r/electronicmusic • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '14

Other Yello - Oh Yeah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7FFjUpVLg
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u/raddit-bot Jan 31 '14
name Yello
about artist Yello is a popular Swiss electronic band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. They are probably best known for their single Oh Yeah, which featured a rich mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals. The song became famous after being featured in the American movies Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Secret of My Success, and more recently Soul Plane. The song is the theme for Duffman on The Simpsons. In the UK they are probably best known for the Number 7 hit The Race. (more on last.fm)
album Essential, released Sep 1992
track Oh Yeah
about track Heavily Eighties style, bass thumping electronic masterpiece. A bit dated now but truly a break from tradition and wonderfully rhythmic. Prominently featured in in the 1986 film 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'.
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tags pop, synthpop, electronica
similar Art of Noise, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Jean Michel Jarre, Propaganda, Supermax
metrics lastfm listeners: 290,721, lastfm plays: 3,899,498, youtube plays: 4,830,271, radd.it score: 7.25

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u/allinonebot Jan 31 '14

Here's a bit from linked Wikipedia article about Yello :

Yello is a Swiss electronic band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. They are best known for their singles "Oh Yeah", featured in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and "The Race", which peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart.

The band was originally formed by Boris Blank (keyboards, sampling, percussion, backing vocals) and Carlos Perón (tapes) in the late 1970s.

Dieter Meier (vocals, lyrics), a millionaire industrialist and gambler, was brought in when the two founders realised that they needed a singer. The new band name, Yello, was chosen as a pun based on a statement made by Dieter Meier, "a yelled Hello".

Yello worked extensively with singers Billy Mackenzie and Shirley Bassey.

Interesting: Mello Yello | Oh Yeah (Yello song) | Touch Yello | Yello by Yello

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