Tom Tom Club

Songs Performed or Written by Tom Tom ClubTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth as a side project from Talking Heads. 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. == History == === Formation and debut === Originally established as... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Wordy Rappinghood - #2: Genius of Love - #3: Under the Boardwalk - #4: Suboceana - #5: The Man with the 4-Way Hips
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  Tom Tom Club
Wordy Rappinghood
1.
06/1981

#1  Wordy Rappinghood
Tom Tom Club greentick

from Tom Tom Club   Tom Tom Club
143 pts
105
US
1
dance




7
UK
charted as Wordy Rappinghood / Genius of Love in US dance charts [novelty]
[Sire 50067]
written by Adrian Belew, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Monte Browne, Tyrone Downie & Uziah "Sticky" Thompson
Genius of Love
2.
09/1981

#2  Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club greentick

from Tom Tom Club   Tom Tom Club
99 pts
31
US
1
dance
2
R&B


65
UK
charted as Wordy Rappinghood / Genius of Love in US dance charts
[Sire 49882]
written by Adrian Belew, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Monte Browne, Tyrone Downie & Uziah "Sticky" Thompson
  Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde
3.
02/1982

Genius Rap
Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde

4 pts




31
R&B




[Profile 5004]
written by Tom Tom Club greentick, Andre "Dr. Jeckyll" Harrell & Alonzo "Mr. Hyde" Brown
  Tom Tom Club
Under the Boardwalk
4.
08/1982

#3  Under the Boardwalk
Tom Tom Club greentick

from Tom Tom Club   Tom Tom Club
48 pts


31
dance




22
UK
[Warner 29930 (Sire)]
written by Kenny Young & Arthur Resnick
The Man with the 4-Way Hips
5.
08/1983

#5  The Man with the 4-Way Hips
Tom Tom Club greentick

from Close to the Bone   
28 pts
106
US
4
dance




82
UK
[Sire 29549]
written by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Alex Weir, Wally Badarou, Tyrone Downie, Raymond Jones, Rupert Hine, Steve Scales, Lani Weymouth & Laura Weymouth
Pleasure of Love
6.
12/1983

Pleasure of Love
Tom Tom Club greentick

from Close to the Bone   
6 pts


23
dance






[Warner 29437 (Sire)]
written by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Alex Weir, Wally Badarou, Tyrone Downie, Raymond Jones, Rupert Hine, Steve Scales, Lani Weymouth & Laura Weymouth
7.
10/1988

Don't Say No
Tom Tom Club greentick

from Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom   
8 pts








79
UK
written by Tina Weymouth & Chris Frantz
Suboceana
8.
04/1989

#4  Suboceana
Tom Tom Club greentick

from Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom   
29 pts


4
dance


10
alt.


written by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz & Laura Weymouth
9.
06/1992

Sunshine and Ecstacy
Tom Tom Club greentick

from Dark Sneak Love Action   Dark Sneak Love Action
22 pts


9
dance


15
alt.


written by Chris Frantz, Bruce Martin, Mark Roule & Tina Weymouth
  Chicks on Speed
Wordy Rappinghood
10.
03/2004

Wordy Rappinghood
Chicks on Speed

from 99 ¢   99 ¢
11 pts








66
UK
written by Tom Tom Club greentick


See also...

Adrian BelewAlex WeirBruce MartinChris FrantzLani WeymouthLaura WeymouthMark RouleMonte BrowneRaymond JonesRupert HineSteve ScalesTina WeymouthTyrone DownieUziah "Sticky" Thompson • Victoria Clamp • Wally Badarou


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