Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love (Official Music Video) [4K]

You're watching the official music video remastered in 4K for Tom Tom Club - "Genius Of Love" from their 1981 self-titled debut album. "Genius Of Love" is sampled by Mariah Carey in "Fantasy".
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[@lauriekrebs4522]

Fun fact: This band was a start-up formed by the bassist for the talking heads. The Talking Heads were huge at the time, but she wanted to get out and sample and do different music. Amazing that this song has so much relevance today. It's an excellent, zany piece of work

[@irlBarraON]

Superb fun fact!

[@theshadowknows6969]

I heard somewhere that this is the most sampled song in history. Think it was a talking heads documentary. ..

[@NewWaveEnthusiast]

@@theshadowknows6969 Yup, this is my first time hearing the original

[@greerklepacki1237]

This is also the only song by a Talking Heads member to reach #1!

[@8mmtaco]

It was Tina Weymouth *and* Chris Frantz’s side project

[@Mikemikemike13579]

This song is almost 40 years old... and still sounds like it could play with today's music.

[@iamboomer.4673]

No.......................m

[@gratefulape12]

Because for a couple of decades, pop music has been eating itself.

[@leilanilamour5173]

Be sure to be obnoxious and bump it extra-loud when driving through your neighborhood lol. I don’t think anyone would mind 🤩👍🏼💖💖💖💖

[@Trixtah]

Dude, I'm 52, and no, it really could not. it's still fresh in a way, but it doesn't sound like contemporary stuff at all

[@Uncle-Smart-Alec]

Play with???It destroys today's "musuck!"🧐😤🤬

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

*The fact that not only did this song come from 2 members of the talking heads, but also created a bunch of new hip hop songs proves it's an absolute masterpiece*

[@nataliecovers__]

The ONLY time when that way overused word Masterpiece is warranted

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

@@nataliecovers__ ok

[@nataliecovers__]

@@CalifornianCuttlefish haha not toward you just I see it used on every generic song because it's become the popular thing to say

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

@@nataliecovers__ Oh ok

[@limerobloxgaming8567]

​@@nataliecovers__ true

[@andrewgordon235]

This is proof the 80's never died they just got remixed to oblivion.

[@Nathan-lj4ds]

Too true my friends

[@yanikotavov385]

hell no

[@Yeedo420]

@@yanikotavov385yeah, actually. 80s funky strings and synths have had a resurgence in recent years

[@yanikotavov385]

@@Yeedo420 80s metal however - hasn't.

[@NormAppleton]

This is like 1981

[@ThisIsReadyMade]

Frank Zappa said this is one of his favorite music videos. Gotta agree with that.

[@Happysquigglyrudy]

Frank Zappa had such a great taste in music and art

[@The_momur]

ThisIs ReadyMade love Frank. He should be here to document current events.

[@rodneyshackles782]

Please be wary when mentioning frank

[@Happysquigglyrudy]

rodney shackles why

[@purge2--u--nite342]

Cause Zappa likes hip hop 👌

[@willt.9654]

Late 70s/early 80s has got to be one of the most creative eras in music. Talking Heads, Devo, The B-52s, Tom Tom Club. I live for this stuff.

[@joewhitehouseiv3300]

Don't forget Oingo Boingo

[@surtcalderam9595]

Before the internet ate the recording industry for breakfast, and it still had some money to publish creativity. Now they're afraid of anything but autotuned clones.

[@kaymuldoon3575]

Tina Weymouth from the Talking Heads was also a member of the Tom Tom Club.

[@mrmjb1960]

Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads' started this group.

[@Jordan-wn7kj]

no you don’t

[@ZedanB]

This was, to my knowledge, my mother's favorite song. No matter what she was doing, if it played, she was dancing- My mom was a bit more like an older sibling than my mother (she was 18 when she had me), and I distinctly remember as a kid she'd play this constantly. Whole nine yards: hand movement dancing. Singing every word like it was her song. My mom passed 2 years ago, but every time I hear this song, it takes me back to the summer of 2001, which was probably the best time of my life (even though I was only 6). RIP, Momma- I'm still playing this song daily for you 😊

[@Sequins_]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Alwaysliveitup]

Crying on a train reading this! Sorry for your loss

[@oscarl.ramirez7355]

Sorry for our Loss She is in a Far Better Place than we are/

[@sleeplessinbklyn1]

🕊❤ RIP

[@Jimmy_Widders_Hunt]

Your mum had great taste in music and sounds like a cool mum 😊

[@herberthunter5570]

This song was so popular in black culture, I promise. I remember it being played at many local DJ parties at parks and in the projects, too.

[@jimgonewild909]

Crazy cause it's a White chick singing

[@joevega5477]

Hispanic parties too! Chicago & Cali🙏

[@neosapienz7885]

@@jimgonewild909when it’s real, it’s real, no matter

[@atomant332]

@@joevega5477 Yeah still huge in Cali.

[@herberthunter5570]

@@joevega5477 Yessir 👍👊🏾

[@gustavoceballos5327]

The song is one of the most sampled rhythm tracks of the 1980s, particularly within the hip hop and R&B genre. Notable versions include Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde's "Genius Rap" in 1981; Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "It's Nasty" in 1982; Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" in 1995, and The X-Ecutioners' "Genius of Love 2002" in 2002. Other artists have incorporated "Genius of Love" into their works, including Public Enemy's "Leave This Off Your Fuckin' Charts", Redman's "Brick City Mashin'", Cam'ron's "Me, My Moms & Jimmy", 2nd II None's "Niggaz Trippin'", Fresh Kid Ice's "Roll Call", 2Pac's "High Speed", Seagram's "I Don't Give a Fuck", Busta Rhymes' "One", Ant Banks' "Roll 'Em Phat", P.M. Dawn's "Gotta Be... Movin' On Up", Menajahtwa's "I Ain't Nasti", 50 Cent's "When I Get Out", Erick Sermon's "Genius E Dub", Mac Dre's "Chop that Ho", Dream Warriors' "And Now the Legacy Begins", T.I.'s "Down Like That", R.A. the Rugged Man's "Tom Thum", Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack", Ice Cube's "Bop Gun (One Nation)", Warren G's "What's Love Got to Do with It", the D-Influence Real Live Mix of Billie's "Girlfriend", Latto's "Big Energy", and Paramore's "Rose-Colored Boy", during their shows at the After Laughter Tour.

[@mandywheeler4186]

Great info.

[@claragabriellehouser1991]

Wow. No idea it had been used that many times! Excuse me while I go listen to them all -

[@firstname_lastname]

Doc D (Logic) also used this song on the title track for his album "Planetory Destruction", feat. Big Lenbo.

[@roycedot]

DJ Clue - That’s the Way (Mase, Foxxy Brown, Fabolous)

[@LikaLaruku]

Most recent is "Big Energy" by Latto.

[@bigguys45s29]

This video’s almost like a Sesame Street animated skit on a bit of drugs. LOL

[@applemask]

They cut out the bit about cocaine

[@EsmeMarion]

It kinda gives me that Sally Cruikshank vibe

[@rommix0]

@@EsmeMarion yeah like Quasi At The Quackadero.

[@atlsongbyrd6084]

Yes definitely drugs lol!

[@asongaboutafriend2592]

More Like Schoolhouse Rock

[@Yakkymania]

The style of this music video is perhaps the coolest thing in existence, the art style is so funky & goes great with the groovy rhythm of the song

[@anitasmith4559]

The animated art work is priceless.

[@ElectricPhantasmagoria]

You should check out Peter Gabriel sledgehammer, king gizzard and the lizard wizard - the River for some funky and ultra ultra creative animation

[@Yakkymania]

⁠@@ElectricPhantasmagoriaI’ve seen Sledgehammer tons of times before, but i’ll have to check out The River!

[@bubuyogui2733]

Peso pluma ohhhh yes

[@emanzikeith7683]

Psychedelic visuals

[@manuginobilisbaldspot2]

I’ve always loved that underneath it all, this was an homage to Black music and artists! Shoutouts to Bootsy Collins, Sly and Robbie, Kurtis Blow, Smokey Robinson, and of course TGOS James Brown. I became a Talking Heads fan via the Tom Tom Club and I wouldn’t be surprised if many Talking Heads fans became fans of these artists via this song. That’s the power of music ❤

[@NinaBaby210]

And Bob Marley, and the impact Reggae music has had on The Culture!✊🏾🎶

[@tedastor7558]

A masterpiece. Whoever directed and animated this is a genius.

[@lobo3671]

a genius of love

[@hipsterelephant2660]

Its the couple that did the Mario Bros movie from the 90s. No joke.

[@martynarusek1606]

Look up James Rizzi :)

[@silla-je9od]

Tina's sister, Laura Weymouth, is one of the artists in the credits for the ink and paint work.

[@rommix0]

@@hipsterelephant2660 and Max Headroom, their true claim to fame.

[@AnnaJo2000]

This song was way, way ahead of its time! Absolutely lovely song!

[@kamikazeproductions9981]

This is on dddance party

[@rogerjmayer8617]

My Sentiments Exactly - Well Done!

[@elisangela2112]

👏👏👏

[@2010Gullwing]

Song was right on time.

[@texritter4092]

@@2010Gullwing😊

[@KILO993]

"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" prompted me to come find the original. Love it!

[@NormAppleton]

Well that's just frat boy sad

[@Rosskles]

​@@NormAppleton Because of the 'implication'...

[@Erocksoco]

Do we got beef?

[@ernestbeserra5485]

PLAY IT LOUD! For my SON, Ernie! Who Loved this Song! Miss you Ernie, Son! Passed Sept 7, 1980. 34 years old. Shame.

[@StonyRC]

Never really understood exactly why I love this song and its video so much. It's kooky, it's upbeat, it's really clever and has simply stuck with me since I first heard it back in 1981.

[@tonyfan3]

It is probably the music they wanted to make outside of serious punk and rock

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@tonyfan3 it's a new era that the music going

[@who_cares848]

You like it because you have good taste in music lol

[@greenmasterrinse]

Probably because you find it kooky, upbeat and clever.

[@sofia9127]

i didn't exist back then but i love this song!

[@dice1820]

We still hear this today. Mariah Carey used it in her song “Fantasy” that topped the billboard hot 100 for 8 weeks and just last year Latto sampled it in her song “Big Energy”. The funny thing is, when they talk about the song “big energy”, they say Lotto sampled it from Mariah Carey without even realizing where it actually came from and how old it really is. And in another 30-40 years when everyone forgets it again, someone else will sample it to make it a hit again.

[@RnBReworked]

Who is they? I think most people who know music are well aware Fantasy was sampled.

[@spongebob03]

I remember tripping out, when I heard that Dreamlover sampled a hip hop song! I was alive for it’s original release. It was years before I knew about it! 😂

[@magma41158]

Hearing the chorus of the song used in Fantasy came to me as a big surprise

[@AngelDommeX]

Big Energy remix they sample this again with Mariah Carey..

[@slicedfruitgirl]

In Latto's case, I think she really did sample it because of Mariah. Her song "Big Energy" has the line "I can be your fantasy" in it and she also said she idolized Mariah growing up. Strangely enough, she initially denied the Mariah reference at first saying that she had never heard of "Fantasy" before, but now Mariah is on the remix edition so Idk what was going on there.

[@DunsDeeDowns]

I remember when MTV got started this was one of the earliest videos in 1981. The bridge part in the middle where they start singing "James BROWNNNN!! JAMES Browwnnn!" got me to find the Godfather of Soul good stuff all round

[@DrClawizdead]

I don't care who samples this. They will never make a better song.

[@anthonyanuforo6089]

MC's Fantasy is a bop though...

[@JannieKannie]

A moment of silence to the people who cant find this song

[@camilacris7560]

lost ages searching for it

[@tipphilips8252]

That’s hilarious haha. I just barely made it lol

[@TeddyOG]

I would never have found it if it wasn't in Always Sunny. This song had vibes even before it became a meme word

[@sinbad2247]

damn right lol

[@kaymod1284]

.. Due to its catchy nature yet seemingly unrelated and obtuse song title

[@nigelseaton8367]

God bless James Rizzi, the artist who created the images for this classic masterpiece, sampled, and sampled. Mr. Rizzi you are one of my favorites 😍, I'm glad I had the pleasure to meet you. Rest in peace.

[@th0rne_999]

I've been robbed of knowing this song for my 23 years on this earth... it's about time

[@kcox621]

This whole video screams the 80s n that’s wut I luv about it

[@dr.smurpf6979]

Fun Fact: The makers of this video also directed the Super Mario Bros movie

[@brotherjauffre4923]

Every year I want to re-watch that that movie IGN 10/10

[@332spicelord]

WHAT?????

[@dr.smurpf6979]

@@332spicelord Yep, look it up. They also created Max Headroom too.

[@romarkent1748]

Wait really?!

[@rubberduckiefanatic]

Woah! that's good to know

[@mTokhi1]

Frank Reynolds jiggling, holding a beer and looking angrily at his landlord.

[@deansamson9835]

This is one of the best skate jams from back in the day.

[@Nhamp2000]

Four wheels and a toe stopper. None of that Rollerblade crap.

[@notrlybad]

Who's here in 2024?

[@uwutakke3964]

Mayyyy

[@Mercedes65]

❤

[@txenfu]

🥂🍾🕺🏽

[@user-it8gt1le1m]

❤🎉

[@1poopiebritches1]

✋

[@patricklaureys1249]

I wish I could be 21 again, sitting in the evening sun, smoking the mellow stuff that grows on Crete, and listen to music like this.

[@MichaelB-gi4lt]

Truly one of the most satisfying songs from the 80’s. Sounds as good now as it did forty years ago...

[@addambelmont3050]

Oh God, is that how old I am?

[@gilbertolopez9004]

I remember back in 1981 when going to high school parties how everyone jumped into the dance floor just from hearing the intro of this song. Awesome song, awesome times!

[@hamsterdiving7593]

I was still a newlywed in 1981, living in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, in an apartment complex that was rather dull and ordinary... One Saturday, while trying to be a good wife at the age of 20 (🤯) and perform some housecleaning, I turned on the newly created MTV channel on the newly created cable TV, and witnessed a revelation: Tom Tom Club's Genius Of Love music video... I'd never seen anything like it. I was mesmerized and didn't get much cleaning done. I also realized as time went on that there was a great big wide world out there that I wanted to experience that my staid, safe, stockbroker husband wasn't into I realized I was too young to have gotten married and we sadly split up in 1983. It's safe to say that Genius Of Love was my gateway to independence and it's been a favorite of mine ever since... ❤

[@lunayastros1356]

Wao!!!! 😮 Buena anécdota! Aveces la gente olvida esta clase de cosas, y claro va acordé con el mensaje que dejaba la canción. Saludos desde Chile!!!

[@hamsterdiving7593]

@@lunayastros1356 ¡Dios mío, tienes razón! No me di cuenta hasta ahora... han pasado cuarenta años. dolor y pérdida... brillante. ¡¡Gracias!! ¡Viva Chile! 🇨🇱

[@maestroh2986]

Tragically under-appreciated. This trippy tribute to past artists is pure joy.

[@KrashyKharma]

Under appreciated? One of the most well loved, repeatedly sampled songs of all time? Ok...

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

@@KrashyKharma maybe OP meant the sampling artists get more attention than the Tom Tom Club

[@penguinsrbirds2]

"under-appreciated" is a straight-up lie, come on dude.

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

Genius of Love didn't get nearly enough radio airplay at the time, in my opinion, which may have just been where I lived. I managed to get it on a blank tape, though, so I could play it as much as I wanted to- and between songs, too, so no DJ chatter over the beginning or the end!! 😃

[@etherealwavefan94]

this is literally one of the most iconic tracks of all time lmfao you guys really don't know what underrated means

[@conradpoos2859]

I went to the NY Film Festival in the 80's and they ran this as a short. The James Rizzi animation lit up the whole theater.

[@amayalevels]

Gosh ur so mf blessed

[@Teebiscuit12345]

I like your Pythonesque profile picture.

[@jaclynzinck4241]

That must have been an interesting experience

[@mecaillagladue2587]

I remember rollerskating to this . 14 with all my friends 💓💓

[@synthonaplinth5980]

@@Teebiscuit12345 I like your use of alliteration. :)

[@ArtistFormerlyKnownAsShitlord]

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia brought me here. Thank you for that.

[@fonzieskatesurf]

Which episode! 😆

[@fonzieskatesurf]

Came here from Instagram frank Zappa, ok so Mariah Carey got it from here too ya

[@gisellemarte]

WHOAH I HAD NO IDEA!!! I LOVE HOW INDIE THE ORIGINAL SONG SOUNDS. IM SO EMOTIONAL

[@cracklingvinyl6779]

If you're not tapping your feet to this you ain't got no feet.

[@secretofthedevil]

When I was a child, my mom always had put this song for us. Since then, I love it. ♥️

[@mattma96]

This would DEFINITELY be a worldwide hit if re-released in 2023 !

[@wilneal8015]

😮It Already Has Been A World 🌎🌍🌏 Wide Hit! Where Have You Been?¿?¿!¡!¡😅

[@thatoneguy9582]

literally just Big Energy by Latto

[@randomlittleidot]

if it re-released in 2023 there probably has to be funny cats for it to really take off

[@rainbowspongebob]

@@randomlittleidotwhat about the funny dog🗿

[@bigbubba2680]

Was 10 years old when this song came out... 52 now and definitely like it more now... brings back great memories of growing up through the 80's... wish everyone could have grown up in these times.

[@titocris4746]

This song and Mama Used to Say made the Spring of ‘82 a wonderful time for music.

[@kev2525]

Being a 90s kid, I feel like this was supposed to end with a Nickelodeon logo

[@scottfree8953]

Or may be Adult Swim

[@kmk900___]

Pete Harris expected*

[@kingsessingcomedy661]

You would lol

[@kingsessingcomedy661]

@RipMudafuka69 MLG that's what he's saying

[@a.c.7573]

Yeah this looks very late 80s-early 90s

[@comicquestfanzia]

2:13 is the best part for me.

[@mikewatkinson1996]

If anyone here is familiar with the man... In an interview Frank Zappa cited this song as being one of the only music videos he actually enjoyed "because it's animated and clever". High praise from a musical genius that thought music videos were simply a racket (He was quite cynical lol). Also I love Tina Weymouth and the Talking Heads tons.

[@DogeGFSolo]

😁

[@kirbzmom]

AND Frank! Very talented; gone too soon!

[@diehappydie]

Exactly why I am here...paused the Zappa interview to watch it. Once it started I instantly remembered it. Zappa was a genius.

[@ImBarl]

@@diehappydie me as well lol

[@booblikon]

That bought me here, and I agree.

[@PetertheChanter]

40 yrs in the blink of an eye. It goes so damn fast.

[@nicknickbloodynick]

I'm in heaven With my boyfriend, my laughing boyfriend ♥️ There's no beginning and there is no end Time isn't present in that dimension

[@DDios-ih9de]

Bloodybeibi Latin Boyfriend

[@bredmond812]

all these years, i thought it was "lucky boyfriend". oops.

[@DDios-ih9de]

Brandon Redmond lol thats okay😊😉 Btw its Cuse me while i kiss the sky Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze.. Not " kiss this guy".😊

[@bredmond812]

@@DDios-ih9de thanks! Yeah, I knew that one. Good lookin' out!

[@wyattownby2886]

Bloodybeibi congratulations, you can hear

[@samvaz8002]

Way ahead of its time!!! Just to show you how talented the Talkkng Heads were.

[@wilneal8015]

❣️Just More Proof👂That David Byrne Is A Performing Arts Genius😊👍💥😎✌️🖖

[@Chris-jw7jd]

This song is the result of so many r & b hits.

[@darklordxxx]

i was in grade 10 when this tune came out in 83 , Friday nights me and the boys would go down to the roller palace and when this song came on everyone was on the floor , same for double dutch bus witch came 2 years earlier . life long memories with these songs .

[@willie417]

are you sure it was 1983, and not 1981?

[@CreativeCreatorCreates]

The roller rink was my place to discover the best hits. Love that you brought it up!

[@AzzyRiah]

What did it feel like when the century switched to 2000?

[@isamcc1831]

Roller skating to this must have been great! Wasn't alive when this came out so I missed the whole roller skates thing 😞

[@m.r.e.5731]

@@willie417 it was '81.

[@bryanjensen2614]

1:49 before joining the Rugrats Spike the dog had a promising singing career.

[@sunshineyrainbows13]

I'm crying 🤣😂

[@yourmom6472]

Not really

[@jerellewynn2855]

Aww the golden eighties of my childhood. 1981 l was 8 years l will always remember hearing this song on the radio. When l am walking from elementary school or watching karate movies this song was always in my head and open gym too this song would be playing. Now listening it takes me back to my childhood. What a wonderful time to be alive during a time of great music. Life was simple and easy back then. Great music was every where black and white. The great 80's. There Will never and ever be a time like that 1980-1983. Those years were the greatest for me when l listening to music. Thanks for posting.

[@Ren_Taylor]

As a kid this was one of my mom's go-to albums to put on when she wanted to clean house to prepare for guests. I remember staring at this album art for hours. It was also how I learned about the existence of drugs and what coke was, lol whoops. Love you mama~

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Tina Weymouth is brilliant! She almost created the hip hop pop sound and did not know it!

[@DaeguDown]

She did

[@NatTurner328]

Knock it off, Hip Hop was already well-established in the 1970s

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

@@NatTurner328 LOL No Kidding But private Party's in Black neighbourhoods homes did not make it known This song was one of the first White Groups to attempt it and helped get it popular. I'm a musicologist and was former vinyl Night club DJ in London, New York and Montreal What have you Done?

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Mariah Carey's great sample of the song in "Fantasy" in 1995 made it a retro hut once again!

[@NatTurner328]

@@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp You just moved the goalpost from “she created the hip hop sound” to “her white privilege helped introduce it to the masses”. So which one is it? That’s why we should have gatekept hip hop from non-black outsiders. You made an entire career from appropriating our culture and now you’re attributing another outsider to its creation? You’re a joke and you lack self-awareness. “William H Baird”, what’s wrong, daddy stopped paying your college tuition when he realized you suck at math so you had to take away what little space they let black people have to eat and feed their families? Literally the worst kind of person.

[@nanny287]

I initially heard this song during my dance evenings at the famous “First Avenue” in Minneapolis during their famous Tuesday night dance nights. This tune immediately made us get up and dance, despite the fact we had just danced two hours straight and were taking a break. The song just compelled you to move and was unique. The DJ was great and always played the newest music from everywhere and anywhere. It was our Midwest Studio 54. Great times.🎶❤️🎶

[@turtleman2164]

After i picked up my mom from prison. She grabs my phone and this was the first song she put on. I love my mom. :)

[@domingadoflaminga3961]

I closed my eyes and saw the Gang dancing to this

[@nacholalin]

and Dennis watching them !

[@domingadoflaminga3961]

@@nacholalin The YT algorhythm is wonderful sometimes

[@nacholalin]

You couldnt be more right my friend!

[@davidellis5141]

The Gang Of Four !

[@golfwang425]

@@davidellis5141 5

[@baseddoggie]

This is easily one of the most beautiful, genuinely heartfelt songs + music videos I've ever seen. You can tell that Tina truly loves Chris. It's so sincere and beautiful. Even the animation doesn't betray the beauty of the lyrics, in fact, it enhances it. No wonder this song has had so much staying power over the years.

[@davidw5731]

Takes me back to my senior year in HS. This was the first song I ever heard on the brand new fad, the Sony Walkman. The sound quality just blew me away, miles from the old radios with the little earpiece we used to wear. This song always puts a smile on my face.

[@spacemanrick2014]

I wouldn’t be surprised if this song is still sampled in 2087.

[@antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617]

3087 shit I'm sure I've heard Fry,Leela and Bender rocking out to this classic on the Planet Express

[@davidellis5141]

James Brown ! , James Brown ! 😎

[@zoidlloyd7736]

Ooh like that part whoo

[@michaelwertzy9808]

Check it out, Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon!

[@gomezesmorticia]

Lachaim.

[@SJ-iy2go]

Sir its JAAAMMEEESS BROWWWNNNN

[@AzzyRiah]

WHO NEEDS TO THINK WHEN YOUR FEET JUST GOO (BOHANNON BOHANNON BOHANNON BOHANNON)

[@stylezcain2562]

Who is still Listening in 2024 and Beyond?👍🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@RoyalTheCheeseSergal]

This music video is a fever dream

[@reneeheknowsmyname6771]

1981?!?!? WOW, that's crazy!! Man you just gotta love the 80's!!! So grateful that my teen years were in the 80's!

[@canadaofficial8008]

0:48 When you walkin’

[@lazonadedgarto8834]

Best coment

[@mf_is_legendary]

Mariah Carey’s use of this song for her hit “Fantasy” is sooo good

[@1ns4ne1d10t]

A woman singing sweet sweet fantasy baby on a fair ground rollercoaster bought me here.

[@StopFear]

When the dog is dancing it’s my favorite part.

[@AngiePhoenix85]

[Lyrics] What you gonna do when you get out of jail? I'm gonna have some fun What do you consider fun? Fun, natural fun I'm in heaven With my boyfriend, my laughing boyfriend There's no beginning and there is no end Time isn't present in that dimension He'll take my arm When we're walking, rolling and rocking It is one time I'm glad I'm not a man Feels like I'm dreaming, but I'm not sleeping I'm in heaven With the maven of funk mutation Clinton's musicians such as Bootsy Collins Raise expectations to a new intention No one can sing Quite like Smokey, Smokey Robinson Wailin' and skankin' to Bob Marley Reggae's expanding with Sly and Robbie Oops! Your mama said uh Oops! Your mama said uh Oops! Your mama said uh Oops! Your mama Stepping in a rhythm to a Kurtis Blow Who needs to think when your feet just go With a hippie-the-hip and a hippie-the-hop Who needs to think when your feet just go Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon Who needs to think when your feet just go Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon James Brown, James Brown James Brown, James Brown If you see him Please remind him, unhappy boyfriend Well, he's the genius of love He's got a greater depth of feeling Well, he's the genius of love He's so deep

[@MortenK65]

Haha, hadn't realized that there were version without the cocaine verse.

[@AngiePhoenix85]

@@MortenK65 This was the Radio version's lyrics.

[@helgevalk6276]

Avant-garde then, avant-garde today, the video is still great

[@EENEENJOYER]

2:04 my favorite part of the song

[@sjdrifter72]

The cute dog is the most memorable part of the video for me.

[@FANLIZable]

This song came out when I was 18 years old, I remember the disco and a boyfriend I had in that time, funky sound never gets old 🌈🌻🌈

[@LostwaveTT]

I know right? Beautiful song. Godbless ❤

[@shameacortes]

I was trying to remember the name of this song for the last 30 years. I'm 40. I always recognize that one lyric, rhythm and video. Thank goodness for the Shazam app.

[@ZxenaWarrior]

Gang Still Listening to Tom Tom Club 2023?? Hit the Thumbs up Here ❤😊😘😉

[@DarkCylon]

I heard this song for the first today after many years. I don't know why, maybe it's the flu or the medicine I'm taking, but the song made me so happy....like seeing a friend again after a long time. Hello, old friend. I'm very happy to see you again.

[@themadratchett3891]

I agree. My uncle used to download older songs for me back when I was 17 and I loved playing them over and over, listened to this constantly in 2003 and it took me back. Don't know exactly what it is, but the song has that affect.

[@TechJunky777]

And it’s the original uncut version

[@funcrunch]

I loved the performance of this song in Stop Making Sense (one of my favorite films). I didn't realize the "James Brown" bit was actually part of the original recording. :-)

[@anononomous]

He still is the godfather of soul y'all!

[@resplndnt]

Pax Gethen they changed up the lyrics a bit for that performance

[@minkles1330]

Classic banger..... born 76, so glad I got to grow up in the 80s with no mobile phone. Music today will never be replayed in 40 years time cause it's all mostly rubbish

[@RobertSantiago-nu3kp]

Music has changed so much but growing up in the 70's with such great music is memorable 👍

[@jamesdelcol3701]

I loved this song as a kid. This came up on MTV and I loved it every time.

[@burtlee4628]

If You Were A Teenager In The Early 80s, This Song Has To Be On A Music Playlist In Your Mind Somewhere 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵

[@JustLacksZazz350]

It's always sunny in Philadelphia

[@DeltaHighlights]

Them dancing with this song and Frank doing his stare down is too good

[@robcouncil1592]

CBS' Sunday Morning brought me here. They did a segment on David Byrne and Talking Heads today. Former Talking Heads band members, Chris Frantz and wife Tina Weymouth, are brilliant. Their song, "Genius of Love" is and will forever be a timeless classic. Turn it up and play it LOUD!!! 😎👋🏿👍🏿🙌🏿

[@keithmcmiller8470]

Sounds as good today... as it ever was.

[@davidellis5141]

Same as it ever was 🎶

[@MatameVideos]

This song is new for me and I'm in love.

[@lakeisharobinson2132]

I agree!

[@deidragreer4958]

That's rite!

[@lenonel3286]

It remains consistent

[@Truckngirl]

Heaven on Earth. We are all richer hearing this fabulous song. The video is adorable. Long live Tina!!!

[@avronil_htech]

This music video is like a dream to me .

[@CoryTheCorsterCory]

There is something to this song... it sounds so modern yet it's so unique and nice

[@user-xb5jp5wl9m]

80's music is the best.. and It's Always Sunny 🌞 😎

[@theonlyonestanding8079]

We use to POP LOCK DANCE to this song in the early 80s when we was 13yrs old

[@JaiPritchett]

This track was released a few months after I was born... It has always been a high contender for my most favourite song ever! The band it self is was just incredible! And with Talking Heads! BRO! One of my most fav bands ever! Its just one of the most glorious things to happen in music to me! WOW FOREVER!

[@sakbrat1]

The dog was always my favorite part of this video. 😂😂😂🐕

[@anthonydavid5121]

Why isn't THIS played at the clubs in 2021? I bet if the kids heard this for the first time today, they would think it was some new, great hit!!

[@AnasBinHarharah]

Go listen to Big energy by Latto

[@anthonydavid5121]

@@AnasBinHarharah Thanks. Just watched the video, hated it, total and utter trash, but I could hear Tom Tom club like music int he back ground. Music 40 years ago = the best, today = mostly crap! BUT THANKS!!!

[@AnasBinHarharah]

@@anthonydavid5121 old is classy. New is trashy.

[@melodysanger103]

HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY MARTINA "TINA" WEYMOUTH (NOVEMBER 22, 2021)

[@reesa219]

Doing the Slow Walk.. At the Skating Rink 🔥🔥🔥💜💜

[@TonyTone1]

This songs takes me way way back to NYC in ‘82 , Fun House, Gotham West and Broadway 96

[@nathanielpfeiffer3530]

This band was started by members of talking heads and it shows

[@djrossetto3992]

Yes, Tina and Chris.

[@StinkFinger2023]

Tina Weymouth actually wrote most of the music for the talking heads, and if you listen to Tom Tom club, you can actually tell she was the musical driving Force in talking heads

[@adiksadiatabs]

@@StinkFinger2023 lol. no.

[@williamraines1749]

Yes a little craziness involved in the animation great side job song by a couple crazy heads Lol

[@ImpendingRiot83]

@Bradley Daniels Assigning any special significance to any one particular member of Talking Heads completely ignores and spits on how every member of that band was completely integral to the sound, and they would not have worked as a band without each other. David Byrne’s voice and a lot of his own ideas on how to communicate what the band was verbally _saying,_ as well as his ideas about stage performance in general, was *just* as important as Tina’s writing and impeccable bass. There can be no whole without all the parts.

[@Meli_monster]

As a kid growing up, sharing a car with a family of five. We always fought about the radio. Parents liked Hispanic music, my siblings liked pop, I liked rock. My dad also really liked Funk. This is the only song that we all enjoyed. I grew up with the long version tho lol. Now we associate this song with long car drives.

[@josefcdanfc62]

Fantasy by MC and Big Energy by Latto brought me here 2023 !

[@0x777]

This song is a prime example how two of the most underrated parts of a band can be the reason for a hit Drum and Bass

[@KabukeeJo]

Wow... It's literally been decades since I last saw this. In fact, it was when MTV actually showed music videos. Shame Rhino could not afford to upscale it to HD.

[@KabukeeJo]

@dandanthetaximan Full screening it does not make it HD. Learn to HD my friend.

[@g__wizz]

its better low-fi dawg

[@joeyoung1498]

It's a shame people can't enjoy videos if they are not in hd.

[@timusforlife]

It would be great to see the animation remastered in HD

[@KabukeeJo]

@Jimmy Jazz it is awesome. Still wish it was in HD.

[@tomdillistone1828]

2:39 stereo echo effects - very cool on headphones.

[@Floattothetop]

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