The song, which encourages listeners to "whip it good," hung on the ... yeah" makes founding Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh around $1 million in royalties each year, Anita Greenspan, Motherbaugh's ...

Devo rose to fame from lo-fi beginnings in the early ’70s to becoming one of New Wave’s most innovative bands, creating a discography that includes its biggest hit, 1980’s “Whip It.” ...