Yeah! Woo!

Yeah! Woo! 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]}

Background and impact

"Yeah! Woo!" 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 "Yeah! Woo!" 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 "Yeah! Woo!" loop

• 2NE1 – "I Am the Best" (2011)
• A Skillz feat. Beardyman – "Got the Rhythm" (2008)
• Age Pee feat. Shipra – "No Hip Hop" (1989)
• Alanis Morissette - "Walk Away" (1991)
• Alexia feat. Double You – "Me And You" (1995)
• Alizée – "L'Alizé" (2000)
• Bibio – "Willenhall"
• Big Audio Dynamite – "Sound of the BAD"
• Black and White – "Do You Know"
• Black Eyed Peas – "Pump It Harder" (a remix of their hit "Pump It", released 2006) (2010)
• Black Eyed Peas - "Rock That Body" (2009)
• Bombalurina – "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" (1990)
• Boy 8-Bit – "Fog Bank"
• Bravo & Dj's – "Difacil Rap"
• Ceephax Acid Crew – "Life Funk"
• Cookie Crew – "Females" (1987)
• Crookers – "Sveglia"
• Crookers – "All the Girls Standing in The Line for the Bathroom"
• Crookers - "Put Your Hands Up On Me" (From "Tons Of Friends" Italian Version) (2010)
• Dizzee Rascal – "Pussyole (Old Skool)" (2007)
• DJ Kool feat. Fatman Scoop - "It Takes Two" (2000)
• Doctor Spin – "Tetris"
• Don Omar – "Sexy Robótica" (2009)
• Does It Offend You, Yeah? – "John Hurt"
• Fast Eddie – "Yo Yo Get Funky" (1988)
• Fatman Scoop feat. The Crooklyn Clan - "It Takes Scoop" (2003)
• Feadz – "Cold as Feadz"
• FPI Project – "Going Back to My Roots"
• FPI Project - "Rich In Paradise"
• Greater Than One – "Tricky Disco"
• Hi Tek 3 feat. Ya Kid K – "Spin That Wheel"
• John Mellencamp – "I'm Not Running Anymore"
• Katy Perry – "Use Your Love" (2007)
• Kid606 – "The Illness"
• King Africa - "Salta"
• La Toya Jackson – "Sexual Feeling" (1990)
• Lone – "Pineapple Crush"
• Lil' Romeo – "2-Way" (a cover of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two") (2002)
• Madonna – "Bye Bye Baby" (1993)
• Masoko Solo – "Pessa Pessa (Cerla Remix)"
• Mike Candys feat. Jack Holiday – "Insomnia"
• Mike Candys feat. Jack Holiday – "La Serenissima"
• New Boyz feat. Chris Brown – "Better with the Lights Off (Funkymix)" (2011)
• New System – "Let Me Take"
• Red Cafe feat. Fabolous – "I'm Ill"
• Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock – "It Takes Two" (1988)
• Roxanne Shante – "Go on Girl"
• The Sacados – "Bikini a Lunares Amarillo"
• The Sacados – "Ritmo de la noche"
• The Flashbulb - "Black Lawn Finale"
• Scooter - "The Question Is What Is The Question?"
• Simon Harris – "Bass! How Low Can You Go?"
• Simon Harris (as Ambassadors of Funk feat. M.C. Mario) – "SuperMarioLand"
• Slick Rick – "Children's Story" (1989)
• Chaos A.D. – "Psultan Part 1 (Squarepusher Remix)"
• Squarepusher – "Schizm #2 Mix"
• Theme song for Bill Nye the Science Guy
• The "4th Grade" remix of the South Park theme song
• Toxic Avenger feat. Orelsan – "N'importe comment"
• Twenty 4 Seven – "I Can't Stand It"
• Tyree Cooper – "Turn Up The Bass"
• Venetian Snares – "Gentleman"
• Vinnie Colaiuta – "I'm Tweeked/Attack of the 20 lb Pizza"
• Wisin & Yandel – "Siguelo" (2008)

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)