Lipps, Inc. Earn RIAA 2x Platinum for "Funkytown"

Lipps, Inc. 's enduring 1980 hit "Funkytown" has been certified 2x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the organization announced on October 3, 2025. The certification signifies 2,000,000 certified units in the United States. The single, released on Casablanca Records, has a long history of commercial success since its initial release.

Previously certified: Platinum (July 17, 1980); Gold (May 23, 1980).

Released on March 11, 1980, "Funkytown" was the second single from Lipps, Inc. 's debut studio album, Mouth to Mouth (1979). Written and produced by the group's creator, Steven Greenberg, the song captured a universal desire for escape, inspired by the band's own wish to relocate from Minneapolis to New York City. The track was an immediate global phenomenon, reaching No. 1 in 28 countries. In the U.S., it entered the Billboard Hot 100 on March 29, 1980, and spent four consecutive weeks at the top spot from May 31 to June 21, 1980. Selling over eight million copies worldwide, it became the group's signature song and is often cited as one of the final major hits of the disco era.

Lipps, Inc. was a disco and funk project from Minneapolis, Minnesota, conceived by multi-instrumentalist and producer Steven Greenberg. The group's name was a pun on the term "lip sync." While the lineup consisted of a rotating cast of session musicians, the definitive lead vocals on "Funkytown" were provided by Cynthia Johnson. Despite releasing other material, the group remains one of music's most memorable one-hit wonders, with "Funkytown" cementing their place in pop culture history and helping to put the Minneapolis music scene on the map before its 1980s funk and rock explosion.