More Bounce to the Ounce
{{Infobox song
| name = More Bounce to the Ounce
| cover = Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce single cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Zapp
| album = Zapp
| B-side = "Freedom"{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Zapp-More-Bounce-To-The-Ounce/release/123664|title=Zapp – More Bounce To The Ounce (Vinyl) at Discogs|work=Discogs|accessdate=November 5, 2014}}
| released = {{start date|1980|09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/wms49534|title = Zapp – More Bounce to the Ounce, Part I}}
| recorded = 1979
| studio =
| genre =
- Funk[http://www.allmusic.com/album/la-haine-métisse-mw0000647569 La Haine/Métisse – Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic][https://www.billboard.com/photos/7511389/best-funk-tracks-of-all-time-dance-music The 30 Best Funk Songs Ever (Updated 2017) | Billboard]{{cite book|first=Alice|last=Echols|title=Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture|chapter= I Hear a Symphony: Black Masculinity and the Disco Turn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DzrvOAA2tvAC|date=March 29, 2010|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-06675-3|page=23}}
- electro{{cite web|url=https://www.globaldarkness.com/articles/history%20of%20electro%20funk.htm|title=Rap meets Techno, with a short history of Electro|publisher=|accessdate=26 August 2017}}
| length = {{duration|m=4}} (single version)
{{duration|m=9|s=25}} (album version)
| label = Warner Bros.
| writer = Roger Troutman{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-the-greatest-hits-mw0000102844|title=All the Greatest Hits – Roger, Zapp – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|work=AllMusic|last=Elias|first=Jason|accessdate=November 5, 2014}}
| producer = {{hlist|Bootsy Collins|Roger Troutman{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Zapp-More-Bounce-To-The-Ounce/release/1049470|title=Zapp – More Bounce To The Ounce (Vinyl) at Discogs|work=Discogs|accessdate=November 5, 2014}}}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Be Alright
| next_year = 1981
| misc =
}}
"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 produced by Bootsy Collins, arranged, composed and produced by Roger Troutman; and it peaked at No. 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980.
The song title was taken from a 1950s Pepsi ad campaign of the same name.{{cite web|url=https://www.etsy.com/listing/507035216/50s-pepsi-ad-life-magazine-sept-3-1951|title=50s Pepsi Ad Life Magazine Sept 3 1951 Teen Life Classic Ads|via=Etsy|accessdate=June 11, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.adbranch.com/pepsi-more-bounce-to-the-ounce-1950s/|title=Pepsi "More Bounce to the Ounce" 1950s|website=Adbranch|accessdate=June 11, 2018}}
Legacy
The song was the inspiration behind the Tom Tom Club's 1981 hit "Genius of Love", itself one of the most sampled tracks of the new wave era. "We loved ['More Bounce'] in part because it was played at a slower, funkier tempo by far than so many other dance tracks of the period," said Tom Tom Club's Chris Frantz. "It was very relaxed and sexy while still maintaining a raw, hard edge."{{Cite book|last=Frantz|first=Chris|title=Remain in Love|publisher=St. Martin’s Press|year=2020|isbn=978-1250209221|location=New York|language=en}}
The song has been sampled many times by numerous hip hop artists; notable examples include "You Gots to Chill" by EPMD (1988 & 1997), "Friday" by Ice Cube (1995), "Going Back to Cali" by The Notorious B.I.G. (1997), and "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'" by MC Breed and DFC (1991).
Chart positions
| Class = "wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for "More Bounce to the Ounce" !scope="col"|Chart (1980–1981) !scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop: 1955–1982 |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoppo00whit |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoppo00whit/page/461 461] |date=1983 |edition=4th |publisher=Record Research|isbn=9780898200515 }}
|align=center|86 |
|---|
| scope="row"|US Dance Music/Club Play Singles (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/zapp-mn0000596451/awards|title=Zapp – Awards|work=AllMusic|access-date=October 13, 2023|archive-date=November 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127021558/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/zapp-mn0000596451/awards|url-status=dead}}
|align=center|19 |
| scope="row"|US R&B Singles (Billboard)
|align=center|2 |
References
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External links
- {{AllMusic|song|id=mt0028681093|label="More Bounce to the Ounce"}}
- {{Discogs master|9562|type=single}}
{{Zapp}}
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Category:Song recordings produced by Bootsy Collins
Category:Song recordings produced by Roger Troutman
Category:Songs written by Roger Troutman
Category:Warner Records singles
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