"
(1986) 		"Take On the World"
(1987)
Music video"Funkytown" on YouTube

In 1986, "Funkytown" was covered by Australian band Pseudo Echo in rock form, including a guitar solo in the middle. It reached no. 6 on the US Hot 100 chart and spent seven weeks at no. 1 in Australia. Like Lipps Inc, it is Pseudo Echo's only US Top 40 hit.

Track listings

7" single (EMI 1883)

  1. "Funkytown" – 3:40
  2. "Lies Are Nothing" – 3:58

12" / Maxi (ED 237) / (RCA 5217–7)

  • Side A: "Funky Town" (Dance Mix) – 6:32
  • Side B: "Funkytown" – 3:40
  • Side B: "Lies Are Nothing" – 3:58

Charts

Chart (1986–1987) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[16] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[56] 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[57] 40
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[58] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[21] 12
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[59] 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[60] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[61] 9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[62] 11
UK Singles (OCC)[63] 8
US Billboard Hot 100[64] 6
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[64] 4
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[64] 1
US Cash Box[65] 12
West Germany (Official German Charts)[66] 16

Chart (1986) Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[35] 93
Chart (1987) Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[35] 19
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[67] 17
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[68] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[69] 99
US Top Dance Sales 12-inch Singles[70] 37
Chart (1988) Rank
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[71] 18

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales Canada (Music Canada)[72] New Zealand (RMNZ)[73]
Gold 50,000^
Gold 10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

  • List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s
  • Lists of number-one singles (Austria)
  • List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980
  • List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1980
  • List of number-one singles of 1980 (Canada)
  • List of number-one singles of 1987 (Canada)
  • List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1980
  • List of European number-one hits of 1980
  • List of number-one singles of 1980 (France)
  • List of number-one hits of 1980 (Germany)
  • List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)
  • List of number-one songs in Norway
  • List of number-one singles of the 1980s (Switzerland)
  • List of number-one dance singles of 1980 (U.S.)

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