Wordy Rappinghood

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"Wordy Rappinghood" is a playful, genre-blending 1981 song by Tom Tom Club that mixes spoken-word rap, catchy pop rhythms, and witty lyrics about language and communication.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Tom Tom Club NERFINISHED
artist Tom Tom Club NERFINISHED
chronologyPosition debut single of Tom Tom Club
composer Adrian Belew NERFINISHED
Chris Frantz NERFINISHED
Lani Weymouth NERFINISHED
Laura Weymouth NERFINISHED
Steven Stanley NERFINISHED
Tina Weymouth NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy Genius of Love NERFINISHED
format 12-inch single
7-inch single
genre dance-pop
funk
hip hop
new wave
post-disco
rap
hasChant French children’s rhyme-style section
hasPart call-and-response vocals
percussion break
rap vocals
spoken word vocals
synthesizer riff
language English
length approximately 6 minutes 20 seconds
lyricist Chris Frantz NERFINISHED
Tina Weymouth NERFINISHED
notableFor early fusion of new wave and hip hop elements
mixing spoken-word rap with pop rhythms
witty lyrics about language
partOf Tom Tom Club (album) NERFINISHED
performer Tom Tom Club NERFINISHED
producer Chris Frantz NERFINISHED
Steven Stanley NERFINISHED
Tina Weymouth NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1981
recordLabel Island Records
Sire Records NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1981
theme communication
language
playfulness with language
power of words
usesInstrument bass guitar
drum machine
synthesizer

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Tom Tom Club notableWork Wordy Rappinghood
Tom Tom Club notableSong Wordy Rappinghood
Tina Weymouth notableSong Wordy Rappinghood