Yolanda Be Cool
| Yolanda Be Cool | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Rome, Italy |
| Genres | Club, Swing house |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Ultra/Sweat It Out |
| Associated acts | DCUP |
| Website | Yolanda Be Cool |
| Members | Sylvester Martinez Johnson "Durango Slim" Peterson |
Yolanda Be Cool is an Australian band made up of Sylvester Martinez aka Andrew Stanley and Johnson "Durango Slim" Peterson. They collaborated with Australian producer DCUP (real name Duncan MacLennan) to release an international single "We No Speak Americano" on the indie Australian label Sweat It Out they founded, sampling on a 1956 Neapolitan language hit "Tu vuò fà l'americano" by Renato Carosone and written by Carosone and Nicola "Nisa" Salerno.
"We No Speak Americano" has topped the British, Spanish, German, Mexican, Argentinian, Danish, Swiss, and Ecuadorian charts[1] so far, and reached the Top 5 in Australia, France, Italy, Spain and Norway. It was also a chart hit in Colombia, New Zealand, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Venezuela, Honduras, Costa Rica and several other countries. The video was directed by Andy Hylton. Prior to the hit, they had collaborated with DCUP when he remixed their hit "Afro Nuts" in 2009. The name is a reference to the film Pulp Fiction, where the character Jules (played by Samuel L. Jackson) tells a female armed robber named Yolanda (played by Amanda Plummer) "Be cool!" Yolanda Be Cool received two 2010 ARIA Music Awards nominations which include, "Best Dance Release" and "Most Popular Australian Single" for "We No Speak Americano".[2] In 2011, Yolanda Be Cool collaborated with Crystal Waters on a track called 'Le Bump' [3]
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Discography [edit]
Album [edit]
- 2012: Ladies & Mentalmen
Singles [edit]
As lead artist [edit]
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [4] |
RAK [5] |
KAN [6] |
DAN [7] |
EU [6] |
FRA [8] |
NEM [9] |
TAL [10] |
NZ [11] |
SPA [12] |
SWI [13] |
UK [14] |
USA [6] |
US Dance [6] |
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| 2009 | Afro Nuts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
| Holy Cow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2010 | We No Speak Americano (with DCUP) |
4 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 21 | ||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Promotional single [edit]
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [4] |
RAK [5] |
KAN [6] |
DAN [7] |
EU [6] |
FRA [8] |
NEM [9] |
TAL [10] |
NZ [11] |
SPA [12] |
SWI [13] |
UK [14] |
USA [6] |
US Dance [6] |
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| 2011 | Le Bump (featuring Crystal Waters) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ladies & Mentalmen | ||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other charted songs [edit]
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [4] |
RAK [5] |
KAN [6] |
DAN [7] |
EU [6] |
FRA [8] |
NEM [9] |
TAL [10] |
NZ [11] |
SPA [12] |
SWI [13] |
UK [14] |
USA [6] |
US Dance [6] |
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| 2012 | Change (featuring Nola Darling) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ladies & Mentalmen | ||||
| Before Midnight (featuring Arama Mara) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||||||
References [edit]
- ^ DanishCharts.com "We No Speak Americano" page
- ^ 2010 ARIA Nominations Announced Take40 Australia (mcm entertainment). Retrieved 2010-09-29.
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- ^ a b c Yolanda Be Cool – Discography on Australian charts Australian-charts.com Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ a b c Yolanda Be Cool – Discography on Austrian charts Austrian-charts.com Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Yolanda Be Cool – Artist Chart History Billboard.com Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ a b c Yolanda Be Cool – Discography on Denmark charts Danishcharts.com Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ a b c Yolanda Be Cool – Discography on French charts Lescharts.com Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ a b c Yolanda Be Cool – Chartverfurlong Musicline.de Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ a b c Yolanda Be Cool – Discography on Italian charts Italiancharts.com Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ a b c Yolanda Be Cool – Discography on New Zealand charts Charts.org Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ a b c Yolanda Be Cool – Discography on Spanish charts Spanishcharts.com Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ a b c Yolanda Be Cool – Discography on Swiss charts Swisscharts.com Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ a b c Yolanda Be Cool – Discography on UK charts Chartstats.com Retrieved 2010-10-01.
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- ^ http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Nielsen_week34.pdf
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External links [edit]
- Yolanda Be Cool on Myspace
- Yolanda Be Cool on Twitter
- Yolanda Be Cool discography at Discogs
