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"Funkytown" is a song featured in the Season Five episode, "Towelie".

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  • Funkytown
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  • "Funkytown" is a song featured in the Season Five episode, "Towelie".
  • "Funkytown" is a 1980 disco hit song written by Steven Greenberg and performed by the band Lipps Inc. with Cynthia Johnson as the lead singer. The song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keeps me groovin' with some energy". It is said that the song was written while the band lived in Minneapolis, MN and with dreams of moving to New York City, NY. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Dance charts in 1980, also reaching number 1 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Australia and The Netherlands. It reached No. 2 in the UK, Sweden and on the U.S. R&B chart. "Funkytown" is often considered to be one of the last hits of the disco genre. It was Lipps Inc's only U.S. Top 40 hit.
  • "Funkytown" 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, the song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy".
  • Gotta move on Gotta move on Gotta move on 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 Time 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 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?
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  • Funkytown
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  • "Funkytown" is a song originally performed by Lipps, Inc. that is covered by The Chipmunks, first released as a single in 2008. The song is also included, as an abbreviated version, in the first CGI/live-action film, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and, as an extended version, in theĀ Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and the Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel video game.
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  • "Towelie"
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  • Steven Greenberg
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  • 1980(xsd:integer)
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  • "Funkytown" is a song featured in the Season Five episode, "Towelie".
  • Gotta move on Gotta move on Gotta move on 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 Time 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 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? Come on everybody, shake it up and down Let's get our party on in the Funkytown With ya hands up high, now take it down low Come on party people, it's time to go! 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?
  • "Funkytown" is a 1980 disco hit song written by Steven Greenberg and performed by the band Lipps Inc. with Cynthia Johnson as the lead singer. The song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keeps me groovin' with some energy". It is said that the song was written while the band lived in Minneapolis, MN and with dreams of moving to New York City, NY. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Dance charts in 1980, also reaching number 1 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Australia and The Netherlands. It reached No. 2 in the UK, Sweden and on the U.S. R&B chart. "Funkytown" is often considered to be one of the last hits of the disco genre. It was Lipps Inc's only U.S. Top 40 hit.
  • "Funkytown" 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, the song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy".
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