"It's Nasty" (1982) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was one of the early hip-hop versions of the song however, it was re-recorded by a live band, as interpolation and not sampling (using the actual original recording) was the more common practice at the time. "Genius of Love" has been sampled or reinterpreted by many artists, including L'Trimm, Redman, Funkdoobiest, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers in "Tumblin' Down", the 12" Remix, and Mariah Carey in her hit single " Fantasy as well as Mark Morrison in Return of the Mack". 23 on the Billboard 200 and certified gold by the RIAA. Despite being dismissed by Talking Heads frontman David Byrne for its more commercial direction, the album was a moderate success, peaking at No. Records in the United States and Island Records elsewhere in 1981. Named after the dancehall in the Bahamas where they rehearsed for the first time while on hiatus from Talking Heads in 1980, Tom Tom Club enjoyed early success in the dance club culture of the early 1980s with the hits " Genius of Love" and " Wordy Rappinghood", both of which were taken from their self-titled first album released on Sire and Warner Bros.
Originally established as a side project from Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club comprised a loose aggregation of musicians, sound engineers, and artists of the Compass Point All Stars family, including Tina Weymouth's sisters and guitarist Adrian Belew, the latter of whom toured with Weymouth and Frantz in the expanded version of Talking Heads in 19. Their best known songs include the UK top 10 hit " Wordy Rappinghood" and the US top 40 hit " Genius of Love", both from their 1981 debut album, and a cover of The Drifters' " Under the Boardwalk" that reached the UK top 30. Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth and as a side project from Talking Heads.
Sire/ Reprise/ Warner Bros., Rykodisc, Island, Fontana/ PolyGram, Nacional
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