Oh Yeah (Yello song)
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| “Oh Yeah” | ||
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| Single by Yello from the album Stella |
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| Released | July 11, 1986 | |
| Format | 7", 12", CD single, CD Video | |
| Genre | Synthpop | |
| Writer(s) | Boris Blank, Dieter Meier | |
| Producer | Yello | |
"Oh Yeah" is a single released in 1985 by the Swiss band Yello and featured in their album Stella. It reached #51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1987.
The song features a mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals. The song became famous after being featured in the movie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
[edit] Popular culture usage
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
- The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)
- She's Out of Control (1989)
- K-9 (1989)
- Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
- Soul Plane (2004)
- Promos for Miss Guided (2008)
- The song is used continually on The Simpsons as the theme for Duffman.
- It was also used in the South Park episode "Hell on Earth 2006".
- It has been also featured in numerous television commercials, used as the soundtrack for American football on U.S. TV programming, and a soundtrack in the game Gran Turismo 4 played when a license test was failed. An instrumental version of this song was used on older PS1 Crash Bandicoot video games.
- It was used in Twix commercials during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
- A sample of the song was used in Splatterhouse 2, a Sega Genesis/Megadrive video game from 1992.
- The song was sampled/remixed by Richie Hawtin for his "Orange" single.
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