Lipps Inc - Funkytown (1979) - with Cynthia Johnson singing the lead



Today in 1980, Lipps Inc went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Funkytown". The disco hit was also a No. 1 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Australia and The Netherlands. It reached No. 2 in the U.K. It was written by musician, composer, and record producer Steven Greenberg and sung by Cynthia Johnson. Fun fact: Greenberg reportedly wrote the song while the band was living in Minneapolis with dreams of moving to New York. 



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