Lipps Inc.這個音樂團體組合，原來只是Steven Greenberg這位老兄的一個構想，剛開始時的成員也只有他自己一人。後來為了他所寫的一首《Rock It》尋找主唱，遇到了黑人女歌手Cynthia Johnson，成為了倆人組合 ( Cynthia Johnson在1976曾贏得「明尼蘇達黑人小姐」的頭銜 )。1979，Steven Greenberg以Lipps Inc.的名義發行了《Rock It》，在地方上成為熱門曲因而受到Casablanca公司的青睞，為了籌劃出新專輯，另增加了幾位新成員。

Steven Greenberg & Cynthia Johnson


lipps inc.的幾位成員，最左為Steven Greenberg

此首《Funkytown》即是Lipps Inc.首張專輯《Mouth to Mouth》( 1979 ) 中另發行的單曲，成績一鳴驚人，1980在28個國家地區的排行榜均獲得冠軍。才幾個月，唱片銷售超過2百萬張，也獲得白金唱片的認證。眼看情勢大好，將之前的單曲《Rock It》再重新發行，可惜只獲得排行榜第64名。

Steven Greenberg一直住在明尼蘇達州的Minneapolis ( 明尼亞波利斯 )，大概是住的有些膩了，很嚮往遷居去「紐約」，故歌曲的「Funkytown」指的就是「紐約市」。但此曲紅了之後，他反而放棄了去紐約或洛杉磯發展事業，仍留在Minneapolis過著一般的生活。由於未能再接再厲的續創佳績，Lipps Inc.也成為了「一曲樂團」。

1986，澳洲樂團Pseudo Echo翻唱此曲，但改成了搖滾版，成績也相當不錯，在美國熱門榜拿下了第6名，在澳洲、紐西蘭等地則登上了排行榜的冠軍。但Pseudo Echo似乎也步上了Lipps Inc.的後塵，此翻唱版也是Pseudo Echo唯一在美國排行榜前40名的歌曲。

影音中的金髮女子為英國舞者Doris D與她的舞團The Pins，以對嘴方式在電視台的節目中表演，此曲真正的演唱者是Lipps Inc.的女主唱Cynthia Johnson。

Gotta make a move
To a town that's right for me
Town to get 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?

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?

Gotta make a move
To a town that's right for me
Town to get 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?

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?

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?

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?

Take me, won't you take me?
Take me, won't you take me?
Take me, won't you take me?
Take me, won't you take me?

I wanna go to Funkytown
I wanna go to Funkytown
I wanna go to Funkytown
I wanna go to Funkytown