Lipps Inc. | Funky Town (1979)
Funkytown is a song by American disco act Lipps Inc. from their debut album Mouth to Mouth (1979).
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"Funytown" was released as the album's lead single in 1980.
A songwriter and producer named Steven Greenburg wrote the song when he became bored with Minneapolis and wanted to move to New York, which he called "Funkytown".
Lipps Inc. was formed especially for this song. The vocals were by Cynthia Johnson, who was Miss Black Minnesota 1976.
The group continued to record until 1985 with a changing lineup, but they failed to see the success they'd had with their first hit.