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type	wsb:Song
sameAs	Funkytown
title	Funkytown
has format	Gramophone record
subject	1980 singles Number-one singles in New Zealand Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Dutch Top 40 number-one singles Number-one singles in Australia Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles Number-one singles in Norway Number-one singles in Spain RPM Top Singles number-one singles 1986 singles Number-one singles in Germany Number-one singles in Switzerland Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles Number-one debut singles 1979 songs Disco songs Alvin and the Chipmunks songs Lipps Inc. songs Number-one singles in France Casablanca Records singles Funk songs
abstract	%22Funkytown%22 is a song by American band Lipps Inc., which appears on their 1979 debut album, Mouth to Mouth. It was released as a single in March 1980. Written by Steven Greenberg and sung by Cynthia Johnson, the song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will %22keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy%22.It was written while the band lived in Minneapolis 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 %22Hung Up%22 reached 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. The song was Lipps Inc's only US Top 40 hit.
schema:author	Steven Greenberg (musician)
homepage	http://lyrics.wikia.com/David_Seville:Funkytown
universally unique identifier	5714decc25ac0d8aee3ef037
wikipedia	wikipedia-en:Funkytown
schema:releaseDate	1980-03-11(xsd:dateTime)
producer	Steven Greenberg (musician)
track number	7(xsd:integer)
schema:album	Alvin And The Chipmunks
schema:award	Gold Silver Platinum
wsb:has_explicit_lyrics	0(xsd:integer)
wsb:language_detected	english
wsb:rank	0(xsd:integer)
wsb:record_label	RCA Records Casablanca Records
wsb:recording_description	1979
wsb:spotify_page	https://play.spotify.com/track/3hIzoMVGAIcVlHWN85DQWz
wsb:title_without_accent	Funkytown
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wsb:has_social_tags	0(xsd:integer)
wsb:valence	0.248840(xsd:float)

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