More Bounce to the Ounce

"More Bounce to the Ounce"
Single by Zapp
from the album Zapp
B-side"Freedom"[1]
ReleasedSeptember 1980 (1980-09)[2]
Recorded1979
Genre
Length4:00 (single version)
9:25 (album version)
LabelWarner Bros.
SongwriterRoger Troutman[7]
Producers
Zapp singles chronology
"More Bounce to the Ounce"
(1980)		 "Be Alright"
(1981)

"More Bounce to the Ounce" is the debut single by American funk band Zapp. It is the opening track on their 1980 eponymous debut album and was released as its lead single. The song was written and arranged by Roger Troutman and co-produced by Troutman and Bootsy Collins.[7][8] The single release peaked at No. 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1980.[9]

The song's title was taken from a 1950s Pepsi ad campaign.[10][11]

Legacy

"More Bounce to the Ounce" inspired Tom Tom Club's 1981 hit "Genius of Love", itself one of the most sampled tracks of the new wave era. According to Tom Tom Club drummer Chris Frantz: "We loved ['More Bounce to the Ounce'] in part because it was played at a slower, funkier tempo by far than so many other dance tracks of the period. It was very relaxed and sexy while still maintaining a raw, hard edge."[12]

It has been sampled on songs including "You Gots to Chill" by EPMD (1988), "Friday" by Ice Cube (1995), "Long Ago" by Mariah Carey (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

Chart performance for "More Bounce to the Ounce"
Chart (1980–1981) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 86
US Dance Music/Club Play Singles (Billboard)[13] 19
US R&B Singles (Billboard)[13] 2

References

  1. ↑ "Zapp – More Bounce To The Ounce (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Zapp – More Bounce to the Ounce, Part I".
  3. ↑ La Haine/Métisse – Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
  4. ↑ The 30 Best Funk Songs Ever (Updated 2017) | Billboard
  5. ↑ Echols, Alice (March 29, 2010). "I Hear a Symphony: Black Masculinity and the Disco Turn". Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-393-06675-3.
  6. ↑ "Rap meets Techno, with a short history of Electro". Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  7. 1 2 Elias, Jason. "All the Greatest Hits – Roger, Zapp – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Zapp – More Bounce To The Ounce (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  9. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1983). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop: 1955–1982 (4th ed.). Record Research. p. 461. ISBN 9780898200515.
  10. ↑ "50s Pepsi Ad Life Magazine Sept 3 1951 Teen Life Classic Ads". Retrieved June 11, 2018 – via Etsy.
  11. ↑ "Pepsi "More Bounce to the Ounce" 1950s". Adbranch. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  12. ↑ Frantz, Chris (2020). Remain in Love. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN 978-1250209221.
  13. 1 2 "Zapp – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 27, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
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