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It is Lipps Inc.'s only US Top 40 hit single. [ 9 ] 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.
Lipps, Inc. (/ ˈ l ɪ p s ɪ ŋ k / LIP-sink, a pun on the phrase "lip sync") was an American disco and funk group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group is best known for the chart-topping 1980 worldwide hit single " Funkytown ", which hit No. 1 in 28 countries and was certified as double platinum in sales.
Mouth to Mouth is the debut studio album by the American disco/funk group Lipps Inc., released in November 1979 by Casablanca Records.It spawned the worldwide platinum hit "Funkytown", which reached #1 in 28 countries.
Lipps Inc.'s full-length Designer Music was a huge success in Mexico and in Central and South America, and it made Top 10 on the Billboard Disco chart. Designer Music also earned gold and platinum elsewhere, including Mexico and Hong Kong, but no subsequent song matched the success of "Funkytown" in the United States.
In 1980, she was asked to become the face of the studio band Lipps Inc. in the Netherlands, which had a big hit with "Funkytown". In spring 1980, the record also reached the number 1 position in the Netherlands on the then-three hit lists on the Dutch public radio station Hilversum 3 : the Dutch Top 40 , the National Hitparade and the TROS Top 50.
Funkytown" is a 1979 disco song performed by Lipps Inc. and covered many times. Funkytown or Funky Town may also refer to: Funkytown, a Canadian drama film released in 2010 (festival circuit) and 2011 (wide release) Funky Town (Camp Mulla album), 2012; Funky Town (T-Bone Walker album), 1968
Johnson was the lead singer of the popular Minneapolis-based band Lipps Inc., best known for its 1980 song "Funkytown".The song hit No. 1 in 28 countries, sold more than 35 million copies worldwide, and earned a place in the "One-Hit Wonders" section of the Rock & Roll Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
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