Tom Tom Club, "Genius Of Love"

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Certified Gold in May 1982

40 years later:

RIAA.com:

TOM TOM CLUB
Title: TOM TOM CLUB
Certification Date: July 15, 2022
Label: SIRE
Format: ALBUM
Platinum

[Private Dancer]

How did it go platinum after all these years?

[areyoureadytojump]

^Streaming helped and 40 years of sales.

People originally bought it on vinyl and cassette. Then they bought it on cd and then digital albums. And record club sales...

It could've went Platinum years ago. Sire/Warner Records does not certify catalog albums with the RIAA too often.

Sire has only certified 5 titles in the last 12 years:

www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=&ti=&lab=sire&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section

[bjordan]

Jul 30, 2020 12:08:53 GMT -5 disman00911 said:

One of the best 1980s songs of all time.  I often heard this as an 80s flashback on WGCI, V103, and B96 when i was younger.  Mariah Carey sampling it in her hit "Fantasy" was most likely my earliest memory of "Genius of Love".

It was all over radio during the 90’s because 92.3 The Beat used to play this during the day at least once or twice as a classic.

[Saul H.]

It often goes unrecognized how extremely talented Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth were! To think, even in Byrne's absence, they have created a very prominent hit!

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#384 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

You Know What It Is: The signature single by the side project of Talking Heads rhythm section Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth’s, with an infectious groove that elevated the rollicking hit to a funky, feel-good masterpiece of the ’80s.

These Words: The funky hit pays homage to a constellation of influential Black musicians and singers throughout the track — namechecking each of George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Smokey Robinson, Bob Marley, Sly and Robbie, Kurtis Blow, Hamilton Bohannon, and of course, Jaaaaames Browwwwwwn.

Coming Around Again: Although the song’s rhythm track is one of the most sampled of the ‘80s, “Genius of Love” found a particularly vibrant resurgence with a 1995 No. 1 hit still to come on this countdown.