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=== Identity of bassist on studio version === | === Identity of bassist on studio version === | ||
Although Tina Weymouth was responsible for writing the bassline, and had intended to play it herself on the record, she was forced to pass this onto another musician. She later recounted, in a 1997 interview with ''Bassplayer.com'': <blockquote>"We were given extremely limited studio time – just three days – and when it was time to do that track my whole right arm seized up in a terrible cramp, and I couldn't play. I had never played in the studio around the clock like we were doing, so I didn't even know that could happen. I ended up waking the assistant engineer – he was asleep under the console – and I showed him the part, and he played it. Chris ''(Frantz)'' was mad, but I really couldn't play; my hand wouldn't even close. So we did what we had to do. These things happen." | Although Tina Weymouth was responsible for writing the bassline, and had intended to play it herself on the record, she was forced to pass this onto another musician. She later recounted, in a 1997 interview with ''Bassplayer.com'': <blockquote>"We were given extremely limited studio time – just three days – and when it was time to do that track my whole right arm seized up in a terrible cramp, and I couldn't play. I had never played in the studio around the clock like we were doing, so I didn't even know that could happen. I ended up waking the assistant engineer – he was asleep under the console – and I showed him the part, and he played it. Chris ''(Frantz)'' was mad, but I really couldn't play; my hand wouldn't even close. So we did what we had to do. These things happen."</blockquote> | ||
==Chart performance and music video== | == Chart performance and music video == | ||
"Genius of Love" became a commercial success that performed better than Tom Tom Club's previous singles. [[Chris Frantz]] credited the success of the single for convincing [[David Byrne]] to "soldier on with Talking Heads". The official hand-drawn crayon and colored pencil animated music video for "Genius of Love" was produced by the band along with Cucumber Studios Ltd. | "Genius of Love" became a commercial success that performed better than Tom Tom Club's previous singles. [[Chris Frantz]] credited the success of the single for convincing [[David Byrne]] to "soldier on with Talking Heads". The official hand-drawn crayon and colored pencil animated music video for "Genius of Love" was produced by the band along with Cucumber Studios Ltd. | ||
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=== Use as a sample === | === Use as a sample === | ||
''See also: [[List of Songs that Sample Genius of Love]]'' | |||
"Genius of Love" was one of the most interpolated hooks of the 1980s, and has continued to be one of the most popular beats within the hip hop, rap and R&B genres, in particular. Notable early versions include Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde's "Genius Rap" (1981) and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "It's Nasty" (1982). | "Genius of Love" was one of the most interpolated hooks of the 1980s, and has continued to be one of the most popular beats within the hip hop, rap and R&B genres, in particular. Notable early versions include Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde's "Genius Rap" (1981) and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "It's Nasty" (1982). | ||
Perhaps the most well-known use of "Genius of Love" is heard on American singer Mariah Carey's "Fantasy", the lead single off of her multiplatinum fifth studio album, ''Daydream'' (Columbia 1995). The single was a major success, peaking at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks and remaining on the chart for 25 weeks. "Fantasy" has also been credited with exposing the Tom Tom Club and "Genius of Love" to newer and possibly younger listeners, a point further solidified when the song was sampled over 25 years later by rapper Latto on her single "Big Energy" (2021). Carey herself made a surprise appearance to perform the song with Latto, live, at the 2022 BET Awards. | Perhaps the most well-known use of "Genius of Love" is heard on American singer Mariah Carey's "Fantasy", the lead single off of her multiplatinum fifth studio album, ''Daydream'' (Columbia 1995). The single was a major success, peaking at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks and remaining on the chart for 25 weeks. | ||
Guitarist Adrian Belew supposedly didn't even know that his guitar was sampled in "Fantasy" until after the single was release. Belew has said that he was at a King Crimson show when somebody came up with a copy of ''Daydream'' asking for an autograph. "''I said, ‘I don’t even know Mariah Carey. Why would I do that?’ They said, ‘Oh, you’re right here. It says you co-wrote this.’ They opened it up and showed that I co-wrote [Fantasy] with Chris and Tina. I was amazed."''<ref>Reed, Ryan. ““Seymour Duncan Went to Work. He Dragged It through the Grass. Put Motor Oil on It. Chipped It. Frank Zappa Said, “If You Wanted to Ruin Your Guitar, Adrian, Why Didn’t You Loan It to a Friend?”” Adrian Belew’s Number One Stratocaster Has Lived a Life.” ''Guitarworld'', 11 July 2024, www.guitarworld.com/features/adrian-belew-number-one-fender-stratocaster. Accessed 23 July 2024.</ref> | |||
"Fantasy" has also been credited with exposing the Tom Tom Club and "Genius of Love" to newer and possibly younger listeners, a point further solidified when the song was sampled over 25 years later by rapper Latto on her single "Big Energy" (2021). Carey herself made a surprise appearance to perform the song with Latto, live, at the 2022 BET Awards. | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
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*[[Chris Frantz]] – vocals, drum machine | *[[Chris Frantz]] – vocals, drum machine | ||
*[[Adrian Belew]] – guitar | *[[Adrian Belew]] – guitar | ||
*Tyrone Downie – synthesizers | *[[Tyrone Downie]] – synthesizers | ||
*Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion | *[[Uziah Thompson|Uziah "Sticky" Thompson]] – percussion | ||
*Uncredited assistant engineer (either Kendal Stubbs or Benji Armbrister) – bass | *Uncredited assistant engineer (either Kendal Stubbs or Benji Armbrister) – bass | ||
*Laura Weymouth – backing vocals | *[[Laura Weymouth]] – backing vocals | ||
*Lani Weymouth – backing vocals, spoken words in gibberish (mixture of English, Korean and Japanese) | *[[Lani Weymouth]] – backing vocals, spoken words in gibberish (mixture of English, Korean and Japanese) | ||
== Sources == | |||