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Funkytown - wikipedia Funkytown For other uses , see Funkytown ( disambiguation ) . <Th_colspan="2"> `` Funkytown '' <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Lipps Inc . <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Mouth to Mouth B - side `` All Night Dancing '' Released 1980 ( 1980 ) Genre Disco funk Length 4 : 00 ( single version ) 7 : 50 ( extended 12 '' version ) Label Casablanca Songwriter ( s ) Steven Greenberg Producer ( s ) Steven Greenberg <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Audio sample <Td_colspan="2"> file help <Th_colspan="2"> Music video <Td_colspan="2"> `` Funkytown '' ( TopPop , 1982 ) on YouTube <Td_colspan="2"> `` Funkytown '' is a song by American disco act Lipps Inc. from their debut album Mouth to Mouth ( 1979 ) . It was released as the album 's lead single in 1980 . `` Funkytown '' held a unique record for reaching the number one spot in 28 countries , more than any other single release until Madonna 's `` Hung Up '' reached number one in 41 countries in 2005 . It reached the top spot in the United States , Germany , Canada , Austria , Switzerland , Norway , the Netherlands , and Australia , among many others . Contents 1 Background and composition 2 Chart performance 3 Track listings 4 Charts and certifications 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 4.3 Certifications and sales 5 Pseudo Echo version 5.1 Track listings 5.2 Charts 5.2. 1 Weekly charts 5.2. 2 Year - end charts 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Background and composition ( edit ) Written by Steven Greenberg and sung by Cynthia Johnson , the song expresses the singer 's pining for a metaphorical place that will `` keep me movin ' , keep me groovin ' with some energy '' . It was written while the band lived in Minneapolis with dreams of moving to New York . Chart performance ( edit ) `` 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 also hit the number one spot on the disco chart in 1980 . It also reached no . 2 in the United Kingdom , and Sweden , as well as on the U.S. soul chart ( it was held out of the top spot of the Billboard Soul Chart by `` Let 's Get Serious '' by Jermaine Jackson for five weeks , from May 24 to June 21 ) . The song was Lipps Inc 's only American Top 40 hit . Track listings ( edit ) 7 '' single `` Funkytown '' -- 4 : 00 `` All Night Dancing '' -- 3 : 09 12 '' single `` Funkytown '' -- 7 : 51 `` All Night Dancing '' -- 3 : 09 Charts and certifications ( edit ) Weekly charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1980 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100 ) France ( IFOP ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) Ireland ( IRMA ) Israel Italy ( FIMI ) 5 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Norway ( VG - lista ) South Africa ( Springbok Radio ) 5 Spain ( AFYVE ) Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Hot Disco Singles US Billboard Hot Soul Singles US Cash Box US Record World Year - end charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1980 ) Rank Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 9 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 14 France ( IFOP ) 16 Italy ( FIMI ) 30 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 5 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 10 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 7 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) US Billboard Hot 100 8 US Cash Box 10 Certifications and sales ( edit ) Region Certification Certified units / Sales Canada ( Music Canada ) 2 × Platinum 300,000 France ( SNEP ) Gold 590,000 Germany ( BVMI ) Gold 250,000 United Kingdom ( BPI ) Silver 250,000 United States ( RIAA ) Platinum 2,000,000 Total available sales : 3,390,000 <Td_colspan="3"> sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone Pseudo Echo version ( edit ) <Th_colspan="2"> `` Funkytown '' <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Pseudo Echo <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Love an Adventure B - side `` Lies Are Nothing '' Released 1986 Format 7 '' vinyl Genre Rock dance - rock Length 4 : 53 ( album version ) 3 : 40 ( single version ) 6 : 36 ( Dance Mix ) Label RCA Records Songwriter ( s ) Steven Greenberg Producer ( s ) Brian Canham <Th_colspan="2"> Pseudo Echo singles chronology <Td_colspan="2"> `` Try '' ( 1986 ) `` Funkytown '' ( 1986 ) `` Take On the World '' ( 1987 ) <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video <Td_colspan="2"> `` Funkytown '' on YouTube <Td_colspan="2"> In 1986 , `` Funkytown '' was covered by Australian band Pseudo Echo , who gave the song a different sound , with a guitar solo in the middle of their version . Pseudo Echo 's version spent seven weeks at no . 1 in Australia ( Lipps Inc. 's was at no . 1 for only two weeks in Australia ) , and was also a no . 6 US hit in July of the following year , and in August a no . 1 hit in Canada . Mirroring Lipps Inc 's experience , Pseudo Echo 's version was that group 's only US Top 40 hit . This version of `` Funky Town '' by Pseudo Echo was played in the 1987 sequel comedy film Revenge of the Nerds II : Nerds in Paradise . Track listings ( edit ) 7 '' Single ( EMI 1883 ) `` Funkytown '' -- 3 : 40 `` 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 ( edit ) Weekly charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1986 -- 1987 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 13 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 40 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) 16 Ireland ( IRMA ) 12 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) South Africa ( Springbok Radio ) Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 9 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 11 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 8 US Billboard Hot 100 6 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play US Billboard Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Singles Sales US Cash Box 12 Year - end charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1986 ) Rank Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 93 Chart ( 1987 ) Rank Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 19 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 17 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) US Billboard Hot 100 99 US Top Dance Sales 12 - inch Singles 37 See also ( edit ) 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. ) References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Huey , Steve . `` Lipps , Inc . -- Artist Biography '' . AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved June 26 , 2013 . Jump up ^ Pickow , Peter ; Appleby , Amy ( 1988 ) . The Billboard Book of Song Writing . Billboard Publications . p. 146 . ^ Jump up to : `` Ultratop.be -- Lipps , Inc . -- Funkytown '' ( in Dutch ) . Ultratop 50 . Retrieved July 28 , 2013 . ^ Jump up to : `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 7799a . '' RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved May 31 , 2013 . ^ Jump up to : `` Lipps Inc . -- Awards '' . AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved May 31 , 2013 . Jump up ^ Swensson , Andrea ( September 22 , 2011 ) . `` 50 cool facts about the Minnesota music scene '' . City Pages . Retrieved July 28 , 2013 . ^ Jump up to : `` Official Singles Chart Top 100 '' . Official Charts Company . Retrieved July 28 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` The Billboard Hot R&B Singles : Week of May 24 , 1980 '' . Billboard . Retrieved May 16 , 2017 . ^ Jump up to : `` Australia No. 1 hits -- 1980 's '' . World Charts . Archived from the original on May 20 , 2011 . Retrieved June 9 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- Lipps , Inc . -- Funkytown '' ( in German ) . Ö3 Austria Top 40 . Retrieved July 28 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` MusicSeek.info -- UK , Eurochart , Billboard & Cashbox No. 1 Hits '' . Archived from the original on June 14 , 2006 ... MusicSeek.info . Jump up ^ `` Toutes les Chansons N ° 1 des Années 80 's '' ( in French ) . InfoDisc . Retrieved May 16 , 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Offiziellecharts.de -- Lipps Inc -- Funkytown '' . GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved July 28 , 2013 . ^ Jump up to : `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Funky Town '' . Irish Singles Chart . Retrieved May 31 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` Billboard Hits of the World '' . Billboard . Vol. 92 no . 28 . July 12 , 1980 . p. 51 . ISSN 0006 - 2510 . ^ Jump up to : `` I singoli più venduti del 1980 '' ( in Italian ) . Hit Parade Italia . Creative Commons . Archived from the original on October 12 , 2013 . Retrieved May 31 , 2013 . 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Jump up ^ `` CASH BOX Top 100 Singles -- Week ending MAY 31 , 1980 '' . Archived from the original on September 15 , 2012 ... Cash Box magazine . Jump up ^ `` Record World Singles '' ( PDF ) . Record World . May 31 , 1980 . p. 25 . ISSN 0034 - 1622 . Retrieved September 23 , 2017 . ^ Jump up to : `` Forum -- ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts -- Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts -- 1980s '' . Australian-charts.com . Hung Medien . Archived from the original on October 6 , 2014 . Retrieved July 10 , 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Jahreshitparade 1980 '' ( in German ) . Austriancharts.at . Hung Medien . Retrieved July 10 , 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Jaaroverzichten 1980 '' ( in Dutch ) . Ultratop . Hung Medien . Retrieved July 10 , 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Singles '' . RPM . Vol. 34 no . 6 . December 20 , 1980 . Retrieved May 16 , 2016 . Jump up ^ `` TOP -- 1980 '' ( in French ) . Top-france.fr . Retrieved May 16 , 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Top 100 - Jaaroverzicht van 1980 '' ( in Dutch ) . Dutch Top 40 . 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External links ( edit ) Official website Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics <Th_colspan="2"> Lipps Inc . <Td_colspan="2"> Steven Greenberg Cynthia Johnson Melanie Rosales Margaret Cox Studio albums Mouth to Mouth ( 1979 ) Pucker Up ( 1980 ) Designer Music ( 1981 ) Singles `` Funkytown '' `` How Long '' <Td_colspan="2"> Book : Lipps Inc . <Th_colspan="2"> Pseudo Echo Studio albums Autumnal Park Love an Adventure Race Teleporter Ultraviolet Live albums Live at the Viper Room Compilation albums Long Plays 83 -- 87 Best Adventures Singles `` Listening '' `` A Beat for You '' `` Dancing Until Midnight '' `` Stranger in Me '' `` Do n't Go '' `` Love an Adventure '' `` Living in a Dream '' `` Try '' `` Funkytown '' `` Take On the World '' `` Fooled Again '' `` Over Tomorrow '' Related articles Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Funkytown&oldid=853593570 '' Categories : 1979 songs 1980 singles 1986 singles Lipps Inc. songs Pseudo Echo songs Casablanca Records singles Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Billboard Dance Club Songs number - one singles Dutch Top 40 number - one singles Single Top 100 number - one singles European Hot 100 Singles number - one singles Debut singles Number - one singles in Australia Number - one singles in France Number - one singles in Germany Number - one singles in New Zealand Number - one singles in Norway Number - one singles in Spain Number - one singles in Switzerland RCA Records singles RPM Top Singles number - one singles Ultratop 50 Singles ( Flanders ) number - one singles Hidden categories : CS1 French - language sources ( fr ) CS1 Italian - language sources ( it ) CS1 Spanish - language sources ( es ) CS1 German - language sources ( de ) CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) Use mdy dates from November 2013 Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May 2016 Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart making named ref Singlechart usages for Canadatopsingles Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Germany2 Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Norway Singlechart usages for Sweden Singlechart usages for Switzerland Singlechart usages for UK Certification Table Entry usages for Canada Certification Table Entry usages for France Certification Table Entry usages for Germany Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano Napulitano Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 5 August 2018 , at 21 : 09 ( UTC ) . 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