Rappinghood", and also reached No. 2 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It later went on to peak at No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1982, becoming Tom Tom Club's only entry on the Hot 100. "Genius of Love" reached No. 65 on the UK Singles Chart, while both of the other two singles released from the Tom Tom Club LP achieved top 30 placings in the UK. A song based on the keyboards-and-bass rhythm in "Genius of Love" was later used in a long-running TV advertising campaign in the UK by the Bird's desserts company between 1985 and 1992, the commercials featuring a spin on the psychedelic animation of the Tom Tom Club video using rudimentary CGI. In 2002, it was also used in a popular TV commercial for Kia Motors. The single also became a club success all around Europe, and peaked at number 28 in New Zealand, the first of three top 40 hits for the band there. Music video The official hand-drawn crayon and colored pencil animated music video for "Genius of Love" was produced by the band along with Cucumber Studios Ltd. Personnel Tina Weymouth – vocals, bass Chris Frantz – vocals, drum machine Adrian Belew – guitar Tyrone Downie – synthesizers Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion Laura Weymouth – backing vocals Lani Weymouth – backing vocals, spoken words in gibberish (mixture of English, Korean and Japanese) Singles "Genius of Love" / "Lorelei" (Instrumental) UK, 1981 (7"/12") "Genius of Love" / "Lorelei" (Instrumental) Netherlands, 1981 (7"/12") "Genius of Love" / "Lorelei" (Instrumental) Germany, 1981 (7") "Genius of Love" / "Lorelei" (Instrumental) United States, 1981 (7"/12") Charts Samples The song is one of the most sampled rhythm tracks of the 1980s, particularly within the hip hop and R&B genre. Notable versions include Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde's "Genius Rap" in 1981; Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "It's Nasty" in 1982; Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" in 1995, The X-Ecutioners' "Genius of Love 2002" in 2002, and Latto's "Big Energy" in 2021. Other artists have incorporated "Genius of Love" into their works, including Public Enemy's "Leave This Off Your Fuckin' Charts", X Clan’s “In The Ways of the Scales”, Redman's "Brick City Mashin'", Cam'ron's "Me, My Moms & Jimmy", 2nd II None's "Niggaz Trippin'", Fresh Kid Ice's "Roll Call", 2Pac's "High Speed", Seagram's "I Don't Give a Fuck", Busta Rhymes' "One", Ant Banks' "Roll 'Em