Woo! Yeah!

Woo! Yeah! is a drum break which includes James Brown's voice which has been repeatedly used in popular music, often in the form of a loop. It originates from the 1972 Lyn Collins recording "Think (About It)", a song written and produced by Brown, and is one of 5 breaks contained in the recording. In the original recording, the order in which Brown says the words is actually "Yeah! Woo!"; the order of the words was reversed later by sampling artists.^{[citation needed]}

"Woo! Yeah!" was probably first used as a loop by Roxanne Shante (in Go on Girl) but got major airplay and attention used as the backing loop for the 1988 platinum-selling hit "It Takes Two" by MC Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, which is almost entirely composed of sampled parts from "Think (About It)".

The number of artists who have used "Woo! Yeah!" in songs numbers in the hundreds - it became almost ubiquitous in dance and hip hop records during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It has also found its way into the title screen of Action 52 on the NES, the "Jungle Chase" level of Super Adventure Island on the SNES, and "Jazzy NYC" (Alex's Theme) as well as the continue screen of Street Fighter III: New Generation.

A selection of songs that use the "Woo! Yeah!" loop

• Roxanne Shante - "Go on Girl"
• Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two"
• 2NE1 - "I Am The Best (내가 제일 잘 나가)"
• 4minute - "Mirror Mirror"
• A. Skillz & Beardyman - "Got the Rhythm"
• Alexia feat. Double You - "Me And You"
• Alizée - "L'Alizé"
• Bibio - "Willenhall"
• Big Audio Dynamite - "Sound of the BAD"
• Black and White - Do You Know
• Black Eyed Peas - "Rock That Body"
• Black Eyed Peas - "Pump It Harder"
• Boy 8-Bit - "Fog Bank"
• Crookers - "Sveglia"
• Crookers - "All the Girls Standing in The Line for the Bathroom"
• Simon Harris - "Bass! How Low Can You Go?"
• Simon Harris (as Ambassadors of Funk featuring M.C. Mario) - SuperMarioLand
• Chaos A.D. - "Psultan Part 1 (Squarepusher Remix)"
• Dizzee Rascal - "Pussyole (Old Skool)"
• La Toya Jackson - "Sexual Feeling"
• New System - "Let Me Take"
• Twenty 4 Seven - "I Can't Stand It"
• Feadz - "Cold as Feadz"
• FPI Project - "Going Back to My Roots"
• John Mellencamp - "I'm Not Running Anymore"
• Madonna - "Bye Bye Baby"
• Don Omar - "Sexy Robótica"
• Hi Tek 3 featuring Ya Kid K - "Spin That Wheel"
• Venetian Snares - "Gentleman"
• Wisin & Yandel - "Siguelo"
• Ceephax Acid Crew - "Life Funk"
• Katy Perry - "Use Your Love"
• Slick Rick - "Children's Story"
• The sacados - "Chica a lunares amarillos"
• Toxic Avenger feat. Orelsan - "N'importe comment"
• Kid606 - The Illness
• Vinnie Colaiuta - I'm Tweeked / Attack of the 20 lb Pizza
• Lone - Pineapple Crush
• Red Cafe Ft. Fabolous - I'm Ill
• Does It Offend You, Yeah? - John Hurt
• Scooter - The Question Is What Is The Question?
• Squarepusher - Schizm #2 Mix
• Mike Candys and Jack Holiday - Insomnia
• Mike Candys feat Jack Holiday - La Serenissima
• Theme song for Bill Nye the Science Guy
• The "4th Grade" Remix of the South Park theme song

External links

• List of songs that sample "Think (About It)"
• 1999 video for I'm Not Running Anymore from self-titled album John Mellencamp (Album)