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Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love

submitted by Farhad2000

1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago

"Genius of Love" is a 1981 song by Tom Tom Club from their eponymous debut album, Tom Tom Club. The song makes its most notable appearance during the Tom Tom Club's section of the Talking Heads film Stop Making Sense. It is perhaps most remembered for its unique animated music video.

"Genius of Love" has been sampled or reinterpreted by many artists, including rapper Funkdoobiest and Mariah Carey in her hit single "Fantasy". "It's Nasty" (1982) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was one of the early rap versions of the song - however, the sample was re-recorded by a live band, as was common practice at the time. Another version, "Genius Rap" (1981), by Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, appeared even before Flash and the Furious Five's version

* The X-Ecutioners covered this song in 2002 in their song "Genius of Love 2002" from their Built from Scratch album.
* The song was sampled by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five for their song "It's Nasty," and by Mariah Carey for her song "Fantasy."
* Played in a 2003 commercial for the Kia Spectra.

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djsunkid

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Holy crap! This vid is a GREAT FIND. Well done farhad! Woo!

burdturgler

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*dead

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siftbot

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