Oh Yeah (Yello song) - Wikipedia

"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 ... OhYeah(Yellosong) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 1985singlebyYello 1985singlebyYello"OhYeah"Coverartfor1987EuropeanreleaseSinglebyYellofromthealbumStellaReleased July 11, 1985 (1985-07-11)(US) September 28, 1987 (1987-09-28)(Europe) GenreElectronicLength3:08LabelElektraSongwriter(s) BorisBlank DieterMeier Producer(s)YelloYellosingleschronology "Desire"(1985) "OhYeah"(1985) "Goldrush"(1986) Musicvideo"OhYeah(1987version)"onYouTube "OhYeah"isasinglereleasedin1985bythebandYelloandfeaturedontheiralbumStella.Thesongfeaturesamixofelectronicmusicandmanipulatedvocals.ThesonggainedpopularityafterbeingfeaturedinthefilmsFerrisBueller'sDayOffandTheSecretofMySuccess,amongotherfilms.Itisapopularstapleinpopculture. Contents 1Production 2Personnel 3Charts 4Remix 5Legacy 6References 6.1Notes 6.2Citations 6.3Bibliography Production[edit] OhYeah(0:18) Openingsecondsofthesong Problemsplayingthisfile?Seemediahelp. Describingthecompositionof"OhYeah,"BorisBlanksaid,"FirstIdidthemusicandthenIinvitedDietertosingalong,andhecameupwithsomelineswhichIthought,'noDieter,it'stoocomplicated,wedon'tneedthatmanylyrics'.Ihadtheideaofjustthisguy,afatlittlemonstersitsthereveryrelaxedandsays,"Ohyeah,ohyeah".SoItoldhim,'Whydon'tyoutryjusttosingonandon'ohyeah'?...DieterwasveryangrywhenItoldhimthisandhesaid,'areyoucrazy,allthetime"Ohyeah"?Areyoucrazy?!Ican'tdothis,nono,comeon,comeon.'Andthenhesaid,'somelyrics,like"themoon...beautiful",isthistoomuch?!'andIsaid,'no,it'sOK',andthenhedidthis'ohyeah'andattheendhethought,'yeahit'snice',helovedithimselfalso.AndalsoIwantedtoinstalllotsofhumannoises,allkindofphoneticrhythmswithmymouth;youhearlotsofnoisesinthebackgroundwhicharedonewithmymouth."[1] Personnel[edit] Yello DieterMeier–leadandbackgroundvocals BorisBlank–keyboards,programming,backgroundvocals Additionalpersonnel PetiaKaufman–glassharp† Charts[edit] Chart(1987–88) Peakposition Australia(KentMusicReport)[2] 8 Germany[3] 47 UnitedStates(BillboardHot100)[4] 51 UnitedStates(DanceClubSongschart)[5] 36 Thesong(andothers)hasbeenaggressivelyshoppedaround,thegroupgoingsofarastoproduceaspecial"AllTimeClassics"CDforadvertising,televisionandmovies.[6] Thesonghasbeenwildlysuccessful,andwasthebasisforDieterMeier'sinvestmentfortune,whichasof2017wasvaluedatanestimated$175million.[7] Remix[edit] Aremixofthesong,entitled,"OhYeahOhSix"wenttoNo.1ontheUSdancechartsin2006.[8] Legacy[edit] Thisarticleappearstocontaintrivial,minor,orunrelatedreferencestopopularculture.Pleasereorganizethiscontenttoexplainthesubject'simpactonpopularculture,providingcitationstoreliable,secondarysources,ratherthansimplylistingappearances.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.(September2018) DieterMeier,vocals Afteritsuseinthe1986filmFerrisBueller'sDayOff—an"incrediblyinfectioussong"fromwhichitbecamevirtuallyknownas'theFerrisBuellersong'[9][10]—thesongwasusedinvariousotherfilmsoundtracksthroughtheendofthedecadeanddevelopedareputationasa1980sHollywoodcliche.[11][12][13]Itwasprominentlyusedinthe1987filmTheSecretofMySuccess.[11][12][13][A]ItwasalsopartofthesoundtrackinShe'sOutofControl[7]andOpportunityKnocks.[15]ThesongwasusedinaseriesofTwixcommercialsfrom1988to1990.Itwasalsousedinthe1989filmK-9. FilmcriticJonathanBernsteinobservedthatdespiteneverreachinghitstatus,thesong"hasbecomesynonymouswithavariceandlust.Everytimeamovie,TVshoworcommercialwantstounderlinethejaw-droppingimpactofahotbabeorsleekauto,thatsynth-drumstartspoppingandthatdeepvoicerumbles,'Ohyeah…".[16]A2014articleonTheDissolvewebsite,suggeststhesongisusedtometaphoricallyrepresentlust(invariousforms)andcocaine.[13] ThesongbecameaconceitonTheSimpsons,beingusedwhenDuffmanappears;anidiomaticstapleinvideogames;andarepeatedchoiceintelevisionadvertisements.[7][12][17] MatthewBroderickreprisedhisBuellerroleinaHondacommercialairedduringtheSuperBowlinwhich"OhYeah"wasfeatured.[18]AteaserfortheadhadappearedtwoweekspriortotheSuperBowl,whichhadcreatedrumorsofapossiblefilmsequel.[19][20]ItwasproducedbySantaMonica-basedRPAanddirectedbyToddPhillips.[21]Adweek'sTimNuddcalledthead"agreathomagetotheoriginal1986film,withBroderickthistimecallinginsicktoafilmshootandenjoyinganotherdayofslacking."[21]Ontheotherhand,Jalopnik'sMattHardigreecalledthespot"sacrilegious".[22] ThesongappearsinthevideogameGranTurismo4,bothasoneofthesongsoftheracingBGMandthemusicplayedwhentheplayerfailsaLicenseTest. ThesongwasalsoappearsinCGIfilmAlvinandtheChipmunks:TheSqueakquelwhenthesceneisonToby'sHorribleSchoolmemory(atthetimeTobywasplayedbyZacharyLevi). ThesongfeaturesprominentlyinanepisodeofthecomedyseriesIt'sAlwaysSunnyinPhiladelphia,"SweetDeeHasaHeartAttack".Charactersrefertoitas"thatsongfromthe80s,'DayBowBow'"andreferenceitsuseinTheSecretofMySuccess.Laterinthesameepisode,theactualsongplayswhenCharlieKellytalksabouthimselfreceivingmailfromanimaginarymannamedPepeSilvia,whichlaterbecameaninternetmeme. ThesongwasusedduringasketchontheTVshowSaturdayNightLive,withcelebrityguestMargotRobbie.[23] ThesongwasusedinaDomino'sPizzacommercialin2017thathomagesFerrisBueller'sDayOff;[24] Thesongwasusedinthe2017filmsCaptainUnderpants:TheFirstEpicMovieandSpider-Man:Homecoming,thelatterusingfootagefromFerrisBueller'sDayOff.[25] JerrySmithdoeskaraoketothesongintheRickandMortyepisode"AmortycanGrickfitti"whilehiskidsjoyrideinhisfather-in-lawRick'sspaceship.[26] Thesongwasusedinseason3,episode1ofSexEducation.[27] References[edit] Notes[edit] ^Althoughitdidnotappearonthesoundtrackalbum.[14] Citations[edit] ^Warstad2013,p. 28. ^Kent,David(1993).AustralianChartBook1970–1992(illustrated ed.).StIves,N.S.W.:AustralianChartBook.p. 345.ISBN 0-646-11917-6. ^"Yello-'OhYeah'".OffizielleDeutscheCharts.RetrievedOctober15,2018. ^"Yello:'OhYeah'".Billboard.RetrievedOctober15,2018. ^Whitburn,Joel(2004).HotDance/Disco:1974-2003.RecordResearch.p. 285. ^"Yello–BestOfYello-AllTimeClassicsForAdvertising,TvAndMovies".Discogs.RetrievedJanuary6,2017.CDhandedouttopromoteusingYellosongsforadvertising,tvandmoviesFromlinernotes ^abcLetzing,John(January27,2017)."A-HED'OhYeah,'theSongfrom'FerrisBueller'sDayOff,'IsCatchy,IrritatingandtheOriginofanInvestingFortune".WallStreetJournal.Zurich.RetrievedJanuary29,2017.Thequirkytechnotune,whichaccompaniedFerris'sFerrariescapadeandloadsofotheradvertisementsandHollywoodcomedies,helpedcreatealucrativeinvestmentcareerforitsSwissco-creator ^"HotDanceClubSongs".Billboard.NielsenBusinessMedia,Inc.April15,2006.RetrievedNovember15,2021. ^"Yello–"OhYeah"(AKAThatFerrisBuellerSong)".JackFM,SparknetCommunications.April19,2012.RetrievedJanuary2,2017. ^Blake,Boston(August19,2016)."The20MostOverusedSongsInMoviesAndTV".ScreenRant.RetrievedApril17,2018.Ofitsinclusioninthemovie,writerandcriticJonathanBersteinclaimeditsusebyJohnHughesillustratedthe“mouthwateringmust-havenessofCameron’sdad’sFerrari.Sincethen,ithasbecomesynonymouswithlust.” ^abThomas,William(January1,2000)."TheSecretofMySuccessReview".Empire.RetrievedDecember31,2016....andasoundtrackthathasbeenhand-pickedtogetanaudienceonside. ^abcMunger,Sean(October10,2013)."Rememberthissongfromthe80s?"BOUNTBOUNT…(chickachicka)!"".SeanMunger.RetrievedJanuary2,2017.Thoughitdidn’tmakemuchofasplashwhenitwasfirstreleased,"OhYeah"becameenshrinedinpopularcultureanditshistorybyitsinclusioninthe1986JohnHughesmovieFerrisBueller'sDayOff.Howasimplesonglikethiscametoalmostepitomizeanentireeraisaprettyfascinatingphenomena. ^abcRabin,Nathan(January10,2014)."TheSecretOfMySuccessdistills1987downtoitsawfulessence".TheDissolve.PitchforkMedia.RetrievedDecember31,2016.[Thesoundtrackpresents]anupbeatmontagesettoKatrinaAndTheWaves’"WalkingOnSunshine,"theofficialanthemofboththe1980sandthepopulardrugcocaine;andYello's"OhYeah,"theotherofficialanthemofboththe1980sandthepopulardrugcocaine. ^"SoundtracksforTheSecretofMySuccess".imdb.com.RetrievedJune5,2012. ^Gnoll(April2004)."TheMostOverusedSongsinMovieHistory".Dorkdroppings.RetrievedJanuary2,2017.YouprobablyhearitandimmediatelywantaSnicker'sBar,oroneoftheother37,000productsthatusedthesonginacommercial.ButthislittledittyfromEuropoppioneersYelloisalsoprettycommoninthemovies,particularlycomediesfromthe1980's.ImmediatelyspringingtomindistheclassicFERRISBUELLER’SDAYOFF,inwhichthissongwasusedtoitsmaximumpotential.Butitwasalsofeaturedinseveralotherfilmsfromtheera,includingTHESECRETOFMYSUCCESS,SHE’SOUTOFCONTROL,andOPPORTUNITYKNOCKS. ^Bernstein,Jonathan(1997).Prettyinpink:thegoldenageofteenagemovies.NewYorkNY:St.Martin'sGriffin.p. 198.ISBN 978-0-312-15194-2.FerrisBuelerimpactonculture. ^Oakley,Bill(2006).Commentaryfor"TheCityofNewYorkvs.HomerSimpson".TheSimpsons:TheCompleteNinthSeason(DVD).20thCenturyFox. ^"'FerrisBueller'starsinHondaSuperBowladvert".TheTelegraph.January30,2012.Archivedfromtheoriginal(Article,Video)onFebruary1,2012.RetrievedJanuary5,2017. ^Cooper,GaelFashingbauer(January30,2012)."Ohyeah!'FerrisBueller'Hondaadrecreatesfilm".Today.NBC.RetrievedJanuary5,2017. ^Manker,Rob(2012-01-30)."HondareleasescompleteFerrisBuellerad".ChicagoTribune.Retrieved2012-01-30. ^ab"HondaUnveilsFerrisBuellerAd,andItIsAwesome".AdWeek.2012-01-30.Retrieved2012-01-31. ^Hardigree,Matt(2012-01-30)."SAVEFERRISFromHonda'sSacrilegiousSuperBowlAd".Jalopnik.Retrieved2012-01-30. ^"MargotRobbieblowsmindson'SNL'asasexylibrariangoneverywrong".Mashable.2October2016.RetrievedOctober2,2016. ^"Domino'sTracker®FerrisBuellerCommercial–LifeMovesFast(:30)".YouTube.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2017-06-17.Retrieved2017-06-17. ^"'CaptainUnderpants:TheFirstEpicMovie':FilmReview".TheHollywoodReporter.June2017.RetrievedAugust19,2017. ^"'RickandMortyComesofAgeandRaisesaLittleHellWithTwoAdventuresinAmortycanGrickffiti':EpisodeReview".Variety_(magazine).19July2021.RetrievedJuly19,2021. ^Morris,Lauren(2021-09-17)."SexEducationseason3soundtrack:AllsongsfromNetflixcomedy-drama".RadioTimes.Retrieved2021-09-19. Bibliography[edit] Warstad,Jonas(2013).Stella:TheStoryBehindtheAlbum.CreateSpaceIndependentPublishingPlatform.ISBN 978-1-4949-3420-0. vteYello BorisBlank DieterMeier CarlosPerón Albums SolidPleasure ClaroQueSi YouGottaSayYestoAnotherExcess Stella OneSecond Flag Baby Zebra PocketUniverse MotionPicture TheEye TouchYello Toy Point Remixandcompilation 1980–1985TheNewMixinOneGo EssentialYello HandsonYello EccentrixRemixes ProgressandPerfection YellobyYello TheKeytoPerfection Singles "Bostich" "Bimbo" "NightFlanger" "ILoveYou" "LostAgain" "ViciousGames" "Desire" "OhYeah" "Goldrush" "TheRhythmDivine"(withShirleyBassey) "TheRace" "JungleBill" Related Discography RinspeedYelloTalbo Authoritycontrol MusicBrainzwork Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oh_Yeah_(Yello_song)&oldid=1077727528" Categories:1985singles1985songs1987singlesYellosongsElektraRecordssinglesMusicmemesNoveltysongsSongsaboutbeautySongswrittenbyBorisBlank(musician)SongswrittenbyDieterMeierHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataArticleswithhAudiomicroformatsArticleswithtriviasectionsfromSeptember2018ArticleswithMusicBrainzworkidentifiers Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages EspañolEuskaraItalianoPortuguês Editlinks