TOM TOM CLUB - Genius Of Love - Vinyl (12" promo)
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Cat: PROA 996. Rel: 23 Oct 06
Disco/Nu Disco/Re-Edits
Side 1. Genius Of Love (long version) Side 2. Lorelei (instrumental)
In 1980 Tina Weymouth was playing bass for the Talking Heads while her husband Chris Frantz played drums. The couple were vacationing in the Bahamas when they met Monty Brown and Stephen Stanley. Together the four set out to make the kind of music that David Byrne and the Talking Heads stayed clear of: romantic, sunny, dance-able pop music. Their debut single, "Genius Of Love" is that classic early 80s cross between synth-pop and hip-hop, and went right to the top of the dance charts, securing them an identity separate from that of Talking Heads. It found a home in the samples of several hip-hop aficionados and was even nicked by Mariah Carey for her 90s hit, "Heartbreaker".
