More Bounce to the Ounce

"More Bounce to the Ounce"
Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce single cover.jpg
Single by Zapp
from the album Zapp
B-side"Freedom"
ReleasedSeptember 1980 (September 1980)
Recorded1979
Genre
Length5:14 (single version)
9:25 (album version)
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Roger Troutman
Producer(s)
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 eponymous debut album and serves as the album's first single. The song was written, 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.

Chart positions

Chart (1980-1981) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 86
US Dance Music/Club Play Singles (Billboard) 19
US R&B Singles (Billboard) 2

Legacy

The song is featured in the 2002 Rockstar video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and the 2018 South Park episode "A Boy and a Priest". It was also in an episode of "New Girl" (Season 4, episode 20).

See also



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