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| image = Funkytown by Lipps Inc US single side A.png
| image = Funkytown by Lipps Inc US single side A.png
| alt =
| alt =
| caption = Side A of the US single
| caption = Side A of US 7-inch vinyl single
| type = [[Single (music)|Single]]
| type = [[Single (music)|Single]]
| artist = [[Lipps Inc.]]
| artist = [[Lipps Inc.]]
| album = [[Mouth to Mouth (Lipps Inc. album)|Mouth to Mouth]]
| album = [[Mouth to Mouth (Lipps Inc. album)|Mouth to Mouth]]
| B-side = All Night Dancing
| B-side = All Night Dancing
| released = {{date|March 1980}}<ref>{{cite book|first= Norm N. |last= Nite |author-link= Norm N. Nite |year= 1985 |title= Rock On: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock n' Roll : The Video Revolution, 1978-present |page= 189 |publisher= [[Harper & Row]] |isbn= 978-0-06-181644-4}}</ref>
| released = March 1980<ref>{{cite book|first= Norm N. |last= Nite |author-link= Norm N. Nite |year= 1985 |title= Rock On: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock n' Roll : The Video Revolution, 1978-present |page= 189 |publisher= [[Harper & Row]] |isbn= 978-0-06-181644-4}}</ref>
| recorded =
| recorded = 1979
| studio = [[Sound 80]]<br /><small>([[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]])</small>
| studio =
| venue =
| venue =
| genre = {{flat list|
| genre = {{hlist|[[Disco]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= Lipps, Inc. – Artist Biography |website= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= June 26, 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lipps-inc-mn0000243932/biography}}</ref>|[[funk]]<ref>{{cite book|first1= Peter |last1= Pickow |first2= Amy |last2= Appleby |year= 1988 |title= The Billboard Book of Song Writing |publisher= Billboard Publications |page= 146}}</ref>}}
* [[Disco]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= Lipps, Inc. – Artist Biography |website= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= June 26, 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lipps-inc-mn0000243932/biography}}</ref>
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| length = 4:00 (7" single version)<br/>7:50 (album/12" single version)
* [[funk]]<ref>{{cite book|first1= Peter |last1= Pickow |first2= Amy |last2= Appleby |year= 1988 |title= The Billboard Book of Song Writing |publisher= Billboard Publications |page= 146}}</ref>}}
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| length = 7:50 (album version)<br />4:00 (single version)
| label = [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]]
| label = [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]]
| writer = [[Steven Greenberg (musician)|Steven Greenberg]]
| writer = [[Steven Greenberg (musician)|Steven Greenberg]]
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| prev_title = [[Rock It (Lipps Inc. song)|Rock It]]
| prev_title = [[Rock It (Lipps Inc. song)|Rock It]]
| prev_year = 1979
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Designer Music
| next_title = [[How Long (Ace song)#Cover versions|How Long]]
| next_year = 1980
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|uhzy7JaU2Zc|"Funkytown"}}}}
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|uhzy7JaU2Zc|"Funkytown"}}}}
}}
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"'''Funkytown'''" is a song by the American [[disco]]/[[funk]] band [[Lipps Inc.]], released in 1980 as the second single from their 1979 debut album, ''[[Mouth to Mouth (Lipps Inc. album)|Mouth to Mouth]]''. It was successful globally, reaching top spots in countries including the United States, West Germany, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands, and Australia.<ref name="BEL"/><ref name="CAN"/><ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/>
"'''Funkytown'''" is a song by [[Minneapolis]]-based [[disco]] group [[Lipps Inc.]] Written and produced [[Steven Greenberg (musician)|Steven Greenberg]], the song was released by [[Casablanca Records]] in March 1980 as the second [[Single (music)|single]] from the group's debut [[Album#Types of album|studio album]], ''[[Mouth to Mouth (Lipps Inc. album)|Mouth to Mouth]]'' (1979).


"Funkytown" was an immediate [[Hit song|smash hit]], reaching the top spot of the [[record chart]]s in countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, the United States and West Germany.<ref name="BEL"/><ref name="CAN"/><ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/> It ultimately became the group's biggest hit, selling over eight million copies worldwide.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|title= New Design |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= September 20, 1980 |volume= 92 |issue= 38 |page= 4 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT3}}</ref>
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==Composition==

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It was written by musician, composer, and record producer [[Steven Greenberg (musician)|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]].<ref>{{cite news|first= Andrea |last= Swensson |title= 50 cool facts about the Minnesota music scene |newspaper= [[City Pages]] |date= September 22, 2011 |access-date= July 28, 2013 |url= http://www.citypages.com/music/50-cool-facts-about-the-minnesota-music-scene-6653411 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150710075808/http://www.citypages.com/music/50-cool-facts-about-the-minnesota-music-scene-6653411 |archive-date= July 10, 2015}}</ref> It is in the key of [[C major]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Funkytown by Lipps Inc. – Digital Sheet Music |website= Musicnotes.com |date= 20 October 2008 |access-date= 3 June 2021 |url= https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0068867}}</ref>
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==Composition and lyrics==
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Written in the [[Key (music)|key]] of [[C major]],<ref>{{cite web|title= Funkytown by Lipps Inc. – Digital Sheet Music |website= Musicnotes.com |date= 20 October 2008 |access-date= 3 June 2021 |url= https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0068867}}</ref> "Funkytown" was written by [[Steven Greenberg (musician)|Steven Greenberg]] and [[Lead vocalist|sung]] by [[Cynthia Johnson]]. The [[lyrics]] of the song pine for a [[metaphor]]ical 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]].<ref>{{cite news|first= Andrea |last= Swensson |title= 50 cool facts about the Minnesota music scene |newspaper= [[City Pages]] |date= September 22, 2011 |access-date= July 28, 2013 |url= http://www.citypages.com/music/50-cool-facts-about-the-minnesota-music-scene-6653411 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150710075808/http://www.citypages.com/music/50-cool-facts-about-the-minnesota-music-scene-6653411 |archive-date= July 10, 2015}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
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In the United States, "Funkytown" entered the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on March 29, 1980 and [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1980|spent four weeks at number one, from May 31 to June 21, 1980]]. It also topped the [[Dance Club Songs|Disco Top 60]] chart for [[List of number-one dance singles of 1980 (U.S.)|four non-consecutive weeks]]<ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/> and peaked at number two on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Soul Singles]] chart for four weeks also, from May 24 to June 21, 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title= The Billboard Hot R&B Singles: Week of May 24, 1980 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= May 16, 2017 |url= http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/1980-05-24 |archive-date= March 30, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180330051220/https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/1980-05-24 |url-status= live}}</ref> "Funkytown" was first [[Music recording certification|certified]] [[RIAA certification|Gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) on May 23, 1980 and later Platinum on July 17, 1980. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine ranked the song as the [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1980|eighth most popular single of 1980]]. It is Lipps Inc.'s only US [[Top 40]] [[Hit song|hit single]].<ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/>

Elsewhere, "Funkytown" was a number-one hit in countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and West Germany, and peaked at number two in Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.<ref name="UK"/>


==Music videos==
==Music videos==
"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, [[Doris_D|Debbie Jenner]], who fronted the band in the Netherlands and West Germany, dances while miming the vocals.<ref>{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Lipps, Inc.'s "Funkytown" |website= [[Stereogum]] |date= March 25, 2020 |access-date= September 7, 2020 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2077732/the-number-ones-lipps-inc-s-funkytown/franchises/columns/the-number-ones/ |archive-date= September 10, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200910124640/https://www.stereogum.com/2077732/the-number-ones-lipps-inc-s-funkytown/franchises/columns/the-number-ones/ |url-status= live}}</ref> Johnson claims on her website that she "was never asked to perform a video of 'Funkytown'".<ref>{{cite web|title= Stay Tuned for Cynthia's Book, From Funkytown to Higher Ground |website= Cynthiajohnson.net |access-date= March 17, 2021 |url= http://cynthiajohnson.net/bio |url-status= live |archive-date= February 25, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210225133731/http://cynthiajohnson.net/bio}}</ref>
"Funkytown" has at least two [[music video]]s. In one, an unidentified [[Black people|black]] singer [[Lip sync|lip synch]]s Johnson's vocals and some women dance in a [[pub]]. In another video, [[Doris D]], who fronted Lipps Inc. in the Netherlands and West Germany, dances while lip synching the vocals.<ref>{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Lipps, Inc.'s "Funkytown" |website= [[Stereogum]] |date= March 25, 2020 |access-date= September 7, 2020 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2077732/the-number-ones-lipps-inc-s-funkytown/franchises/columns/the-number-ones/ |archive-date= September 10, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200910124640/https://www.stereogum.com/2077732/the-number-ones-lipps-inc-s-funkytown/franchises/columns/the-number-ones/ |url-status= live}}</ref> Johnson claims on her [[website]] that she "was never asked to perform a video of 'Funkytown{{'}}".<ref>{{cite web|title= Stay Tuned for Cynthia's Book, From Funkytown to Higher Ground |website= Cynthiajohnson.net |access-date= March 17, 2021 |url= http://cynthiajohnson.net/bio |url-status= live |archive-date= February 25, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210225133731/http://cynthiajohnson.net/bio}}</ref>

==Legacy and impact==
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In 1997, [[Disc jockey|DJ]] [[John Acquaviva]] listed "Funkytown" with his top ten tracks, saying "It's always been one of my favorite songs. It's got an amazing [[bassline]] that sounds great on a good system and people love it. Some people in Germany I know are reissuing it."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-11-15.pdf|title=Jock On His Box|magazine=[[Music Week]], in RM (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=November 15, 1997|page=4|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref>


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In 2009, [[VH1]] ranked the song at number 37 on its list of the "100 Greatest [[One-hit wonder|One Hit Wonders]] of the 1980s".<ref>{{cite web|first= Rahsheeda |last= Ali |title= 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s |website= [[VH1]] |date= May 2, 2013 |access-date= October 8, 2018 |url= http://www.vh1.com/news/1243/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s/ |archive-date= July 30, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170730134511/http://www.vh1.com/news/1243/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s/}}</ref>
==Track listings==
* 7" single
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#"Funkytown" – 4:00
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#"All Night Dancing" – 3:10


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In 2018, ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' ranked it at number 44 on its list of "The 100 best party songs".
* 12" single
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{{blockquote|"Funkytown" expresses a simple, repetitive yearning for the pulse of a bigger city, goosed by a killer ten-note [[Synthesizer|synth]] [[riff]]. "Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me", sings Cynthia Johnson in a robotic, [[Vocoder|vocoderized]] voice (a precursor to the [[Auto-Tune]] sound) before busting out an unmodified, [[Soul music|soul]]ful 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.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The 100 best party songs |magazine= [[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |date= March 8, 2018 |access-date= October 4, 2018 |url= https://www.timeout.com/london/music/best-party-songs |archive-date= October 30, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201030172731/https://www.timeout.com/london/music/best-party-songs |url-status= live}}</ref>}}
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#"Funkytown" – 7:50
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#"All Night Dancing" – 8:20


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In 2018, ''[[Dotdash Meredith|ThoughtCo.]]'' ranked the song at number seven on its list of the "25 Best [[Dance-pop|Dance pop]] Songs of All Time".<ref>{{cite web|first= Bill |last= Lamb |title= 25 Best Dance Pop Songs of All Time |website= [[Dotdash|ThoughtCo]] |date= May 1, 2018 |access-date= October 6, 2018 |url= https://www.thoughtco.com/best-dance-pop-songs-4147273 |url-status= live |archive-date= October 6, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181006075519/https://www.thoughtco.com/best-dance-pop-songs-4147273}}</ref>
==Reception==
===Critical===
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In 1997, Canadian DJ [[John Acquaviva]] listed it with his top 10 tracks, saying, "It's always been one of my favourite songs. It's got an amazing bassline that sounds great on a good system and people love it. Some people in Germany I know are reissuing it."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-11-15.pdf|title=Jock On His Box|magazine=[[Music Week]], in RM (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=November 15, 1997|page=4|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref>


==Track listing and formats==
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In 2009, [[VH1]] ranked it at number 37 on its list of the ''100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s''.<ref>{{cite web|first= Rahsheeda |last= Ali |title= 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s |website= [[VH1]] |date= May 2, 2013 |access-date= October 8, 2018 |url= http://www.vh1.com/news/1243/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s/ |archive-date= July 30, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170730134511/http://www.vh1.com/news/1243/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s/}}</ref>
All tracks written and produced by [[Steven Greenberg (musician)|Steven Greenberg]].
; US [[Single (music)#Types of physical singles|7-inch]] [[Phonograph record|vinyl]] single <small>(810 326-7)</small>
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:A1. "Funkytown" – 3:57
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:B1. "All Night Dancing" – 3:09


; Australian [[Twelve-inch single|12-inch]] vinyl single <small>(6198 342)</small>
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In 2018, ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' listed it number 44 of "The 100 best party songs".
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:A1. "Funkytown" – 7:46
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{{blockquote|"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, [[Vocoder|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.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The 100 best party songs |magazine= [[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |date= March 8, 2018 |access-date= October 4, 2018 |url= https://www.timeout.com/london/music/best-party-songs |archive-date= October 30, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201030172731/https://www.timeout.com/london/music/best-party-songs |url-status= live}}</ref>}}
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:B1. "All Night Dancing" – 8:18


; Mexican 12-inch vinyl single <small>(3027)</small>
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In 2018, ''[[Dotdash|ThoughtCo]]'' placed it seventh on its list of "25 Best Dance Pop Songs of All Time".<ref>{{cite web|first= Bill |last= Lamb |title= 25 Best Dance Pop Songs of All Time |website= [[Dotdash|ThoughtCo]] |date= May 1, 2018 |access-date= October 6, 2018 |url= https://www.thoughtco.com/best-dance-pop-songs-4147273 |url-status= live |archive-date= October 6, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181006075519/https://www.thoughtco.com/best-dance-pop-songs-4147273}}</ref>
:A1. "Funkytown" (Super Disco Version) – 12:43
:B1. "All Night Dancing" – 3:09


===Charts===
==Charts==
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"Funkytown" entered the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''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 [[Dance Club Songs|disco]] chart in 1980.<ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/> It reached no. 2 in the United Kingdom,<ref name="UK"/> Sweden, and the US soul chart.<ref>{{cite web|title= The Billboard Hot R&B Singles: Week of May 24, 1980 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= May 16, 2017 |url= http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/1980-05-24 |archive-date= March 30, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180330051220/https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/1980-05-24 |url-status= live}}</ref> The song is Lipps, Inc.'s only American Top 40 hit.<ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/>
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===Weekly charts===
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|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="AUS">{{cite web|title= Australia No. 1 hits -- 1980's |website= World Charts |access-date= June 9, 2013 |url= http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus80.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 20, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110520060413/http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus80.htm}}</ref>
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="AUS">{{cite web|title= Australia No. 1 hits -- 1980's |website= World Charts |access-date= June 9, 2013 |url= http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus80.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 20, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110520060413/http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus80.htm}}</ref>
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|Finland ([[Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=149|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Lipps Inc.|page=149|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=July 2, 2022|language=fi}}</ref>
|Finland (''[[Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]]'')<ref>{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=149|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Lipps Inc.|page=149|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=July 2, 2022|language=fi}}</ref>
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|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |date= September 2005 |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition= 1st |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Spain |isbn= 84-8048-639-2 |language= es}}</ref>
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|Promusicae]])<ref>{{cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |date= September 2005 |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition= 1st |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Spain |isbn= 84-8048-639-2 |language= es}}</ref>
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|US [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Disco Singles]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/>
|US [[Dance Club Songs|Disco Top 60]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/><br /><small>(with "All Night Dancing")</small>
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|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MAY 31, 1980 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19800531.html |archive-date= September 15, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120915070855/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19800531.html}}</ref>
|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|Top 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MAY 31, 1980 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19800531.html |archive-date= September 15, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120915070855/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19800531.html}}</ref>
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|US ''[[Record World]]'' Singles<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Record World Singles |magazine= [[Record World]] |date= May 31, 1980 |page= 25 |issn= 0034-1622 |access-date= September 23, 2017 |url= http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/80s/80/Record-World-1980-05-31.pdf}}</ref>
|US ''[[Record World]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Record World Singles |magazine= [[Record World]] |date= May 31, 1980 |page= 25 |issn= 0034-1622 |access-date= September 23, 2017 |url= http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/80s/80/Record-World-1980-05-31.pdf}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
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{{col-2}}


====Year-end====
===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1980)
!Chart (1980)
!Rank
!Rank<br />position
|-
|-
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus80">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/kTGdGUZ|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1980|publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |issue= 341 |via= [[Imgur]] |date= January 5, 1981 |access-date= January 17, 2022 }}</ref><ref name="AUS2">{{cite web|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s |publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |archive-date= October 6, 2014}}</ref>
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus80">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/kTGdGUZ|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1980|publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |issue= 341 |via= [[Imgur]] |date= January 5, 1981 |access-date= January 17, 2022 }}</ref><ref name="AUS2">{{cite web|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s |publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |archive-date= October 6, 2014}}</ref>
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 100 Hits for 1980 |website= The Longbored Surfer |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1980 |url-status= live |archive-date= August 4, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140804122754/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1980}}</ref>
|US [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1980|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 100 Hits for 1980 |website= The Longbored Surfer |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1980 |url-status= live |archive-date= August 4, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140804122754/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1980}}</ref>
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|8
|-
|-
|US ''Cash Box''<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1980 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1980YESP.html |archive-date= September 15, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120915071244/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1980YESP.html}}</ref>
|US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1980 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1980YESP.html |archive-date= September 15, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120915071244/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1980YESP.html}}</ref>
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|10
|}
|}


====All-time====
===All-time charts===
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1958–2018)
!Chart (1958–2018)
!Rank<br />position
!Position
|-
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Hot 100 Turns 60 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= January 5, 2018 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary |url-status= live |archive-date= August 3, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180803021324/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary}}</ref>
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Hot 100 Turns 60 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= January 5, 2018 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary |url-status= live |archive-date= August 3, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180803021324/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary}}</ref>
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{{col-end}}


===Certifications and sales===
==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=Lipps Inc|title=Funky Town|award=Platinum|relyear=1981|certyear=1981|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Glenn A. |last= Baker |title= Local Talent and the Indies: Scoring High on World and Home Courts |magazine= [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] |via= World Radio History |volume= 93 |issue= 18 |page= ANZ-23 |date= May 9, 1981 |access-date= December 5, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-05-09.pdf |url-status= live |archive-date= December 5, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211205144906/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-05-09.pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=Lipps Inc|title=Funky Town|award=Platinum|relyear=1981|certyear=1981|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Glenn A. |last= Baker |title= Local Talent and the Indies: Scoring High on World and Home Courts |magazine= [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] |via= World Radio History |volume= 93 |issue= 18 |page= ANZ-23 |date= May 9, 1981 |access-date= December 5, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-05-09.pdf |url-status= live |archive-date= December 5, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211205144906/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-05-09.pdf}}</ref>}}
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| album = [[Love an Adventure]]
| album = [[Love an Adventure]]
| B-side = Lies Are Nothing
| B-side = Lies Are Nothing
| released = November 17, 1986<ref>{{cite web|title= Singles: New Releases |issue= 644 |date= November 17, 1986 |publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |via= [[Imgur]] |access-date= December 3, 2019 |url= https://imgur.com/NhK5UOd |url-status= live |archive-date= December 19, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211219090045/https://imgur.com/NhK5UOd}}</ref>
| released = {{Start date|1986|11|17|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title= Singles: New Releases |issue= 644 |date= November 17, 1986 |publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |via= [[Imgur]] |access-date= December 3, 2019 |url= https://imgur.com/NhK5UOd |url-status= live |archive-date= December 19, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211219090045/https://imgur.com/NhK5UOd}}</ref>
| recorded =
| recorded =
| studio =
| studio =
| genre = {{flat list|
| genre = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]<ref>{{cite news|title= Here's 100 great songs designed to be the soundtrack to your summer |publisher= [[News.com.au]] |date= December 13, 2014 |access-date= May 16, 2016 |url= http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/heres-100-great-songs-designed-to-be-the-soundtrack-to-your-summer/news-story/6e50bb4ae914eb2d16978970aecd5aa5 |url-status= live |archive-date= August 26, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170826183344/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/heres-100-great-songs-designed-to-be-the-soundtrack-to-your-summer/news-story/6e50bb4ae914eb2d16978970aecd5aa5}}</ref>|[[dance-rock]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Michael |last= Sutton |title= Pseudo Echo – Love an Adventure |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= June 26, 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-an-adventure-mw0000192548 |url-status= live |archive-date= March 29, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150329000621/http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-an-adventure-mw0000192548}}</ref>}}
* [[Rock music|Rock]]<ref>{{cite news|title= Here's 100 great songs designed to be the soundtrack to your summer |publisher= [[News.com.au]] |date= December 13, 2014 |access-date= May 16, 2016 |url= http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/heres-100-great-songs-designed-to-be-the-soundtrack-to-your-summer/news-story/6e50bb4ae914eb2d16978970aecd5aa5 |url-status= live |archive-date= August 26, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170826183344/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/heres-100-great-songs-designed-to-be-the-soundtrack-to-your-summer/news-story/6e50bb4ae914eb2d16978970aecd5aa5}}</ref>
⚫
| length = {{unbulleted list|4:53 (Australian single/video version)|3:40 (international single edit)|6:36 (Dance Mix/Australian album version)}}
* [[dance-rock]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Michael |last= Sutton |title= Pseudo Echo – Love an Adventure |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= June 26, 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-an-adventure-mw0000192548 |url-status= live |archive-date= March 29, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150329000621/http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-an-adventure-mw0000192548}}</ref>}}
⚫
| label = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
⚫
| length = 4:54 (Australian single version/video mix)<br />3:40 (single version)<br />6:35 (Australian album version/dance mix)
| label = {{flat list|
⚫
* [[RCA Records|RCA]]
* [[EMI Records|EMI]]}}
| writer = [[Steven Greenberg (musician)|Steven Greenberg]]
| writer = [[Steven Greenberg (musician)|Steven Greenberg]]
| producer = Brian Canham
| producer = Brian Canham
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| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|uE-itlGNap4|"Funkytown"}}}}
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|uE-itlGNap4|"Funkytown"}}}}
}}
}}
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.
In 1986, "Funkytown" was [[Cover version|cover]]ed by [[Australia]]n [[New wave music|new wave]] [[Band (rock and pop)|band]] [[Pseudo Echo]] in [[Rock music|rock]] form, including a [[guitar solo]] in the middle. It reached number six on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and spent seven weeks at number one in Australia. Like Lipps Inc., it is Pseudo Echo's only US [[Top 40]] [[Hit song|hit single]].


===Track listings===
===Track listing and formats===
'''7" single''' (EMI 1883)
'''US 7-inch vinyl single''' ([[EMI Records|EMI]] 1883)
#"Funkytown" – 3:40
:A1. "Funkytown" – 3:40
#"Lies Are Nothing" – 3:58
:B1. "Lies Are Nothing" – 3:58


'''12" / Maxi''' (ED 237) / (RCA 5217–7)
'''12-inch vinyl maxi single''' (ED 237) / ([[RCA Records|RCA]] 5217–7)
*Side A: "Funky Town" (Dance Mix) – 6:32
:A1. "Funkytown" (Dance Mix) – 6:32
*Side B: "Funkytown" – 3:40
:B1. "Funkytown" – 3:40
*Side B: "Lies Are Nothing" – 3:58
:B2. "Lies Are Nothing" – 3:58


===Charts===
===Chart performance===
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{{col-begin|width=74%}}
{{col-2}}
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====Weekly====
====Weekly charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1986–1987)
!Chart (1986–1987)
!Peak<br/>position
!Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="AUS"/>
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="AUS"/>
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|-
|-
|US ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="Pseudo Echo awards"/>
|US [[Dance Club Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Pseudo Echo awards"/>
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|4
|-
|-
|US ''Billboard'' [[Dance/Electronic Singles Sales|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]]<ref name="Pseudo Echo awards"/>
|US [[Dance/Electronic Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Pseudo Echo awards"/>
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JULY 11, 1987 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19870711.html |archive-date= October 6, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121006043446/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19870711.html}}</ref>
|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|Top 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JULY 11, 1987 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19870711.html |archive-date= October 6, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121006043446/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19870711.html}}</ref>
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|align="center"|12
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{{col-2}}


====Year-end====
====Year-end charts====
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1986)
!Chart (1986)
!Rank
!Rank<br />position
|-
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="aus86">{{cite magazine|url=https://i.imgur.com/F7ais40.jpg|title=National Top 100 Singles for 1986|magazine=[[Kent Music Report]]|issue=650|date=December 1986|via=Imgur|access-date= 24 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="AUS2"/>
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus86">{{cite magazine|url=https://i.imgur.com/F7ais40.jpg|title=National Top 100 Singles for 1986|magazine=[[Kent Music Report]]|issue=650|date=December 1986|via=Imgur|access-date= 24 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="AUS2"/>
|align="center"|93
|align="center"|93
|}
|}
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{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1987)
!Chart (1987)
!Rank
!Rank<br />position
|-
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report|Australian Music Report]])<ref name="AUS2"/><ref name="aus87">{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/sPdqqRt.jpg|title=Australian Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987|publisher=[[Kent Music Report]], via Imgur.com|access-date=24 January 2023}}</ref>
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="AUS2"/><ref name="aus87">{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/sPdqqRt.jpg|title=Australian Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987|publisher=[[Kent Music Report]], via Imgur.com|access-date=24 January 2023}}</ref>
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|19
|-
|-
|Canada Top Singles (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Top 100 Singles of '87 |magazine= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume= 47 |issue= 12 |date= December 26, 1987 |access-date= May 16, 2016 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0920&URLjpg=https%3a%2f%2f1.800.gay%3a443%2fhttp%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0920.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0920 |url-status= live |archive-date= September 18, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160918125233/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0920&URLjpg=https%3a%2f%2f1.800.gay%3a443%2fhttp%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0920.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0920}}</ref>
|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Top 100 Singles of '87 |magazine= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume= 47 |issue= 12 |date= December 26, 1987 |access-date= May 16, 2016 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0920&URLjpg=https%3a%2f%2f1.800.gay%3a443%2fhttp%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0920.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0920 |url-status= live |archive-date= September 18, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160918125233/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0920&URLjpg=https%3a%2f%2f1.800.gay%3a443%2fhttp%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0920.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0920}}</ref>
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|-
|-
|New Zealand ([[Recorded Music NZ]])<ref>{{cite web|title= End of Year Charts 1987 |publisher= Recorded Music New Zealand |access-date= May 16, 2016 |url= http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3876 |url-status= live |archive-date= February 10, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150210184811/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3876}}</ref>
|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|title= End of Year Charts 1987 |publisher= Recorded Music New Zealand |access-date= May 16, 2016 |url= http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3876 |url-status= live |archive-date= February 10, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150210184811/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3876}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Top 100 Hits for 1987 |website= The Longbored Surfer |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1987 |url-status= live |archive-date= June 13, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140613093946/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1987}}</ref>
|US [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1987|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Top 100 Hits for 1987 |website= The Longbored Surfer |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1987 |url-status= live |archive-date= June 13, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140613093946/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1987}}</ref>
|align="center"|99
|align="center"|99
|-
|-
|US [[Dance/Electronic Singles Sales|Top Dance Sales 12-inch Singles]]<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Top Dance Sales 12-inch Singles |magazine= Billboard |date= December 26, 1987 |volume= 99 |issue= 52 |page= Y-30 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22funky+town%22&pg=RA1-PA17}}</ref>
|US Dance/Electronic Singles Sales (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Top Dance Sales 12-inch Singles |magazine= Billboard |date= December 26, 1987 |volume= 99 |issue= 52 |page= Y-30 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22funky+town%22&pg=RA1-PA17}}</ref>
|align="center"|37
|align="center"|37
|}
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{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1988)
!Chart (1988)
!Rank
!Rank<br />position
|-
|-
|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 20 Hit Singles of 1988 |website= Rock.co.za |access-date= May 1, 2019 |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1988.html |url-status= live |archive-date= April 4, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180404191808/http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1988.html}}</ref>
|South Africa (Springbok Radio)<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 20 Hit Singles of 1988 |website= Rock.co.za |access-date= May 1, 2019 |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1988.html |url-status= live |archive-date= April 4, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180404191808/http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1988.html}}</ref>
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|18
|}
|}
{{col-end}}
{{col-end}}


===Certifications===
===Certifications and sales===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Pseudo Echo|title=Funky Town|award=Gold|relyear=1987|certyear=1987|access-date=September 26, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Pseudo Echo|title=Funky Town|award=Gold|relyear=1987|certyear=1987|access-date=September 26, 2019}}
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Revision as of 08:25, 20 June 2023

For other uses, see Funkytown (disambiguation).

"Funkytown"
Side A of US 7-inch vinyl single
Single by Lipps Inc.
from the album Mouth to Mouth
B-side"All Night Dancing"
ReleasedMarch 1980[1]
Recorded1979
StudioSound 80
(Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Genre
Length7:50 (album version)
4:00 (single version)
LabelCasablanca
Songwriter(s)Steven Greenberg
Producer(s)Steven Greenberg
Lipps Inc. singles chronology
"Rock It"
(1979) 		"Funkytown"
(1980) 		"How Long"
(1980)
Music video
"Funkytown" on YouTube

"Funkytown" is a song by Minneapolis-based disco group Lipps Inc. Written and produced Steven Greenberg, the song was released by Casablanca Records in March 1980 as the second single from the group's debut studio album, Mouth to Mouth (1979).

"Funkytown" was an immediate smash hit, reaching the top spot of the record charts in countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, the United States and West Germany.[4][5][6] It ultimately became the group's biggest hit, selling over eight million copies worldwide.[7]

Composition and lyrics

Written in the key of C major,[8] "Funkytown" was written by Steven Greenberg and sung by Cynthia Johnson. The lyrics of the song pine 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.[9]

Chart performance

In the United States, "Funkytown" entered the Billboard Hot 100 on March 29, 1980 and spent four weeks at number one, from May 31 to June 21, 1980. It also topped the Disco Top 60 chart for four non-consecutive weeks[6] and peaked at number two on the Hot Soul Singles chart for four weeks also, from May 24 to June 21, 1980.[10] "Funkytown" was first certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on May 23, 1980 and later Platinum on July 17, 1980. Billboard magazine ranked the song as the eighth most popular single of 1980. It is Lipps Inc.'s only US Top 40 hit single.[6]

Elsewhere, "Funkytown" was a number-one hit in countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and West Germany, and peaked at number two in Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.[11]

Music videos

"Funkytown" has at least two music videos. In one, an unidentified black singer lip synchs Johnson's vocals and some women dance in a pub. In another video, Doris D, who fronted Lipps Inc. in the Netherlands and West Germany, dances while lip synching the vocals.[12] Johnson claims on her website that she "was never asked to perform a video of 'Funkytown'".[13]

Legacy and impact

In 1997, DJ John Acquaviva listed "Funkytown" with his top ten tracks, saying "It's always been one of my favorite songs. It's got an amazing bassline that sounds great on a good system and people love it. Some people in Germany I know are reissuing it."[14]

In 2009, VH1 ranked the song at number 37 on its list of the "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 1980s".[15]

In 2018, Time Out ranked it at number 44 on its list of "The 100 best party songs".

"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.[16]

In 2018, ThoughtCo. ranked the song at number seven on its list of the "25 Best Dance pop Songs of All Time".[17]

Track listing and formats

All tracks written and produced by Steven Greenberg.

US 7-inch vinyl single (810 326-7)
A1. "Funkytown" – 3:57
B1. "All Night Dancing" – 3:09
Australian 12-inch vinyl single (6198 342)
A1. "Funkytown" – 7:46
B1. "All Night Dancing" – 8:18
Mexican 12-inch vinyl single (3027)
A1. "Funkytown" (Super Disco Version) – 12:43
B1. "All Night Dancing" – 3:09

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[49] Platinum 100,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[51] 2× Platinum 300,000[50]
France (SNEP)[52] Gold 500,000*
Germany (BVMI)[53] Gold 500,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[54] Silver 250,000^
United States (RIAA)[55] Platinum 3,000,000[7]
Summaries
Worldwide — 8,000,000[7]

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

Pseudo Echo version

"Funkytown"
Single by Pseudo Echo
from the album Love an Adventure
B-side"Lies Are Nothing"
Released17 November 1986 (1986-11-17)[56]
Genre
Length4:54 (Australian single version/video mix)
3:40 (single version)
6:35 (Australian album version/dance mix)
Label
Songwriter(s)Steven Greenberg
Producer(s)Brian Canham
Pseudo Echo singles chronology
"Try"
(1986) 		"Funkytown"
(1986) 		"Take On the World"
(1987)
Music video
"Funkytown" on YouTube

In 1986, "Funkytown" was covered by Australian new wave band Pseudo Echo in rock form, including a guitar solo in the middle. It reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and spent seven weeks at number one in Australia. Like Lipps Inc., it is Pseudo Echo's only US Top 40 hit single.

Track listing and formats

US 7-inch vinyl single (EMI 1883)

A1. "Funkytown" – 3:40
B1. "Lies Are Nothing" – 3:58

12-inch vinyl maxi single (ED 237) / (RCA 5217–7)

A1. "Funkytown" (Dance Mix) – 6:32
B1. "Funkytown" – 3:40
B2. "Lies Are Nothing" – 3:58

Chart performance

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[77] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[78] Gold 10,000*

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

See also

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