Funkytown
Not to be confused with FUNKY TOWN '75.
Funkytown
Song Information
Artist: Lipps Inc.
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Steve Greenberg
Vocals: Cynthia Johnson
Album: Mouth to Mouth (1979)
BPM: 122
Length: 2:01 (beatmania), 1:48 (DanceDanceRevolution), 1:44 (pop'n music)
Genre: 80's REVIVAL
Movie: Unknown
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania (2006)
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
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 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
Song Connections / Remixes
- The DanceDanceRevolution series uses a different, shorter cut of Funkytown.
- The pop'n music series uses yet another, and even shorter cut of Funkytown.
Trivia
- Mouth to Mouth is Lipps Inc.'s debut album.
- Funkytown is considered to be the last major hit for the disco genre.
- The DanceDanceRevolution series mistakenly credits Funkytown's artist as Lipps's, Inc.
Song Production Information
None.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania (2006) difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
No difficulty ratings are shown for ポップンミュージック and its American/European counterparts.
beatmania
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
| Notecounts | 278 | - | - | 278 | - | - |
| beatmania (2006) | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 168 | 168 | 278 | - | - | 168 | 278 | - | - |
| beatmania (2006) | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 68 / 3 | 109 / 11 | 180 / 26 | 248 / 18 | - / - / - | 107 / 6 | 167 / 16 | 249 / 14 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS NA | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | - |
pop'n music
| Game | Game Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Player | 2 Player | |||
| Standard | Challenge | 1P | 2P | |
| Notecounts | 103 | 171 | 121 | 122 |
| pop'n music (Wii) / pop'n rhythm | N/A | N/A | N/A | |