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"Genius of Love" is a 1981 hit song by American new wave band Tom Tom Club from their 1981 eponymous debut studio album. The song reached number one on the Billboard Disco Top 80 chart, and was performed by Talking Heads (the group from which Tom Tom Club originated) in the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense.
Tom Tom Club is the debut studio album by American new wave band Tom Tom Club, released in 1981, containing the UK hit singles "Wordy Rappinghood", which reached No. 7 in June 1981 and "Genius of Love", which reached No. 65 in October of the same year.
Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth and as a side project from Talking Heads. [3] Their best known songs include the UK top 10 hit "Wordy Rappinghood" and the US top 40 hit "Genius of Love", both from their 1981 debut album, and a cover of The Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk" that reached the UK top 30.
Let’s be honest: Love songs always hit right in the feels. ... We already know Kendrick Lamar is a lyrical genius, so it’s not hard to sing along. Listen Now. 73. “Trip” By Ella Mai (2018)
"Fantasy" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on August 23, 1995, by Columbia Records as the lead single from her fifth album, Daydream (1995). The track was written and produced by Carey and Dave Hall. It samples Tom Tom Club's 1981 song "Genius of Love". The lyrics describe a woman who is in love with a ...
He is credited as co-writer of "Genius of Love", one of the most sampled songs in hip hop music, [3] having been re-interpreted by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in the 1982 song "It's Nasty (Genius of Love)", and sampled by Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde, the X-Ecutioners, and on Mariah Carey's No. 1 hit "Fantasy" (1995) [4] which earned ...
That same year, Brown teamed with Harrell to make "Genius Rap", a well-received record which was one of the first hip-hop records to use a sample of Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love". [ 1 ] The pair ended their professional relationship in 1987, [ 1 ] but Mr. Hyde continued recording with Profile Records, recording the solo 12", "The Witch" b/w ...
The song's beat is sampled from the song "Genius of Love" by American band Tom Tom Club. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] " Games " by Chuckii Booker was also sampled, as well as fragments from " UFO " by ESG , Cerrone's "Rocket in the Pocket", and "Feel The Heartbeat" by The Treacherous Three .