Although the album had not been released in North America, over 100,000 copies of the single sold as imports from Island Records UK, at which point Sire Records made a deal to release the single and the album in North America in late 1981. 'Genius of Love' is Tom Tom Club's second single. It reached number one on the Billboard Disco Top 80 chart.
' Genius of Love' is a 1981 hit song by Tom Tom Club from their 1981 eponymous debut album.