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"Oh Yeah" is a single released in 1985 by the band Yello and featured on their album Stella. The song features a mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals. The song gained popularity after being featured in the films Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Secret of My Success, among others. It is a popular staple in pop culture.
Recording took place from mid-1983 to mid-1984 at the band's Yello Studio on the shore of Lake Zurich.Blank had purchased two new synthesizers in 1983, a Yamaha DX7 and a Roland JX-3P, but the album was mostly written and created using the equipment he already owned, a Fairlight CMI Series II sampler along with an ARP Odyssey synthesizer, the Linn LM-1 and Oberheim DMX drum machines, a Roland ...
SingStar is a series of music video games developed by London Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles. . Gameplay in the SingStar games requires players to sing along to music in order to score points, using SingStar-specific USB microphones which ship with the g
"Oh Yeah" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at No. 30 and reached a peak of No.5 on August 16. This was the second top 10 from the album with the previous single, "Over You", also reaching a peak of No.5, and their fourth consecutive UK top 10. "Oh Yeah" spent a total of 8 weeks on the UK Singles chart, three of which were within the top 10. [3]
The single featured a sample of the song "54-46 That's My Number" by the Jamaican reggae and ska band Toots & the Maytals. The UK version of the single is enhanced and contains a music video of "Oh Yeah", playable when inserted into a computer. Another version of the single was released without "BK Anthem" and with an alternate cover. [3]
The song became Huey’s first No. 1 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, won “Favorite Single” and “Favorite Video Single” at the 13th Annual American Music Awards, and was nominated for an ...
The song was released shortly after and became the band's only single to chart in the US, reaching No. 51, [7] and their only top-50 hit in Australia, reaching No. 9. In 1988, single " The Race " from the album Flag reached No. 7 in the UK as their only top-10 hit there. [ 2 ]
Karen O also contributed vocals to the song and served as choreographer of the video, in which she appears with Yeah Yeah Yeahs bandmates Nick Zinner and Brian Chase, as well as Mike D from the Beastie Boys, Gibby Haynes from the Butthole Surfers, Russell Simins from the Blues Explosion, and Sam James from The Mooney Suzuki.