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"Genius of Love" was not quite as popular in the United Kingdom as some of the Tom Tom Club's other releases, as it only reached #65 in the UK Singles Chart (both of the other two singles released from the Tom Tom Club LP achieved Top 30 placings in the UK). Although primarily associated with the dance club culture of the early 1980s, the track was also a surprise hit on the US Mainstream Rock chart where it peaked at #24. It later went on to peak at #31 on the US Billboard Hot 100,  becoming the Tom Tom Club's only entry on the US Billboard Hot 100. Hot Dance Play chart, and also reached #2 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Like its predecessor "Wordy Rappinghood", it peaked at #1 in the U.S. On its release in November 1981, "Genius of Love" became a huge hit in the clubs and on the R&B and dance charts worldwide, soon earning the Tom Tom Club LP a Gold Sales Award in 1982. This cover repeats the chorus: "You've got to have a strong heart to live in New York." Chart performance

It is assumed that this is really the Tom Tom Club using a pseudonym.

Yellow and, on others, it is credited to Yella. On some pressings, the song is sometimes credited to Mr. The B-side of the "Genius of Love (Long Version)" 12" vinyl has a lesser-known underground hit called "Yella". When Weymouth saw an early screening of the film she was thus surprised and irritated to see "Genius of Love," but Demme refused to change anything before the official release. Director Jonathan Demme added "Genius of Love" to the concert primarily so that David Byrne could exit the stage and change into his oversized suit, and he assured Weymouth that the performance would not be included on the final cut of the film. Tom Tom Club appeared in the 1984 Talking Heads concert movie Stop Making Sense performing "Genius of Love," although this incarnation of the group did not include Tina Weymouth's sisters Laura and Lani. Although the album had not been released in North America, over a hundred thousand copies of the single sold as imports from Island Records's 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" was Tom Tom Club's second single.