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Zapp (also known as the Zapp Band or Zapp & Roger) is an American funk band that emerged from Dayton, Ohio, in 1977. Particularly influential in the electro subgenre of funk, Zapp served as partial inspiration toward the creation of the G-funk sound of hip-hop popular on the West Coast of the United States in the early to mid 1990s, with many of their songs sampled by numerous hip-hop artists. The original line-up consisted of four brothers - Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman, Lester Troutman and Terry Troutman - and non-Troutman family members Bobby Glover, Gregory Jackson, Sherman Fleetwood, Jerome Derrickson, Eddie Barber and Jannetta Boyce. The group received attention in the early 1980s for implementing heavy use of the talk-box, which became one of their most well known characteristics. Zapp worked closely with members George Clinton and Bootsy Collins of the band Parliament-Funkadelic during its early stages.

Below is a list of Zapp songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Warner 17712
chart position: RandB #2, US #86, US dance #19
written by: Roger (as Roger Troutman)
album: Zapp
comments: [funk]
Zapp More Bounce to the Ounce
1980 Warner
2 record label: Warner 29961
chart position: RandB #1, US #101, US dance #62
written by: Roger (as Roger Troutman) & Larry Troutman
album: Zapp II
Zapp Dance Floor
1982 Warner
3 record label: Warner 29553
chart position: RandB #4, US #102
written by: Larry Troutman and Roger Troutman
album: Zapp III
comments: [electro funk]
Zapp I Can Make You Dance (Part 1)
1983 Warner
4 record label: Warner 28805
chart position: RandB #8, UK #64
written by: Roger (as Roger Troutman) and Larry Troutman
album: The New Zapp IV U
Zapp Computer Love (Part I)
1986 Warner
5 record label: Warner 29891
chart position: RandB #10, US #103
written by: Roger Troutman and Larry Troutman
album: Zapp II
comments: [funk]
Zapp Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)
1982 Warner
6 record label: Reprise 6596
chart position: RandB #18, US #43
written by: Roger (as Roger Troutman), Larry Troutman and Shirley Murdock
Zapp & Roger Slow and Easy
1993 Reprise
7 record label: Warner 29462
chart position: RandB #15, US #107
written by: Roger Troutman and Larry Troutman
album: Zapp III
comments: [funk]
Zapp Heartbreaker (Part 1)
1983 Warner
8 record label: Reprise 22849
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore
album: Zapp Vibe
Zapp Ooh Baby Baby
1989 Reprise
9 record label: Reprise 40982
chart position: RandB #30, US #54
written by: Roger (as Roger Troutman) and Larry Troutman
Zapp & Roger Mega Medley
1993 Reprise
10 record label: Warner 8879
chart position: RandB #41, UK #57
written by: Roger (as Roger Troutman) and Larry Troutman
album: The New Zapp IV U
Zapp It Doesn't Really Matter
1986 Warner
11 record label: Warner 49623
chart position: RandB #26
written by: Roger Troutman
album: Zapp
comments: [beat ballad]
Zapp Be Alright (Part I)
1981 Warner
12 record label: Reprise 17510
chart position: RandB #57, US #120
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: The Compilation Greatest Hits II And More
Roger & Zapp Living for the City
1997 Reprise
13 record label: Reprise 6722
chart position: RandB #65, US #108
Zapp & Roger ft. Shirley Murdock & Charlie Wilson Computer Love (remix)
1994 Reprise
14 record label: Warner 29380
chart position: RandB #77
written by: Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman and Billy Beck
album: Zapp III
comments: [ballad]
Zapp Spend My Whole Life
1984 Warner
15 record label: Warner 28719
chart position: RandB #81
written by: Zapp Troutman
Zapp Itchin' for Your Twitchin'
1986 Warner
-- record label: Warner Bros. 49623
written by: Roger Troutman
album: Zapp
Zapp Be Alright
1980 Warner Bros.




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