The best music: from the 90s | Rising Star Giveaway - Reward 10000 Starbits diary Round 62

"Funkytown", a song by American Lipps Inc., was released as a single on February 18, 1980 to promote their hit LP Mouth to Mouth. The group, with its experimental and unique musical tone, was founded by producer and composer Stephen Greenberg. He attracted to his project a beautiful black woman named Cynthia Johnson, who had great vocal talent and was skilled at playing the saxophone. As if that were not enough, the artist also has experience as a model on her resume, including winning the Miss Minnesota pageant in 1976. It should be noted that the rest of the band is made up of several session musicians who change depending on the season. . progresses and the band releases singles.

After "launching" his musical project, Greenberg himself wrote the songs that would become his successful and spectacular debut. The inspiration for his masterpiece came after he was arrested in his hometown of Minneapolis, where he was unable to achieve anything with what were perceived as few artistic opportunities, but at the same time gave them to more powerful people or friends. . world. "on." "province". One day he packed his bags and left for New York, where the art world of the time was taking over and happening in the late 1970s. That's why Greenberg nicknamed the city "Funkytown" and dedicated a powerful song to it that little Little by little it became history.

After finishing, he decided to record with Lipps Inc. This was the beginning of his fame and when they realized that everyone was dancing to their songs, they were as surprised as the managers of their record company in Casablanca. , little attention was paid to this musical project. "Funkytown," which bears a striking resemblance to the guitar riff used in The Doors' "Changeling," spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. America had already switched to funk-disco rhythms and earned the group a platinum album.

In the United Kingdom the situation was similar, reaching number 2 on the charts, and the same story was repeated in Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Canada, Belgium, Norway, New Zealand and Australia. In the latter case, the song even received an unexpected remake in 1986, when a group called Pseudo Echo decided to replace the synthesizers with electric guitars and create a unique version that reached number 6 on Billboard.

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