"More Bounce to the Ounce" | ||||
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Single by Zapp | ||||
from the album Zapp | ||||
B-side | "Freedom"[2] | |||
Released | September 1980[1] | |||
Recorded | 1979 | |||
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Length | 4:00 (single version) 9:25 (album version) | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Roger Troutman[6] | |||
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Zapp singles chronology | ||||
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"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 written,[6] arranged, composed and produced[7] by Roger Troutman; and it peaked at No. 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980.[8]
The song title was taken from a 1950s Pepsi ad campaign of the same name.[9][10]
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