Genius Of Love [Original Club Mix] - Tom Tom Club (1981)
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Uploaded on Aug 12, 2010
"Genius Of Love" is a 1981 song by Tom Tom Club from their eponymous debut album, "Tom Tom Club". Although the album had not been released in North America, over a hundred thousand copies of the single sold there as imports from Island Records UK, at which point Sire Records made a deal to release the single and the album in North America in late 1981. "Genius Of Love" was a huge hit, peaking at #31 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, all the way to #2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and #1 on the Hot Dance/Club Play chart, soon earning the "Tom Tom Club" LP a Gold Sales Award in 1982. The song is one of the most sampled rhythm tracks of all time, particularly within the rap/R&B/hip-hop genre, with dozens of unsolicited remixes and versions, by artists such as Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Mariah Carey, Mark Morrison, The X-Ecutioners, Public Enemy, Redman, Cam'Ron, 2Pac, Busta Rhymes, P.M. Dawn, 50 Cent, Dream Warriors, and T.I., just to name a few. Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband and wife team Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, both also known for being bandmembers of the group Talking Heads. Originally established as a side project from Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club comprised a loose aggregation of musicians, sound engineers and artists of the Compass Point All Stars family, including Tina Weymouth's sisters and guitarist Adrian Belew, the latter of whom toured with Weymouth and Frantz in the expanded version of Talking Heads in 1980 and 1981. Named after the dancehall in the Bahamas where they rehearsed for the first time while on hiatus from Talking Heads in 1980, Tom Tom Club enjoyed early success in the dance club culture of the early 1980s. This channel is dedicated to all the great 'old school' R&B music I grew up with, the stuff that originally made me tap my feet and want to be a DJ. Funk, soul, disco, R&B, dance, hip-hop, pop . . . 60s, 70s, 80s . . . whatever you call it, it's all 'Old School' and it's all here!
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Marlon Myers 2 months ago
Oh how I miss the Summer of 1981,Cruising & enjoying life in the Big Easy, I miss those Days
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sgtbrownty 2 months ago
Although this song is more than 30 years old it will never get old to me. That bass is so funky.
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Tyrone Clark 2 hours ago
Tyrone Clark and Cynthia Armstrong Grand rapids yall, Holla at ya boy
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Danilo Berbel 3 days ago
amo essa musica meu opala e meu landau so tocava ela
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fernie espionage 4 days ago
Damn i use to bump this in my 63 impala. Brings back really good memories!!
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Gary dubour jr 5 days ago
I'm still older than this song LOL
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Lotus Hempelonium 5 days ago
Great song - horrible video! But anyway, thanks for sharing...
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Ray P 1 week ago
This is an Old School Classic, it's funky and gets you going @Summer 81, I still have the Vinyl Record with it's original cover...lol.
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heather holyland 1 week ago
old is a state of mind,,we will never be old listening to joyful music like this ....
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marcelo expedito evangelista 1 week ago
Qui saudades sinto muita falta desses tempos brilhantes da musica blak soul muitas saudades !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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chetmf 1 week ago
If you gave this song a thumbs down..............you are lame beyond fix you no taste having hump. CLASSIC!
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