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"Whip It" is a song by American new wave band Devo from their third studio album Freedom of Choice (1980). It is a new wave and synth-pop song that features a synthesizer , electric guitar, bass guitar, and drums in its instrumentation.
Freedom of Choice (stylized as F R E E D O M O F C H O I C E) is the third studio album by the American new wave band Devo, released in May 1980 on Warner Bros. Records.The album contained their biggest hit, "Whip It", which hit No. 8 and No. 14 on the Billboard Club Play Singles and Pop Singles charts, respectively.
Gerald Vincent Casale (/ k ə ˈ s ɔː l iː / kə-SAW-lee) (né Pizzute; born July 28, 1948) is an American musician.He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, co-lead vocalist and bass player of the new wave band Devo, which released a top 20 hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It".
“We were hoping that we were just a little overly paranoid,” Mark Mothersbaugh says drily, reflecting on Devo's prescient messaging and society's past half-century of de-evolution.
The band had a No. 14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", the song that gave the band mainstream popularity. Devo's music and visual presentation (including stage shows and costumes) mingle kitsch science fiction themes, deadpan surrealist humor and mordantly satirical social commentary.
Directed by Chris Smith, 'Devo' dives into the history of the plastic-clad band of Ohio art students who brought subversive ideas to the 1980s mainstream. Still whipping it good, Devo looks back ...
Compiles all but one of the tracks from Devo's two E-Z Listening Muzak Cassettes, which had been available only through Club Devo in 1981 and 1984, respectively, consisting of instrumental versions of classic Devo songs performed in the style of easy listening Muzak or new-age music. 1990 Hardcore Devo: Volume One. Released: August 17, 1990
Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (/ ˈ m ʌ ð ər z b ɔː /; born May 18, 1950) is an American musician and composer.He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, lead vocalist and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, whose "Whip It" was a top 20 single in the US in 1980, peaking at No. 14, and which has since maintained a cult following.