Released January 26, 2014 Recorded 2013 Length 3:51 | Format Digital download Genre Dance-pop | |
Label Chase
Cash Money
Republic | ||
"Mmm Yeah" is a song by American pop singer Austin Mahone from his debut EP The Secret. The song features vocals from Cuban-American rapper Pitbull. The song was released in the United States as a digital download on January 26, 2014. The song's chorus samples the song "Nu Nu" by Lidell Townsell. The song peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is featured in the closing credits of X-Men: Days of Future Past.
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Composition
"Mmm Yeah" is a dance-pop song which contains(the same words over and over again) a "swirling" production, funk-influenced trumpets, a percussion-heavy four on the floor electropop beat, and influences of Chicago house, hip hop, and Latin music. It is written in the key of G♭ minor. The track heavily samples lyrics from Lidell Townsell's 1992 single "Nu Nu", especially in the chorus. Lyrically, the song speaks of being rejected by an attractive woman walking down a street: "We can do whatever/ Do whatever we want/ When she walked past me I said 'hey, hey, hey' So tell me where you from where you want to go/ She walked past me like I ain't say a word".
Music video
The lyric video, directed by Rocco Valdes, Dan Roof and Tomás Whitmore, was released on January 31, 2014, and features appearances by Nash Grier, Cameron Dallas, Sam Pottorff, The Janoskians, Keira Knightley, Midnight Red, Stalker Sarah, King Bach, Teala Dunn, Madison Pettis, and Mahogany Lox. The lyric video was nominated at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in the "Best Lyric Video" category.
The official music video was released on March 13, 2014 featuring Pitbull. It was directed by Gil Green, who previously worked with Mahone for his "Banga! Banga!" music video. Throughout the video, Mahone and Pitbull are shown dancing with girls in a room with a moving floor with speakers and a couch, a concept reminiscent of the 1996 video for "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai. This music video was certified in the digital platform Vevo on February 3, 2015 and it's Mahone's second Vevo Certified.
Chart performance
"Mmm Yeah" debuted at number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of February 8, 2014, and eventually peaked at number 49, resulting in the song becoming Mahone's highest charting single on the chart, surpassing "What About Love". The song has also reached number 19 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart. On June 16, 2014, "Mmm Yeah" became Mahone's first single to enter the Australian Singles chart, entering at 39. It also reached number 1 on the Billboard Heatseeker Songs chart. The single was certified gold as expressed by Mahone on his official Twitter account on the 6th May 2014.