Looking for info on a song...

[Auriaprottu]

Hope someone here can help. It's an early 80s (probably 1983) up-tempo dance club tune, and the only thing I can tell you about it is that it has the words "designer music" and some synthesized "clap" sounds in it. Female vocalist. I need to know the artist(s). Thanks in advance.

[Knave]

This it? I downloaded it on Kazaa and it sounds just like what you're describing. The clap sounds are at the very end.

Not really my thing though ...

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Song: Designer Music ~~ 1981 ~~ 5:40
Artist: Lipps, Inc.
LP/CD: Designer Music ~~ Casablanca ~~ 1981
Composers: Steven Greenberg~Sandy Atlas
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Everywhere you go
Lights flash
All you got to have
Is the cash

While you think you’re able
It’s got to have a label

Designer music
Designer music

I don’t even know
What it means
Stick it on your shoes
Or your jeans

If Calvin says it’s smashin’
It’s got to be in fashion

Designer music
Designer music

Designer music
Designer music

Following the crowd
It’s their game
Everything depends
On which name

It’s got to be designer
There could be no finer

Designer music
Designer music

Wearing your Sassons
Stop the show
Got to be in Vogue
With Polo

Stick it on your sweater
It’s got to make it better

Designer music
Designer music

Everywhere you go
Lights flash
All you got to have
Is the cash

While you think you’re able
It’s got to have a label

Designer music
Designer music

I don’t even know
What it means
Stick it on your shoes
Or your jeans

If Calvin says it’s smashin’
It’s got to be in fashion

Designer music
Designer music

[Captain Splarg]

aww.... just beat me to posting it.

[Auriaprottu]

Originally posted by Knave
This it? I downloaded it on Kazaa and it sounds just like what you're describing. The clap sounds are at the very end.

Not really my thing though ...



Yeah, that's it. Thanks! Lipps, Inc. would have made sense.

FWIW, I'm not a big fan of this type of music in general (ex: I like this tune, but hate Funkytown), but the tune has been stuck in my head for a few weeks, and I never knew who it was, even when it was playing at parties when I was in college. You must try to understand... the pop/rock/R&B of my childhood (70s) has never been equalled, but the music of my late teens (early 80s) was the tradeoff. I still try to archive it whenever possible, tho, because it was a part of my experience.

[LeperKhan]

Interesting where are they now story on Lipps, Inc.:

http://www.designstein.com/news_press_tcbm0598.asp