Funplex (song)
| "Funplex" | ||||
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| Single by The B-52's | ||||
| from the album Funplex | ||||
| A-side | "Funplex" | |||
| Released | January 29, 2008 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
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| Length |
4:07 (Album Version) 3:16 (Radio Edit) |
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| Label | Astralwerks | |||
| Songwriter(s) | The B-52's | |||
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"Funplex" is a song recorded by The B-52's. It is the title track and first single from the band's eighth full-length studio album Funplex. The single was released to iTunes Store's internationally as a digital download on 29 January 2008.
Remixes of the track by Peaches, Cansei de Ser Sexy and Scissor Sisters were released digitally on 5 March 2008.
A music video was filmed in West Hollywood on March 1, 2008 and featured a cameo appearance at the end by RuPaul, who appeared in the video for "Love Shack". The video features the band performing in a CGI shopping mall and premiered on MySpace on March 26, 2008.
Lyrics in the song, "Private property–hippie be quiet / Your peace sign t-shirt / Could cause a riot" refer to the 2003 Crossgates Mall T-shirt censorship controversy.
The 'Cansei de Ser Sexy' remix of Funplex is featured in Just Dance, the popular dancing game for the Nintendo Wii.
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