More Bounce to the Ounce

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"More Bounce to the Ounce"
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Single by Zapp
from the album Zapp
B-side "Freedom" [1]
ReleasedSeptember 1980 (1980-09) [2]
Recorded1979
Genre
Length4:00 (single version)
9:25 (album version)
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Roger Troutman [7]
Producer(s)
Zapp singles chronology
"More Bounce to the Ounce"
(1980)		"Be Alright"
(1981)

"More Bounce to the Ounce" is the debut single by American funk band Zapp. It is the opening track on their eponymous debut album and serves as the album's first single. The song was produced by Bootsy Collins, [7] arranged, composed and produced [8] by Roger Troutman; and it peaked at No. 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980. [9]

Contents

The song title was taken from a 1950s Pepsi ad campaign of the same name. [10] [11]

Legacy

The song was the inspiration behind the Tom Tom Club's 1981 hit "Genius of Love", itself one of the most sampled tracks of the new wave era. "We loved ['More Bounce'] in part because it was played at a slower, funkier tempo by far than so many other dance tracks of the period," said Tom Tom Club's Chris Frantz. "It was very relaxed and sexy while still maintaining a raw, hard edge." [12]

The song has been sampled many times by numerous hip hop artists; notable examples include "You Gots to Chill" by EPMD (1988 & 1997), "Friday" by Ice Cube (1995), "Going Back to Cali" by The Notorious B.I.G. (1997), and "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'" by MC Breed and DFC (1991).

Chart positions

Chart performance for "More Bounce to the Ounce"
Chart (1980–1981)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 86
US Dance Music/Club Play Singles ( Billboard ) [13] 19
US R&B Singles (Billboard) [13] 2

References

  1. ↑ "Zapp – More Bounce To The Ounce (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs . Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Zapp – More Bounce to the Ounce, Part I".
  3. ↑ La Haine/Métisse – Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
  4. ↑ The 30 Best Funk Songs Ever (Updated 2017) | Billboard
  5. ↑ Echols, Alice (March 29, 2010). "I Hear a Symphony: Black Masculinity and the Disco Turn". Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 23. ISBN   978-0-393-06675-3.
  6. ↑ "Rap meets Techno, with a short history of Electro" . Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  7. 1 2 Elias, Jason. "All the Greatest Hits – Roger, Zapp – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Zapp – More Bounce To The Ounce (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  9. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1983). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop: 1955–1982 (4th ed.). Record Research. p.  461. ISBN   9780898200515.
  10. ↑ "50s Pepsi Ad Life Magazine Sept 3 1951 Teen Life Classic Ads" . Retrieved June 11, 2018– via Etsy.
  11. ↑ "Pepsi "More Bounce to the Ounce" 1950s". Adbranch. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  12. ↑ Frantz, Chris (2020). Remain in Love. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN   978-1250209221.
  13. 1 2 "Zapp – Awards". AllMusic . Archived from the original on November 27, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
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