Milli Vanilli

Released: November 14, 1988

Songwriter: Michael Newman Kerim Saka Frank Farian

Producer: Frank Farian

Mo-mo-mo-money rules the world
It's still the same old greed
Just if you got some in your pocket
You'll find relief
So stack the cash, my friend, and fly high
But don't you ever take a slice of my pie

Money is the kind of stuff
Makes everybody bitch on it
Bitch and bitch, try to get rich on it
Some people say it's the root of all evil today
But if you ask for some help
They'll give none away

(Money, money, money)
(Money, money, money)

Money can buy me diamonds
Money can buy me rings and friends

Money rules the world
And don't you love that cash?
Grab it with your greedy hands
You start a stash
Money is the word
It's got that magic touch
Can't live without it
You need the stuff too much

(Money)
(Money)
(Money)
(Money)

Mo-mo-mo-money stinks
But don't you love that cash?
Grab it with both hands
And make a stash
May you give some to the poor
It would be so fine
Share it fairly
But keep your hands off of mine

Money is the word
It's got that magic touch
You can't live without it
You need it too much
But don't you never
No, never ever ask for it
'Cause ain't nobody gonna give you
Just a bit of that shit

Money can buy me diamonds
Money can buy me rings and friends
(Money, money, money)
(Money, money, money)

Money rules the world
And don't you love that cash?
Grab it with your greedy hands
You start a stash
Money is the word
Its got that magic touch
Can't live without it
You need the stuff too much

(Money)
(Money)
(Money, money, money)
(Money, money, money)

Milli Vanilli was a German pop/R&B group that rose to fame in the late 1980s. After winning a Grammy for Best New Artist, it was revealed that the two “members” of the group, Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, were frauds. They had not performed any of the music themselves, and had lip-synced all of their performances. Numerous lawsuits were filed after this revelation and their Grammy was revoked, marking the first time a Grammy had ever been rescinded from an artist.

Their debut album, Girl You Know It’s True, went 6x Platinum before being completely deleted from the catalog of Arista Records, making it one of the largest-selling albums ever to be taken out of print.

After the controversy, Milli Vanilli split into two different groups. Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan became Rob & Fab, and released a self-titled album that commercially flopped, selling only around 2,000 copies. The actual studio performers formed The Real Milli Vanilli (also known as Try ‘N’ B to avoid any name recognition), and released an album called The Moment of Truth.

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