Tom Tom Club

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American new wave band band musical group

Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band formed by Talking Heads members Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, known for their eclectic, dance-oriented sound and influential tracks like "Genius of Love."

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tom Tom Club canonical 8
Tom Tom Club (1981 album) 1

Statements (96)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American new wave band ⓘ
band ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeStartYear 1980 ⓘ
associatedBand Talking Heads ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedBy Chris Frantz ⓘ
Tina Weymouth ⓘ
genre art pop ⓘ
dance ⓘ
funk ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
post-disco ⓘ
hasInfluenced dance music ⓘ
hip hop music ⓘ
sampling culture ⓘ
hasMember Abdou M’Boup ⓘ
Abdoulaye Diabate ⓘ
Adrian Belew ⓘ
Alex Weir ⓘ
Arno Hecht NERFINISHED ⓘ
Art Labriola ⓘ
Benji Armbrister ⓘ
Bernard Fowler ⓘ
Billy Lee ⓘ
Bob Funk ⓘ
Bonnie Sheridan ⓘ
Bruce Martin ⓘ
Catherine Russell ⓘ
Charles "Skip" Pitts ⓘ
Charles Pettigrew ⓘ
Chris Frantz ⓘ
Crispin Cioe ⓘ
D. C. LaRue ⓘ
D. K. Dyson ⓘ
Doug Bowne ⓘ
Gary Bonner ⓘ
Gary Green ⓘ
Gary Pozner ⓘ
Gary Wisdom ⓘ
Gregory "Gigi" Gonaway ⓘ
Jody Linscott ⓘ
John Ginty ⓘ
John Ulrich ⓘ
Ken Fradley ⓘ
Kid Ginseng ⓘ
Lani Weymouth ⓘ
Larry Etkin ⓘ
Laura Weymouth ⓘ
Mark Roule ⓘ
Monte Brown ⓘ
Mystic Bowie ⓘ
Paul Litteral ⓘ
Ralph Carney ⓘ
Ralph Rolle ⓘ
Ray Grappone ⓘ
Robyn Lane ⓘ
Roger Squitero ⓘ
Steve Scales ⓘ
Steven Stanley ⓘ
T. J. Quirk ⓘ
Terry Jenoure ⓘ
Tina Weymouth ⓘ
Tito Puente Jr. ⓘ
Tyrone Downie ⓘ
surface form: Tyrone "Crusher" Downie

Tyrone Downie ⓘ
Umar Bin Hassan ⓘ
Victoria Clamp ⓘ
Wally Badarou ⓘ
Warren Sharples ⓘ
Yves N’Djock ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle dance-oriented ⓘ
eclectic ⓘ
influencedBy Talking Heads ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locationOfFormation New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notableFor fusion of funk, hip hop, and new wave ⓘ
use of sampling ⓘ
notableSong Genius of Love ⓘ
Wordy Rappinghood ⓘ
notableWork Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom ⓘ
Close to the Bone ⓘ
Dark Sneak Love Action ⓘ
Downtown Rockers ⓘ
Genius of Love ⓘ
The Good the Bad and the Funky ⓘ
Tom Tom Club self-link ⓘ
Wordy Rappinghood ⓘ
recordLabel Cartoon Records ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ
Sire Records ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

song "Fantasy" → sampledArtist → Tom Tom Club ⓘ
subject surface form: Fantasy
Talking Heads → hasPart → Tom Tom Club ⓘ
Talking Heads → associatedAct → Tom Tom Club ⓘ
Dreamlover → sampleSourceArtist → Tom Tom Club ⓘ
Tom Tom Club → notableWork → Tom Tom Club self-link ⓘ
Fantasy (Def Club Mix) → originalSongPerformerOfSampledSong → Tom Tom Club ⓘ
Tina Weymouth → notableWork → Tom Tom Club ⓘ
Tina Weymouth → memberOf → Tom Tom Club ⓘ
Tina Weymouth → notableAlbum → Tom Tom Club ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tom Tom Club (1981 album)