Pseudo Echo Version
| "Funkytown" | ||||
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| Single by Pseudo Echo | ||||
| from the album Love an Adventure | ||||
| B-side | "Lies Are Nothing" | |||
| Released | December 15, 1986 | |||
| Format | 7" vinyl | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Dance-rock, Synthrock, New Wave | |||
| Length | 4:53 (album version) 3:40 (single version) 6:36 (Dance Mix) |
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| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Steven Greenberg | |||
| Producer | Brian Canham | |||
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In 1986, "Funkytown" was covered by Australian band Pseudo Echo, who gave the song a different sound, less of early eighties' electronica and more of later eighties' rock-infused dance, including a guitar solo in the middle. Pseudo Echo's version spent seven weeks at No. 1 in Australia, (Lipps Inc.'s was at No. 1 for only two weeks in Australia), and was also a No. 6 US hit in July of the following year and in August a No. 1 hit in Canada. Curiously, despite Pseudo Echo's rock-like arrangement, on the 12" single issue of this version, the actual song is labelled as Funkytown (Dance Mix).
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