Woo! Yeah!
Woo! Yeah! is a drum break that includes James Brown's ("Woo!") and Bobby Byrd's ("Yeah!") voices which has been repeatedly used in popular music, often in the form of a loop. The drum break was performed by John "Jabo" Starks. It originates from the 1972 Lyn Collins recording "Think (About It)", a song written and produced by Brown, and is just one of a few other frequently used breaks contained in the recording, often collectively known as the Think Break.[1]
Background and impact
In 1987, "Think (About It)" was featured on the 16th volume of the drum break compilation Ultimate Breaks & Beats, a highly popular series among hip hop producers.[2][3] That year marked the first known use of the "Woo! Yeah!" break, when the Beatmasters, a UK hip hop production trio, sampled the break for Cookie Crew's song "Females (Get On Up)".[4] While "Females" was a minor hit in the UK, the break didn't receive major airplay and attention until the following year, when it was used as the backing loop for the track "It Takes Two" by MC Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock. The song, which is almost entirely composed of sampled parts from "Think (About It)", became a platinum-selling hit.[1]
Today, the number of songs that have sampled "Woo! Yeah!" numbers in the thousands. It became almost ubiquitous in dance and hip hop records during the late 1980s and early 1990s and continues to see use today.[4]
Songs that use either all or part of the song
Below is a list of songs which sample from any section of "Think (About It)".[4]
1980s
- Cookie Crew – "Females" (1987)
- Roxanne Shanté – "Go on Girl/My Groove Gets Better/Bad Sister" (1988)
- Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock – "It Takes Two" (1988)
- Simon Harris – "Bass! How Low Can You Go?" (1988)
- Simon Harris – "The Loop of '88" (1988)
- Fast Eddie – "Yo Yo Get Funky" (1988)
- Tyree Cooper feat. Kool Rock Steady – "Turn Up the Bass" (1988)
- The Diaz Brothers – Here We Go Again (1988)
- Richie Rich – Turn It Up (1988)
- Guy – Spend the Night (1988)
- Age Pee feat. Shipra – "No Hip Hop" (1989)
- Bravo & DJ's – "Difacil Rap" (1989)
- Beatmasters feat. MC Merlin – "Who's in the House" (1989)
- Slick Rick – "Children's Story" (1989)
- FPI Project – "Rich in Paradise" (1989)
- Hi Tek 3 feat. Ya Kid K – "Spin That Wheel" (1989)
- Mister Mixi & Skinny Scotty – "I Can Handle It" (1989)
- Out of the Ordinary – "Play It Again" (The Los Niños Mix) (1989)
- Raul Orellana – "The Real Wild House" (1989)
- Eurythmics – "The King and Queen of America" (Dance Mix)/(Dub Mix) (1989)
1990s
- Shocking Blue – "Venus" (BHF/Don Pablo's Animals remixes) (1990)
- FPI Project – "Going Back to My Roots" (1990)
- KA Posse – "Shake" (Joe Smooth Mix) (1990)
- La Toya Jackson – "Sexual Feeling" (1990)
- Masterboy – "Dance to the Beat" (1990)
- The Sacados – "Bikini a Lunares Amarillo" (1990)
- The Sacados – "Ritmo de la Noche" (1990)
- Sonia – "Counting Every Minute" (1990)
- F.A.B. featuring M.C. Parker - "Thunderbirds Are Go (Vision Mix)"
- Twenty 4 Seven – "I Can't Stand It" (1990)
- Boyz II Men – "Motownphilly" (1991)
- Bingoboys – "How to Dance" (1991)
- Vincent Lagaf' – "La Zoubida" (1991)
- Biz Markie – "Road Block" (1991)
- The Shamen - "Move Any Mountain [666 edit]" (1991)
- Alanis Morissette – "Walk Away" (1991)
- Slick Rick – "Mistakes of a Woman in Love with Other Men" (1991)
- Ivana Banfić – "Daj, povedi me" (1991)
- Simon Harris (as Ambassadors of Funk feat. MC Mario) – "SuperMarioLand" (1992)
- Doctor Spin – "Tetris" (1992)
- Mystic – "La Ola" (1992)
- Madonna – "Bye Bye Baby" (1993)
- Carmen Electra – "Good Judy Girlfriend"(1993)
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – "I Wanna Rock" (1993)
- Marc Shaiman – "City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (End Credits)" (1994)
- Black and White – "Do You Know" (1994)
- Vinnie Colaiuta – "I'm Tweeked/Attack of the 20 lb Pizza" (1994)
- Masoko Solo – "Pessa Pessa" (1994)
- Fight – "Vicious (Middle Finger Mix)" (1994)
- Alexia feat. Double You – "Me and You" (1995)
- New System – "Let Me Take" (1996)
- Prince – The Human Body (1996)
- Big Audio Dynamite – "Sound of the BAD" (1997)
- Janet Jackson – "Free Xone" (1997)
- John Mellencamp – "I'm Not Running Anymore" (1998)
- Chaos A.D. – "Psultan Part 1" (Squarepusher Remix) (1998)
- Squarepusher – "Schizm #2 Mix" (1999)
- Simplicity 2000 – "La Nina"
2000s
- Alizée – "L'Alizé" (2000)
- King África – "Salta" (2000)
- DJ Kool feat. Fatman Scoop – "It Takes Two" (2001)
- Lil' Romeo feat. Master P & Silkk the Shocker – "2-Way" (cover version of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two"[5]) (2002)
- Overseer – "Velocity Shift" (2002)
- VBirds – "Dance with Me" (2003)
- Sean Paul – "Get Busy" (2003)
- Fatman Scoop feat. The Crooklyn Clan – "It Takes Scoop" (2003)
- Kid606 – "The Illness" (2003)
- The Flashbulb – "Black Lawn Finale" (2004)
- Dizzee Rascal – "Pussyole (Old Skool)" (2007)
- Scooter – "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (2007)
- Katy Perry – "Use Your Love" (2007)
- Yelle – "Jogging" (2007)
- Wisin & Yandel – "Síguelo" (original version) (2008)
- A Skillz feat. Beardyman – "Got the Rhythm" (2008)
- Crookers – "Sveglia" (2008)
- Crookers – "All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom" (2008)
- Boy 8-Bit – "Fog Bank" (2008)
- Venetian Snares – "Gentleman" (2008)
- Feadz – "Cold as Feadz" (2008)
- The Black Eyed Peas – "Rock That Body" (2009)
- Don Omar – "Sexy Robótica" (2009)
- Crazy Frog – "Daddy DJ" (2009)
- Mike Candys feat. Jack Holiday – "Insomnia" (2009)
- Mike Candys feat. Jack Holiday – "La Serenissima" (2009)
- Stromae – "Elecstricien" (2009)
- samfree feat. Megurine Luka – "Luka Luka Night Fever" (2009)
- samfree feat. GUMI – "Megu Megu Fire Endless Night" (2009)
- Stamp on the Ground – "Italobrothers" (2009)
2010s
- Crookers – "Put Your Hands Up on Me" (from Tons of Friends Italian version) (2010)
- Italobrothers – "Love Is on Fire" (2010)
- Italobrothers – "Radio Hardcore" (2010)
- Black Eyed Peas – "Pump It Harder" (from The E.N.D Deluxe Edition) (2010)
- Ceephax Acid Crew – "Life Funk" (2010)
- Lone – "Pineapple Crush" (2010)
- Toxic Avenger feat. Orelsan – "N'importe comment" (2010)
- Red Café feat. Fabolous – "I'm Ill" (2010)
- The Freestylers & Pendulum – Painkiller (Kouncilhouse Remix) (2010)
- Zomboy – "Pump It Up" (2011)
- Bibio – "Willenhall" (2011)
- New Boyz feat. Chris Brown – "Better with the Lights Off (Funkymix)" (2011)
- Easypop feat. Megurine Luka – "Eleven Rave Girl" (2011)
- 2NE1 – "I Am the Best" (2011)
- Does It Offend You, Yeah? – "John Hurt" (2011)
- Nicki Minaj – "Super Bass" (live Club Pink performance at Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011) (2011)
- Azealia Banks - "Liquorce" (2012) [appears on video version, sample later removed for album version)
- Noisia – "Alpha Centauri" (Receptor Remix) (2012)
- Jokers of the Scene – "In Order to Trance" (from "JOT5" EP) (2012)
- Kodiak – "Egyptian Kings" (2013)
- Renaissance Man – "UFO (Who R U)" (2013)
- Bustre – "Jupiter Beatz" (2013)
- xKore & F3tch – "Ladies" (2013)
- Breach feat. Andreya Triana – "Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)" (2013)
- ak9 – "The Kraken" (2013)
- TC – "Get Down Low" (ShockOne Remix) (2013)
- Kove – "Lose You" (2013)
- Miley Cyrus – "We Can't Stop" (2013)
- Ben Khan – "Youth" (2014)
- Sidney Samson – "Trojan" (2014)
- Maverick Sabre – "Emotion (Ain't Nobody)" (Three Bar Remix) (2014)
- Excision & The Frim feat. Luciana – "Night Shine" (2014)
- Pharrell Williams – "Come Get It Bae" (2014)
- Endor & Midnight City feat. Romany – "Be With Me" (2014)
- Pixel & Malaky – "In Your Arms Again" (2014)
- EXID – "Ah Yeah" (2015)
- Moonbootica – "Work Your Body" (2015)
- PhatFormat – "Get Out of This Town" (2015)
- CharlieBLUE – "Let Me Clear My Throat! Mix" (2015)
- X2X – "Lamb" (2015)
- Keita Sano – "Onion Slice" (2015)
- Marshall Applewhite – "Crunching" (2015)
- XXXTentacion - Let's Pretend We're Numb (2015)
- Desiigner – Caliber (2016)
- Spray – "The 80s Never Died" (2016)
- Run the Jewels – "Call Ticketron" (2016)
- Boston Bun feat. Steed – "About It" (2017)
- Eprom – "Koummya" (2017)
- Fergie, Nicki Minaj – "You Already Know" (2017)
- Thrill Pill – "Как достать соседа (Neigbors from hell)" (2017)
- Sabrina Carpenter & Jonas Blue – "Alien" (2018)
- EDX – "Anthem" (2018)
- Hyolyn – "See Sea" (2018)
- AQXDM - "Leisure Techno" (2019)[6]
- Hælos - "End of World Party" (2019)[7]
2020s
- Dua Lipa and The Blessed Madonna - "Boys Will Be Boys" (Zach Witness Remix) (2020)
- Kianush and PA Sports - "Scarface" (2020)
- Sewerslvt - "Newlove" (2020)
- Skepta, Chip and Young Adz - "St Tropez" (2020)
Uncategorized
- Boomerang Bumper: Fred and Dino Yo-Yo
- Dee Dee's Dance Beat Remix in the opening scene of "Inflata Dee Dee" (Dexter's Laboratory, 1997)
- Kabátban – "Téli dallam"
- Action 52
- Theme song for Bill Nye the Science Guy
- The "4th Grade" remix of the South Park theme song
- Super Mario Maker
- NakeyJakey – "Cafeteria" (2017)[8]
References
- Read, Chris. "A Brief History of 'The Think Break', the Funk Classic Sampled 2,000 Times". WhoSampled. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- "Ultimate Breaks and Beats - SBR 516". Innovative Music Corporation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- Ettelson, Robbie. "Ultimate Breaks & Beats: An Oral History". Cuepoint. Medium. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- "Samples of Think (About It) by Lyn Collins". WhoSampled.
- "Lil' Romeo feat. Master P and Silkk the Shocker's 2-Way sample of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's It Takes Two". WhoSampled.
- "Leisure Techno by AQXDM". Bandcamp. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
- "Any Random Kindness - Hælos | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
- "Cafeteria by NakeyJakey". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
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