Lipps Inc Funky Town

Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me
Town to keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy

Well, I talk about it, talk about it
Talk about it, talk about it
Talk about, talk about
Talk about movin'

Gotta move on
Gotta move on
Gotta move on

A-won't you take me to Funkytown?
Won't you take me to Funkytown?
Won't you take me to Funkytown?
Won't you take me to Funkytown?

Won't you take me to Funkytown?
Won't you take me to Funkytown?
Won't you take me to Funkytown?
Won't you take me to Funkytown?

Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me
Town to keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy

Well, I talk about it, talk about it
Talk about it, talk about it
Talk about, talk about
Talk about movin'

Gotta move on
Gotta move on
Gotta move on

A-won't you take me to Funkytown?
Won't you take me to Funkytown?
Won't you take me to Funkytown?
Won't you take me to Funkytown?

Won't you take me to Funkytown?
Won't you take me to Funkytown?
Won't you take me to Funkytown?
Won't you take me to Funkytown?

Won't you take me down to Funkytown?
Won't you take me down to Funkytown?
Won't you take me down to Funkytown?
Won't you take me down to Funkytown?

(Won't you take me to) Funkytown?
(Won't you take me to) Funkytown?
(Won't you take me to) Funkytown?
(Won't you take me to) Funkytown?

Take me, won't you take me?
Take me, won't you take me?
Take me, won't you take me?
Take me, won't you take me?

I wanna go to Funkytown
I wanna go to Funkytown
I wanna go to Funkytown
I wanna go to Funkytown

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.[3] 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[4] 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.[5] It also reached no. 2 in the United Kingdom,[6] 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

"Funkytown"