This song is very special to me, since it was the song he listened to every Saturday while he had a beer, and while he listened to it he told me what this song reminded him of, so this song is dedicated to him.
It was the late seventies and disco was in full swing, but things were about to change, people's tastes were changing, they were tired of disco, and it was around this time that Lipps Inc came along.
The Lipps Company was a studio band with one hit single, "Funkytown" in 1979. The song was the last number one disco song in the United States.
The group was formed in Minneapolis by Steven Greenberg, who wrote and produced all of the group's music and played a variety of instruments. The lead singer is Cynthia Johnson, and the rest of the band is made up of ever-changing guest musicians.
Their hit "Funkytown" was #1 on Billboard's Main and Dance (Hot Dance/Club Play) charts for 4 weeks. She gets a platinum record. It is also number two in England and has achieved worldwide success, with number one in Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, and West Germany, as well as several Latin American countries.