Think break

Woo! Yeah! is a sample of James Brown's voice that 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. The original recording, which predates modern sampling techniques, used a tape loop to repeat Brown's exclamation during a break section. 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.

"Woo! Yeah!" was probably first used as a loop by Roxanne Shante 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 took its title and chorus from the first lyric after the "Woo! Yeah!" loop.

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 and the "Jungle Chase" level of Super Adventure Island on the SNES.

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

• Alizée - "L'Alizé"
• A. Skillz & Beardyman - "Got the Rhythm"
• Theme song for Bill Nye the Science Guy
• Boy 8-Bit - "Fog Bank"
• Chaos A.D. - "Psultan Part 1 (Squarepusher Remix)"
• Dizzee Rascal - "Pussyole (Old Skool)"
• Alexia feat. Double You - "Me And You"
• Black and White - Do You Know
• 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"
• Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two"
• Simon Harris - "Bass! How Low Can You Go?"
• Hi Tek 3 featuring Ya Kid K - "Spin That Wheel"
• Venetian Snares - "Gentleman"
• Wisin & Yandel - "Sientelo"

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)