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From '' The Comm3 Sessions ''
Label: Community 3 – C3-2090
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1990
Tracklist
Back At The Plain Of Jars
01. Caught In Your Rain
02. Five Day Forecast
03. Farm Without A Phone
04. Statement From A Dead Passer By
05. Not Another Surprise
06. Backwards
07. What Am I To You?
08. More Than I Could Ask For
09. Martha
10. The Message From The Tundra
11. What Is It About
12. Ode To Mr. Average
13. His Worst Movie Ever
14. Snowdrift Over 4 Feet Tall
Feast Of The Sunfish
15. Problems Respond
16. Icicles
17. On The Hudson
18. Ability Dream
19. Reasons Of State
20. Loaded With Blanks
21. Astronauts, Cosmonauts
22. There Are Really Not...
23. Eskimo Kiss
24. Desk Set
25. Standards For Living
26. The Co-Existence
Bonus Tracks
27. Dictionary
28. Funky Town
Engineer – Albert Garzon (tracks: 15, 16, 18 to 22, 24, 25), Geoff Keehn (tracks: 1 to 14, 17, 23, 26 to 28)
Mastered By – Scott Hull
Producer – Albert Garzon
Nots
This CD combines the first two LPs and a pair of bonus tracks.
© 2016 Community 3
℗ 2016 Community 3
💿 [SONG INFO]
"Funkytown" is a song by the band Lipps Inc., with Cynthia Johnson as lead singer.
It appears on their 1979 debut album, Mouth to Mouth, and was released as a single in March 1980.
Written by Steven Greenberg, the song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy".
It was written while the band lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota with dreams of moving to New York.
It entered the Billboard Hot 100 on March 29, 1980 and spent four weeks at no. 1, beginning May 31. It also hit no. 1 on the Dance chart in the spring of 1980.
The single held a unique record for reaching number one in 28 countries, more than any other single release until Madonna's "Hung Up" hit number one in 41 countries in 2005.
It reached the top spot in the United States, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, The Netherlands, and Australia, among many others.
It also reached no. 2 in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and on the US R&B chart. "Funkytown" is often considered to be one of the last massive hits of the disco genre.
The song was Lipps Inc's only US Top 40 hit.
In popular culture
TV shows
In the Futurama episode Amazon Women in the Mood, Morbo sings "Funkytown" for a karaoke performance in a restaurant aboard a space liner.
The song is referenced in The Simpsons' episode Colonel Homer when Homer tells country singer Lurleen Lumpkin: "I can't get your song out of my mind. I haven't felt this way since Funky Town."
The song was also featured in the 229´s episode of the hit TV sitcom Friends (The One Where the Stripper Cries, season 10, episode 11).
In the South Park episode Towelie, Towelie played the tune to "Funkytown" on the keypad to get into a secret base after getting high.
Movies
The song is featured in several the films, among them:
Shrek 2,
Disaster Movie,
History of the World,
Part I and Alvin and the Chipmunks,
Contact,
The Dictator,
Selena,
Hollywood Homicide,
Revenge of the Nerds 2, amongst others.
Video games
The song is featured in the video games Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova, the US version of Beatmania, March Madness (2006) and Rayman Raving Rabbids 2.
Funkytown was also used in the video game for the movie Shrek 2.
The song as performed by Lipps Inc. also appears on the soundtrack of the 2010 video game Dance Central.
Miscellaneous
The 1980s version by Lipps Inc. is the official song for the Yahoo “Lung Cancer Support Family” Group.
The main riff in the song is reminiscent of 1971's "The Changeling" by The Doors.
Cover versions
n 1986, "Funkytown" was covered by Australian band Pseudo Echo.
Pseudo Echo's version spent seven weeks at no. 1 in Australia (Lipps Inc.'s was at no. 1 for only two weeks in Australia), and was also a no. 6 US hit in July of the following year, and in August a no. 1 hit in Canada. Despite Pseudo Echo's rock-like arrangement, on the 12" single issue of this version, the song is labelled as "Funkytown (Dance Mix)".
In 1980, it was covered by the Spanish group Parchís.
The same year, Swedish group Flamingokvintetten covered the song.
In 1981, it was included by SNK in their licensed game Fantasy, released by Rock-Ola.
In 1984, the British post-punk band The 012 covered it at about double the original speed on rock instruments, under the title "Funkytown People", on their album Let's Get Professional.
After The 012 split up, Dobson formed World Domination Enterprises, and re-recorded the song under its proper title for their 1988 album Let's Play Domination.
🔗 [LINKS]
twintonedigital.com/agitpop
Available on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/4iiupKcjE9zNK5o5WnZPH5
Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/the-comm3-sessions/1097285157
Deezer:
deezer.com/us/album/12727080
and Amazon Music:
amazon.com/Comm3-Sessions-Agitpop/dp/B01DJPOPR6
#punkcover
#punkcovers
#alternativerock
From '' The Comm3 Sessions ''
Label: Community 3 – C3-2090
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1990
Tracklist
Back At The Plain Of Jars
01. Caught In Your Rain
02. Five Day Forecast
03. Farm Without A Phone
04. Statement From A Dead Passer By
05. Not Another Surprise
06. Backwards
07. What Am I To You?
08. More Than I Could Ask For
09. Martha
10. The Message From The Tundra
11. What Is It About
12. Ode To Mr. Average
13. His Worst Movie Ever
14. Snowdrift Over 4 Feet Tall
Feast Of The Sunfish
15. Problems Respond
16. Icicles
17. On The Hudson
18. Ability Dream
19. Reasons Of State
20. Loaded With Blanks
21. Astronauts, Cosmonauts
22. There Are Really Not...
23. Eskimo Kiss
24. Desk Set
25. Standards For Living
26. The Co-Existence
Bonus Tracks
27. Dictionary
28. Funky Town
Engineer – Albert Garzon (tracks: 15, 16, 18 to 22, 24, 25), Geoff Keehn (tracks: 1 to 14, 17, 23, 26 to 28)
Mastered By – Scott Hull
Producer – Albert Garzon
Nots
This CD combines the first two LPs and a pair of bonus tracks.
© 2016 Community 3
℗ 2016 Community 3
💿 [SONG INFO]
"Funkytown" is a song by the band Lipps Inc., with Cynthia Johnson as lead singer.
It appears on their 1979 debut album, Mouth to Mouth, and was released as a single in March 1980.
Written by Steven Greenberg, the song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy".
It was written while the band lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota with dreams of moving to New York.
It entered the Billboard Hot 100 on March 29, 1980 and spent four weeks at no. 1, beginning May 31. It also hit no. 1 on the Dance chart in the spring of 1980.
The single held a unique record for reaching number one in 28 countries, more than any other single release until Madonna's "Hung Up" hit number one in 41 countries in 2005.
It reached the top spot in the United States, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, The Netherlands, and Australia, among many others.
It also reached no. 2 in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and on the US R&B chart. "Funkytown" is often considered to be one of the last massive hits of the disco genre.
The song was Lipps Inc's only US Top 40 hit.
In popular culture
TV shows
In the Futurama episode Amazon Women in the Mood, Morbo sings "Funkytown" for a karaoke performance in a restaurant aboard a space liner.
The song is referenced in The Simpsons' episode Colonel Homer when Homer tells country singer Lurleen Lumpkin: "I can't get your song out of my mind. I haven't felt this way since Funky Town."
The song was also featured in the 229´s episode of the hit TV sitcom Friends (The One Where the Stripper Cries, season 10, episode 11).
In the South Park episode Towelie, Towelie played the tune to "Funkytown" on the keypad to get into a secret base after getting high.
Movies
The song is featured in several the films, among them:
Shrek 2,
Disaster Movie,
History of the World,
Part I and Alvin and the Chipmunks,
Contact,
The Dictator,
Selena,
Hollywood Homicide,
Revenge of the Nerds 2, amongst others.
Video games
The song is featured in the video games Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova, the US version of Beatmania, March Madness (2006) and Rayman Raving Rabbids 2.
Funkytown was also used in the video game for the movie Shrek 2.
The song as performed by Lipps Inc. also appears on the soundtrack of the 2010 video game Dance Central.
Miscellaneous
The 1980s version by Lipps Inc. is the official song for the Yahoo “Lung Cancer Support Family” Group.
The main riff in the song is reminiscent of 1971's "The Changeling" by The Doors.
Cover versions
n 1986, "Funkytown" was covered by Australian band Pseudo Echo.
Pseudo Echo's version spent seven weeks at no. 1 in Australia (Lipps Inc.'s was at no. 1 for only two weeks in Australia), and was also a no. 6 US hit in July of the following year, and in August a no. 1 hit in Canada. Despite Pseudo Echo's rock-like arrangement, on the 12" single issue of this version, the song is labelled as "Funkytown (Dance Mix)".
In 1980, it was covered by the Spanish group Parchís.
The same year, Swedish group Flamingokvintetten covered the song.
In 1981, it was included by SNK in their licensed game Fantasy, released by Rock-Ola.
In 1984, the British post-punk band The 012 covered it at about double the original speed on rock instruments, under the title "Funkytown People", on their album Let's Get Professional.
After The 012 split up, Dobson formed World Domination Enterprises, and re-recorded the song under its proper title for their 1988 album Let's Play Domination.
🔗 [LINKS]
twintonedigital.com/agitpop
Available on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/4iiupKcjE9zNK5o5WnZPH5
Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/the-comm3-sessions/1097285157
Deezer:
deezer.com/us/album/12727080
and Amazon Music:
amazon.com/Comm3-Sessions-Agitpop/dp/B01DJPOPR6
#punkcover
#punkcovers
#alternativerock
