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{{Short description|Lipps Inc. single from 1980}}
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{{Use American English|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Funkytown
| image         = Funkytown by Lipps Inc US single side A.png
| alt           = 
| caption       = Side A of US 7-inch vinyl single
| type          = [[Single (music)|Single]]
| artist        = [[Lipps Inc.]]
| album         = [[Mouth to Mouth (Lipps Inc. album)|Mouth to Mouth]]
| B-side        = All Night Dancing
| released      = March 11, 1980<ref>{{cite book|first= Norm N. |last= Nite |author-link= Norm N. Nite |year= 1985 |title= Rock On: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock n' Roll : The Video Revolution, 1978-present |page= 189 |publisher= [[Harper & Row]] |isbn= 978-0-06-181644-4}}</ref>
| recorded      = <!-- Do not add an uncited recording year -->
| studio        = [[Sound 80]] ([[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]])
| venue         = 
| genre         = 
* [[Funk]]<ref>{{cite book|first1= Peter |last1= Pickow |first2= Amy |last2= Appleby |year= 1988 |title= The Billboard Book of Song Writing |publisher= Billboard Publications |page= 146}}</ref><ref name= "AS 2024">{{cite web|last= Casalena|first= Em|title= 4 One-Hit Wonders That Accidentally Defined Genres|website= [[American Songwriter]]|date= January 11, 2025|url= https://americansongwriter.com/4-one-hit-wonders-that-accidentally-defined-genres/|accessdate= January 11, 2025}}</ref>
* [[disco]]<ref name= "Billboard Pop 500"/><ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= Lipps, Inc. – Artist Biography |website= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= June 26, 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lipps-inc-mn0000243932/biography}}</ref>
* [[Minneapolis sound]]<ref name= "Billboard Pop 500">{{cite magazine|last= Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url= https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/|date= October 19, 2023|accessdate= February 11, 2024|quote= The Minneapolis Sound jam that makes moving to another city sound about 10000x more fun than it is in practice, and proof that disco didn’t go the way of the dodo as soon as the calendar turned to 1980.}}</ref>
* [[synth-pop]]<ref name= "Breihan 2020">{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Lipps, Inc.'s "Funkytown"|website= [[Stereogum]] |date= March 25, 2020 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2077732/the-number-ones-lipps-inc-s-funkytown/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= ...but it does bridge eras in a similar way, connecting the dying embers of disco to the bleepy synthpop that was still taking shape in 1980... yet the song’s chilly sparseness...look[s] forward into the coming synthpop explosion of the ’80s.|accessdate= July 15, 2023}}</ref>
* [[dance-pop]]<ref name= "Marsh 1989">{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Marsh|title=The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t5DYDniSHEC|date=1989|publisher=[[Plume (publisher)|Plume]]|isbn=0-452-26305-0|page=141}}</ref>
| length        = 
* 7:50 (album version)
* 3:59 (single version)
* 2:45 (video version)
| label         = [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]]
| writer        = [[Steven Greenberg (musician)|Steven Greenberg]]
| producer      = Steven Greenberg
| prev_title    = [[Rock It (Lipps Inc. song)|Rock It]]
| prev_year     = 1979
| next_title    = [[How Long (Ace song)#Cover versions|How Long]]
| next_year     = 1980
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|uhzy7JaU2Zc|"Funkytown"}} at ''[[Musikladen]]''}}
}}

"'''Funkytown'''" is a song by American [[disco]]-[[funk]] group [[Lipps Inc.]], written and produced by [[Steven Greenberg (musician)|Steven Greenberg]] and released by [[Casablanca Records]] in March 1980 as the second [[Single (music)|single]] from the group's debut studio album, ''[[Mouth to Mouth (Lipps Inc. album)|Mouth to Mouth]]'' (1979). The track was met with immediate commercial success, reaching number one on various [[record chart]]s in different countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, West Germany and on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="BEL"/><ref name="CAN"/><ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/> It quickly became the group's signature song, selling over eight million copies worldwide and becoming their most successful song.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|title= New Design |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= September 20, 1980 |volume= 92 |issue= 38 |page= 4 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT3}}</ref>

==Composition and lyrics==
Sung by Lipps Inc.'s lead vocalist [[Cynthia Johnson]], the tune features the narrator pining for a [[metaphor]]ical place that will "keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy", while Lipps Inc. members were dreaming of relocating from [[Minneapolis]] to [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news|first= Andrea |last= Swensson |title= 50 cool facts about the Minnesota music scene |newspaper= [[City Pages]] |date= September 22, 2011 |access-date= July 28, 2013 |url= http://www.citypages.com/music/50-cool-facts-about-the-minnesota-music-scene-6653411 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150710075808/http://www.citypages.com/music/50-cool-facts-about-the-minnesota-music-scene-6653411 |archive-date= July 10, 2015}}</ref> The song is in {{Time signature|4|4}} [[Time signature|time]] with a key of [[C major]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Funkytown by Lipps Inc. – Digital Sheet Music |website= Musicnotes.com |date= 20 October 2008 |access-date= 3 June 2021 |url= https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0068867}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
In the United States, "Funkytown" entered the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on March 29, 1980 and [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1980|spent four weeks at number one, from May 31 to June 21, 1980]]. It also topped the [[Dance Club Songs|Disco Top 60]] chart for [[List of number-one dance singles of 1980 (U.S.)|four non-consecutive weeks]]<ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/> and peaked at number two on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Soul Singles]] chart for four weeks also, from May 24 to June 21, 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title= The Billboard Hot R&B Singles: Week of May 24, 1980 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= May 16, 2017 |url= http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/1980-05-24 |archive-date= March 30, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180330051220/https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/1980-05-24 |url-status= live}}</ref> "Funkytown" was first [[Music recording certification|certified]] [[RIAA certification|Gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) on May 23, 1980 and later Platinum on July 17, 1980. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine ranked the song as the [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1980|eighth most popular single of 1980]]. It is Lipps Inc.'s only US [[Top 40]] [[Hit song|hit single]].<ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/>

Elsewhere, "Funkytown" was a number-one hit in countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and West Germany, and peaked at number two in Finland, Sweden and on the [[UK singles chart|UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="UK"/>

==Music videos==
"Funkytown" has at least two music videos. In one, an unidentified black woman [[Lip sync|lip synching]] Johnson's vocals dances with some women in a pub.<!-- The only link in HD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BacpdM4Qv8 --> In another video, [[Doris D]], who fronted Lipps Inc. in the Netherlands and West Germany, dances while lip synching the vocals.<ref>{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Lipps, Inc.'s "Funkytown" |website= [[Stereogum]] |date= March 25, 2020 |access-date= September 7, 2020 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2077732/the-number-ones-lipps-inc-s-funkytown/franchises/columns/the-number-ones/ |archive-date= September 10, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200910124640/https://www.stereogum.com/2077732/the-number-ones-lipps-inc-s-funkytown/franchises/columns/the-number-ones/ |url-status= live}}</ref> Johnson's website says the singer had never been asked to perform in a video of "Funkytown".<ref>{{cite web |title=Stay Tuned for Cynthia's Book, From Funkytown to Higher Ground |url=http://cynthiajohnson.net/bio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225133731/http://cynthiajohnson.net/bio |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |access-date=March 17, 2021 |website=Cynthiajohnson.net}}</ref>

==Legacy and impact==
In 1997, [[Disc jockey|DJ]] [[John Acquaviva]] listed "Funkytown" with his top ten tracks, saying "It's always been one of my favorite songs. It's got an amazing [[bassline]] that sounds great on a good system and people love it."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-11-15.pdf|title=Jock On His Box|magazine=[[Music Week]], in RM (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=November 15, 1997|page=4|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref> In October 2000, [[VH1]] ranked the song number 64 in their list of "100 Greatest Dance Songs".<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Greatest Dance Songs|url=http://vh-1.com/insidevh1/shows/100greatestlist/100dance.jhtml|publisher=[[VH1]]|date=October 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020324113157/http://vh-1.com/insidevh1/shows/100greatestlist/100dance.jhtml|archive-date=March 24, 2002|access-date=April 11, 2025}}</ref> In 2009, it was ranked number 94 on ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'}}s "The 100 Greatest Summer Songs": "This one-hit wonder belonged to the tail end of the [[disco]] era but also presaged the [[techno-pop]] epoch about to come ... totally synthetic, totally cool."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20201383_20201385_20202309_6,00.html|title=The 100 Greatest Summer Songs: Nos. 100–76|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227060042/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20201383_20201385_20202309_6,00.html |access-date=April 2, 2025|archive-date=February 27, 2009 }}</ref> Same year, VH1 ranked the song number 37 on its list of the "100 Greatest [[One-hit wonder|One Hit Wonders]] of the 1980s".<ref>{{cite web|first= Rahsheeda |last= Ali |title= 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s |website= [[VH1]] |date= May 2, 2013 |access-date= October 8, 2018 |url= https://www.vh1.com/news/58qjan/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s |archive-date= July 30, 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170730134511/http://www.vh1.com/news/1243/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s/}}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' ranked it number 44 on its list of "The 100 best party songs", writing, {{"'}}Funkytown' expresses a simple, repetitive yearning for the pulse of a bigger city, goosed by a killer ten-note [[Synthesizer|synth]] [[riff]]. "''Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me''", sings Cynthia Johnson in a robotic, [[Vocoder|vocoderized]] voice (a precursor to the [[Auto-Tune]] sound) before busting out an unmodified, [[Soul music|soul]]ful wail, pleading for a trip to the party destination of her dreams. Released in 1980, 'Funkytown' came late to the disco party, but gave it a jolt of electricity."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The 100 best party songs |magazine= [[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |date= March 8, 2018 |access-date= October 4, 2018 |url= https://www.timeout.com/london/music/best-party-songs |archive-date= October 30, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201030172731/https://www.timeout.com/london/music/best-party-songs |url-status= live}}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Dotdash Meredith|ThoughtCo.]]'' ranked the song number seven on its list of the "25 Best [[Dance-pop|Dance Pop]] Songs of All Time".<ref>{{cite web|first= Bill |last= Lamb |title= 25 Best Dance Pop Songs of All Time |website= [[Dotdash|ThoughtCo]] |date= May 1, 2018 |access-date= October 6, 2018 |url= https://www.thoughtco.com/best-dance-pop-songs-4147273 |url-status= live |archive-date= October 6, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181006075519/https://www.thoughtco.com/best-dance-pop-songs-4147273}}</ref>

==Track listing and formats==
All tracks were written and produced by [[Steven Greenberg (musician)|Steven Greenberg]].

* '''US [[Single (music)#Types of physical singles|7-inch]] [[Phonograph record|vinyl]] single <small>(810 326-7)</small>'''
:A1. "Funkytown" – 3:57
:B1. "All Night Dancing" – 3:09

* '''Australian [[Twelve-inch single|12-inch]] vinyl single <small>(6198 342)</small>'''
:A1. "Funkytown" – 7:46
:B1. "All Night Dancing" – 8:18

* '''Mexican 12-inch vinyl single <small>(3027)</small>'''
:A1. "Funkytown" (Super Disco version) – 12:43
:B1. "All Night Dancing" – 3:09

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!Chart (1980)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Argentina (Prensario)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1980/CB-1980-07-05.pdf|title=Argentina - Top 45s|magazine=[[Cash Box magazine|Cash Box]]|page=42 (scroll to page 268)|date=5 July 1980|access-date=12 May 2024}}</ref>
|align="center"|9
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="AUS">{{Cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |year=1993 |title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] |edition=illustrated |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] |isbn=0-646-11917-6}} '''n.b.''' The Kent Report chart was licensed by [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) from mid-1983 until 19 June 1988.</ref>{{rp|178}}
|align="center"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Lipps, Inc.|song=Funkytown|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|Flanders|1|artist=Lipps, Inc.|song=Funkytown|access-date=July 28, 2013|refname="BEL"}}
|-
{{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=7799a|access-date=May 31, 2013|refname="CAN"}}
|-
|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite web|title= UK, Eurochart, Billboard & Cashbox No.1 Hits |website= MusicSeek.info |url= http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1980.htm |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060614052109/http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1980.htm |archive-date= June 14, 2006}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|Finland (''[[Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]]'')<ref>{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=149|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Lipps Inc.|page=149|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=July 2, 2022|language=fi}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
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|France ([[Institut français d'opinion publique|IFOP]])<ref>{{cite web|title= Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 80's |website= InfoDisc |access-date= May 16, 2016 |url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Chanson_Number1_80.php |url-status= live |archive-date= April 23, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160423100000/http://www.infodisc.fr/Chanson_Number1_80.php |language= fr}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
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{{singlechart|Ireland2|3|song=Funky Town|access-date=May 31, 2013}}
|-
|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |title=Classifiche |work=[[Musica e dischi]] |language=it |access-date=June 5, 2022}} ''Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "Funky town" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".''</ref>
|align="center"|5
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{{singlechart|Dutch40|1|year=1980|week=22|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
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{{singlechart|Dutch100|1|artist=Lipps, Inc.|song=Funkytown|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Lipps, Inc.|song=Funkytown|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
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{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Lipps, Inc.|song=Funkytown|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
|-
|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969–1989 Acts (L) |website= Rock.co.za |access-date= July 28, 2013 |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(L).html |url-status= live |archive-date= April 26, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110426161312/http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_%28L%29.html}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
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|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|Promusicae]])<ref>{{cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |date= September 2005 |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition= 1st |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Spain |isbn= 84-8048-639-2 |language= es}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
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{{singlechart|Sweden|2|artist=Lipps, Inc.|song=Funkytown|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
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{{singlechart|Switzerland|1|artist=Lipps, Inc.|song=Funkytown|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|2|date=19800628|artist=Lipps Inc.|access-date=July 28, 2013|refname="UK"}}
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="Lipps Inc. awards">{{cite web|title= Lipps Inc. – Awards |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= May 31, 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lipps-inc-mn0000243932/awards |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 1, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130501000332/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lipps-inc-mn0000243932/awards}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
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|US [[Dance Club Songs|Disco Top 60]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/><br /><small>(with "All Night Dancing")</small>
|align="center"|1
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|US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Soul Singles]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Lipps Inc. awards"/>
|align="center"|2
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|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|Top 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine |title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MAY 31, 1980 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19800531.html |archive-date= September 15, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120915070855/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19800531.html |accessdate= July 10, 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|align="center"|1
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|US ''[[Record World]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Record World Singles |magazine= [[Record World]] |date= May 31, 1980 |page= 25 |issn= 0034-1622 |access-date= September 23, 2017 |url= http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/80s/80/Record-World-1980-05-31.pdf}}</ref>
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{{singlechart|West Germany|1|artist=Lipps Inc|song=Funkytown|songid=652|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1980)
!Rank
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|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="AUS" />{{rp|432}}
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|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jahreshitparade 1980 |publisher= Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://www.austriancharts.at/1980_single.asp |url-status= live |archive-date= October 14, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131014174716/http://www.austriancharts.at/1980_single.asp |language= de}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
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|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten 1980 |publisher= [[Ultratop]]. Hung Medien |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1980 |url-status= live |archive-date= March 21, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190321100333/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1980 |language= nl}}</ref>
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|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0272.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 of 1980 - December 20, 1980}}</ref>
|align="center"|14
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|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1980 |publisher= [[Dutch Top 40]] |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1980 |url-status= live |archive-date= March 30, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190330120825/https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1980 |language= nl}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
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|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten – Single 1980 |publisher= [[Single Top 100]]. Hung Medien |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1980&cat=s |url-status= live |archive-date= March 24, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190324103121/https://www.dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1980&cat=s |language= nl}}</ref>
|align="center"|10
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|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|title= End of Year Charts 1979 |publisher= Recorded Music New Zealand |access-date= May 16, 2016 |url= https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1980-12-31 |url-status= live |archive-date= August 24, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180824034312/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3869}}</ref>
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|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|title= Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1980 |publisher= Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1980 |url-status= live |archive-date= July 29, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100729114343/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1980 |language= de}}</ref>
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|US [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1980|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 100 Hits for 1980 |website= The Longbored Surfer |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1980 |url-status= live |archive-date= August 4, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140804122754/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1980}}</ref>
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|US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{cite magazine |title= The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1980 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1980YESP.html |archive-date= September 15, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120915071244/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1980YESP.html |accessdate= July 10, 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
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==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=Lipps Inc|title=Funky Town|award=Platinum|relyear=1981|certyear=1981|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Glenn A. |last= Baker |title= Local Talent and the Indies: Scoring High on World and Home Courts |magazine= [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] |via= World Radio History |volume= 93 |issue= 18 |page= ANZ-23 |date= May 9, 1981 |access-date= December 5, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-05-09.pdf |url-status= live |archive-date= December 5, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211205144906/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-05-09.pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Lipps Inc|title=Funkytown|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1980|certyear=1980|salesamount=300,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-01-24.pdf|title=Juno Album, Singles Data|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|via=World Radio History|page=102|date=January 24, 1981|accessdate=January 13, 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|artist=Lipps Inc.|title=Funkytown|award=Gold|relyear=1980|certyear=1980|source=infodisc|access-date=25 November 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Lipps Inc.|title=Funkytown|award=Gold|relyear=1980|certyear=1980}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|type=single|artist=Lipps Inc.|title=Funkytown|nocert=true|relyear=1980|salesamount=1,000,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|date=February 28, 1981|title=Mexico Hot For Lipps, Vice Versa|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-02-28.pdf|magazine=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]|page=52|access-date=October 23, 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Lipps Inc|title=Funkytown|award=Platinum|relyear=1980|certyear=2023|source=radioscope|access-date=September 29, 2024|refname=RMNZ}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Lipps Inc|title=Funky Town|award=Silver|relyear=1980|certyear=1980|id=2449-425-1|note=Physical|access-date=September 29, 2024|refname=BPI}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Lipps Inc|title=Funkytown|award=Gold|relyear=2004|certyear=2024|id=20383-425-1|note=Digital|access-date=September 29, 2024|refname=BPI1}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Lipps Inc|title=Funkytown|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1980|certyear=2025|refname="RIAA"|salesamount=3,000,000|salesref=<ref name="billboard"/>|access-date= October 3, 2025 }}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=true|salesamount=8,000,000|salesref=<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|title= New Design |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= September 20, 1980 |volume= 92 |issue= 38 |page= 4 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT3}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

==Pseudo Echo version==
{{Infobox song
| name          = Funkytown
| cover         = Funkytown Pseudo Echo.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Pseudo Echo]]
| album         = [[Love an Adventure]]
| B-side        = Lies Are Nothing
| released      = {{Start date|1986|11|17|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title= Singles: New Releases |issue= 644 |date= November 17, 1986 |publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |via= [[Imgur]] |access-date= December 3, 2019 |url= https://imgur.com/NhK5UOd |url-status= live |archive-date= December 19, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211219090045/https://imgur.com/NhK5UOd}}</ref>
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| genre         = {{flat list|
* [[Rock music|Rock]]<ref>{{cite news|title= Here's 100 great songs designed to be the soundtrack to your summer |publisher= [[News.com.au]] |date= December 13, 2014 |access-date= May 16, 2016 |url= http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/heres-100-great-songs-designed-to-be-the-soundtrack-to-your-summer/news-story/6e50bb4ae914eb2d16978970aecd5aa5 |url-status= live |archive-date= August 26, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170826183344/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/heres-100-great-songs-designed-to-be-the-soundtrack-to-your-summer/news-story/6e50bb4ae914eb2d16978970aecd5aa5}}</ref>
* [[dance-rock]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Michael |last= Sutton |title= Pseudo Echo – Love an Adventure |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= June 26, 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-an-adventure-mw0000192548 |url-status= live |archive-date= March 29, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150329000621/http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-an-adventure-mw0000192548}}</ref>}}
| length        = 4:54 (Australian single version/video mix)<br />3:40 (single version)<br />6:35 (Australian album version/dance mix)
| label         = {{flat list|
* [[RCA Records|RCA]]
* [[EMI Records|EMI]]}}
| writer        = [[Steven Greenberg (musician)|Steven Greenberg]]
| producer      = Brian Canham
| prev_title    = [[Try (Pseudo Echo song)|Try]]
| prev_year     = 1986
| next_title    = [[Take On the World (Pseudo Echo song)|Take On the World]]
| next_year     = 1987
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|uE-itlGNap4|"Funkytown"}}}}
}}

In 1986, "'''Funkytown'''" was [[Cover version|cover]]ed by [[Australia]]n [[New wave music|new wave]] [[Band (rock and pop)|band]] [[Pseudo Echo]] in [[Rock music|rock]] form on their album ''[[Love an Adventure]]'', including a [[guitar solo]] in the middle. It reached number six on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and spent seven weeks at number one in Australia and six weeks at number one in New Zealand. Like the original song by Lipps Inc., Pseudo Echo's version of the track is the band's only UK Top 40 hit single.

===Track listing and formats===
* '''US 7-inch vinyl single''' ([[EMI Records|EMI]] 1883)
:A1. "Funkytown" – 3:40
:B1. "Lies Are Nothing" – 3:58

* '''12-inch vinyl maxi single''' (ED 237) / ([[RCA Records|RCA]] 5217–7)
:A1. "Funkytown" (Dance Mix) – 6:32
:B1. "Funkytown" – 3:40
:B2. "Lies Are Nothing" – 3:58

===Charts===
{{col-begin|width=74%}}
{{col-2}}

====Weekly charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1986–1987)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="AUS"/>{{rp|241}}
|align="center"|1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|13|artist=Pseudo Echo|song=Funky Town|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|Flanders|40|artist=Pseudo Echo|song=Funky Town|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=0847|artist=Pseudo Echo|access-date=June 4, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|Ireland2|12|song=Funky Town|access-date=May 31, 2013}}
|-
|Italy Airplay (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-10-10.pdf|title=European Playlist Reports: RAI - Italy|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=4|issue=40|page=18|date=10 October 1987}}</ref>
|align="center"|17
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Pseudo Echo|song=Funky Town|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
|-
|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969–1989 Acts (P) |website= Rock.co.za |access-date= July 28, 2013 |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(P).html |url-status= live |archive-date= August 11, 2003 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030811074221/http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(P).html}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
{{singlechart|Sweden|9|artist=Pseudo Echo|song=Funky Town|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|11|artist=Pseudo Echo|song=Funky Town|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|8|date=19870829|artist=Pseudo Echo|access-date=July 28, 2013}}
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="Pseudo Echo awards">{{cite web|title= Pseudo Echo – Awards |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= May 31, 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pseudo-echo-mn0000311653/awards |url-status= dead |archive-date= December 19, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211219090046/https://www.allmusic.com/search/artists/pseudo+echo}}</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|US [[Dance Club Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Pseudo Echo awards"/>
|align="center"|4
|-
|US [[Dance/Electronic Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Pseudo Echo awards"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|Top 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine |title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JULY 11, 1987 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19870711.html |archive-date= October 6, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121006043446/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19870711.html |accessdate= July 10, 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|align="center"|12
|-
{{singlechart|West Germany|16|artist=Pseudo Echo|song=Funky Town|songid=1667|access-date=February 18, 2019}}
|}
{{col-2}}

====Year-end charts====
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1986)
!Rank
|-
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus86">{{cite magazine|url=https://i.imgur.com/F7ais40.jpg|title=National Top 100 Singles for 1986|magazine=[[Kent Music Report]]|issue=650|date=December 1986|via=Imgur|access-date= 24 January 2023}}</ref>
|align="center"|93
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1987)
!Rank
|-
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="AUS" />{{rp|439}}
|align="center"|19
|-
|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Top 100 Singles of '87 |magazine= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume= 47 |issue= 12 |date= December 26, 1987 |access-date= May 16, 2016 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0920&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0920.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0920 |url-status= live |archive-date= September 18, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160918125233/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0920&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0920.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0920}}</ref>
|align="center"|17
|-
|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|title= End of Year Charts 1987 |publisher= Recorded Music New Zealand |access-date= May 16, 2016 |url= https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1987-12-31 |url-status= live |archive-date= February 10, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150210184811/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3876}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|US [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1987|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Top 100 Hits for 1987 |website= The Longbored Surfer |access-date= July 10, 2014 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1987 |url-status= live |archive-date= June 13, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140613093946/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1987}}</ref>
|align="center"|99
|-
|US Dance/Electronic Singles Sales (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Top Dance Sales 12-inch Singles |magazine= Billboard |date= December 26, 1987 |volume= 99 |issue= 52 |page= Y-30 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22funky+town%22&pg=RA1-PA17}}</ref>
|align="center"|37
|}
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1988)
!Rank
|-
|South Africa (Springbok Radio)<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 20 Hit Singles of 1988 |website= Rock.co.za |access-date= May 1, 2019 |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1988.html |url-status= live |archive-date= April 4, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180404191808/http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1988.html}}</ref>
|align="center"|18
|}
{{col-end}}

===Certifications and sales===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Pseudo Echo|title=Funky Town|award=Gold|relyear=1987|certyear=1987|access-date=September 26, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Pseudo Echo|title=Funky Town|award=Gold|relyear=1986|id=1987-04-10|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=1987}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

==See also==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[List of one-hit wonders in the United States]]
*[[List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s]]
*[[Lists of number-one singles (Austria)]]
*[[List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980|List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980]]
*[[List of number-one dance singles of 1980 (U.S.)]]
*[[List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1980]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 1980 (Canada)]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 1987 (Canada)]]
*[[List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1980]]
*[[List of European number-one hits of 1980]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 1980 (France)]]
*[[List of number-one hits of 1980 (Germany)]]
*[[List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)]]
*[[List of number-one songs in Norway]]
*[[List of number-one singles of the 1980s (Switzerland)#1980|List of number-one singles of the 1980s (Switzerland)]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://funkytown.com/}}

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