Genius of Love

"Genius of Love"
Artwork used as front cover of the French single and as back cover of the UK single
Single by Tom Tom Club
from the album Tom Tom Club
B-side"Lorelei"
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1981
October 2, 1981 (UK)[1]
Recorded1980
Genre
Length3:36 (7" single)[7][8]
5:34 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Chris Frantz
  • Steven Stanley
  • Tina Weymouth
Tom Tom Club singles chronology
"Wordy Rappinghood"
(1981) 		"Genius of Love"
(1981) 		"Under the Boardwalk"
(1982)
Music video
"Genius of Love" on YouTube

"Genius of Love" is a 1981 hit song by American new wave band Tom Tom Club from their 1981 eponymous debut studio album. The song reached number one on the Billboard Disco Top 80 chart, and was performed by Talking Heads (the group from which Tom Tom Club originated) in the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense.

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