Funkytown
| "Funkytown" | ||||
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Side A of US 7-inch vinyl single | ||||
| Single by Lipps Inc. | ||||
| from the album Mouth to Mouth | ||||
| B-side | "All Night Dancing" | |||
| Released | March 11, 1980 | |||
| Studio | Sound 80 (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | |||
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| Label | Casablanca | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Steven Greenberg | |||
| Producer(s) | Steven Greenberg | |||
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| "Funkytown" on YouTube at Musikladen | ||||
"Funkytown" is a song by American disco-funk group Lipps Inc., written and produced by Steven Greenberg and released by Casablanca Records in March 1980 as the second single from the group's debut studio album, Mouth to Mouth (1979). The track was met with immediate commercial success, reaching number one on various record charts in different countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, West Germany and on the US Billboard Hot 100. It quickly became the group's signature song, selling over eight million copies worldwide and becoming their most successful song.