Jump to content

Hip Hop Hooray

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 89.205.125.144 (talk) at 22:14, 26 November 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

For the cheer, see Cheering.
"Hip Hop Hooray"
Song

"Hip Hop Hooray" is a song by American hip hop group, Naughty by Nature. The song spent one week at number one on the US R&B chart, and reached number eight on the US Pop chart.[1] It contains samples from "Funky President" by James Brown, "Don't Change Your Love" by Five Stairsteps, "Make Me Say it Again, Girl" by Isley Brothers, "You Can't Turn Me Away" by Sylvia Striplin, "74 Miles Away" by Cannonball Adderley Quintet, and "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel. The song contains lyrics boasting the group's love of hip hop and their fascination with good-looking women. The chorus of "hey...ho...hey...ho" lyric is among the most popular choruses in the genre. The Seattle Mariners would play the song after Ken Griffey Jr. was officially announced coming to bat at the Kingdome, especially in 1995, the year of the Mariners' first Major League Baseball playoff appearance. Kids Incorporated covered "Hip Hop Hooray" in 1993 in the Season 9 episode "Writing on the Wall".

Music video

The music video was directed by Spike Lee, who also appears in it. Queen Latifah, Eazy-E, Monie Love, Da Youngsta's, Kris Kross, Tupac and Run-DMC also make appearances in the video.

Track listing

  1. "Hip Hop Hooray" (LP Version)
  2. "Hip Hop Hooray" (Extended Mix)
  3. "The Hood Comes First" (LP Version)
  4. "Hip Hop Hooray" (Instrumental)
  5. "The Hood Comes First" (Instrumental)

Charts

Chart (1992–93) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 33
Canada Dance (RPM)[3] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 59
songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS 19
Ireland (IRMA) 23
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] 24
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 6
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 22
US Billboard Hot 100 8
US Billboard Hot Rap Singles 3
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play 9
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 1
End of year chart (1993) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 8

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9] Platinum 700,000[8]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 424.
  2. ^ "Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ^ Canadian Dance peak
  4. ^ Canadian Top Singles peak
  5. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Naughty By Nature" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  6. ^ "Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray". Top 40 Singles.
  7. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  8. ^ "Best-Selling Records of 1993". Billboard. 106 (3). BPI Communications: 73. January 15, 1994. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  9. ^ "American single certifications – Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
Stub icon

This 1990s single–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hip_Hop_Hooray&oldid=751626855"