Editing Funkytown (section)

==Legacy and impact==
In 1997, [[Disc jockey|DJ]] [[John Acquaviva]] listed "Funkytown" with his top ten tracks, saying "It's always been one of my favorite songs. It's got an amazing [[bassline]] that sounds great on a good system and people love it. Some people in Germany I know are reissuing it."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-11-15.pdf|title=Jock On His Box|magazine=[[Music Week]], in RM (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=November 15, 1997|page=4|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref> In October 2000, [[VH1]] ranked the song number 64 in their list of "100 Greatest Dance Songs".<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Greatest Dance Songs|url=http://vh-1.com/insidevh1/shows/100greatestlist/100dance.jhtml|publisher=[[VH1]]|date=October 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020324113157/http://vh-1.com/insidevh1/shows/100greatestlist/100dance.jhtml|archive-date=March 24, 2002|access-date=April 11, 2025}}</ref> In 2009, it was ranked number 94 on ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'''s "The 100 Greatest Summer Songs", saying, "This one-hit wonder belonged to the tail end of the [[disco]] era but also presaged the [[techno-pop]] epoch about to come...totally synthetic, totally cool."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20201383_20201385_20202309_6,00.html|title=The 100 Greatest Summer Songs: Nos. 100–76|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227060042/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20201383_20201385_20202309_6,00.html |access-date=April 2, 2025|archive-date=February 27, 2009 }}</ref> Same year, VH1 ranked the song number 37 on its list of the "100 Greatest [[One-hit wonder|One Hit Wonders]] of the 1980s".<ref>{{cite web|first= Rahsheeda |last= Ali |title= 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s |website= [[VH1]] |date= May 2, 2013 |access-date= October 8, 2018 |url= https://www.vh1.com/news/58qjan/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s |archive-date= July 30, 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170730134511/http://www.vh1.com/news/1243/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s/}}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' ranked it number 44 on its list of "The 100 best party songs", writing, "'Funkytown' expresses a simple, repetitive yearning for the pulse of a bigger city, goosed by a killer ten-note [[Synthesizer|synth]] [[riff]]. "''Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me''", sings Cynthia Johnson in a robotic, [[Vocoder|vocoderized]] voice (a precursor to the [[Auto-Tune]] sound) before busting out an unmodified, [[Soul music|soul]]ful wail, pleading for a trip to the party destination of her dreams. Released in 1980, 'Funkytown' came late to the disco party, but gave it a jolt of electricity.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The 100 best party songs |magazine= [[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |date= March 8, 2018 |access-date= October 4, 2018 |url= https://www.timeout.com/london/music/best-party-songs |archive-date= October 30, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201030172731/https://www.timeout.com/london/music/best-party-songs |url-status= live}}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Dotdash Meredith|ThoughtCo.]]'' ranked the song number seven on its list of the "25 Best [[Dance-pop|Dance Pop]] Songs of All Time".<ref>{{cite web|first= Bill |last= Lamb |title= 25 Best Dance Pop Songs of All Time |website= [[Dotdash|ThoughtCo]] |date= May 1, 2018 |access-date= October 6, 2018 |url= https://www.thoughtco.com/best-dance-pop-songs-4147273 |url-status= live |archive-date= October 6, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181006075519/https://www.thoughtco.com/best-dance-pop-songs-4147273}}</ref>

===Cultural use===
The song was used in movies such as ''[[Love on Delivery]]'', ''[[Shrek 2]]'', and ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)|Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'', as well as in television shows, such as the 13th episode of the 1st season of ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'', "Rollerskates".{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}