Woo! Yeah!

Background and impact

"Woo! Yeah!" was probably first used as a loop by Cookie Crew (in "Females") but received 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 is almost entirely composed of sampled parts from "Think (About It)".

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, the "Jungle Chase" level of Super Adventure Island on the SNES, and "Jazzy NYC Underground Edit" (Alex's Theme) as well as the continue screen of Street Fighter III: New Generation. The sample was also used during many of the Chao races in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, and during some of the tracks from the AirBlade soundtrack.

Songs that use either all or part of the "Woo! Yeah!" loop

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"/Get On The Dancefloor (1988)

Simon Harris – "Bass! How Low Can You Go?" (1988)

Fast Eddie – "Yo Yo Get Funky" (1988)

Tyree Cooper – "Turn Up the Bass" (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)

Don Pablo's Animals - "Venus" (1989)

Eurythmics - "The King and Queen of America" (Dance Mix)/(Dub Mix) (1989)

1990s

Bombalurina – "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" (1990)

Shocking Blue - "Venus" (BHF Remix) (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)

Twenty 4 Seven – "I Can't Stand It" (1990)

Boyz II Men - "Motownphilly" (1991)

Bingoboys - "How to Dance" (1991)

Biz Markie - "Road Block" (1991)

Alanis Morissette - "Walk Away" (1991)

Slick Rick - "Mistakes of a Woman in Love with Other Men" (1991)

Simon Harris (as Ambassadors of Funk feat. M.C. Mario) – "SuperMarioLand" (1992)

Doctor Spin – "Tetris" (1992)

Mystic - "La Ola" (1992)

Madonna – "Bye Bye Baby" (1993)

Carmen Electra - Good Judy Girlfriend

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)

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)

Will Smith – "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" (1998)

Squarepusher – "Schizm #2 Mix" (1999)

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") (2002)

Overseer - "Velocity Shift" (2002)

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" (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)

2010s

Crookers - "Put Your Hands Up On Me" (from Tons Of Friends Italian version) (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)

2NE1 – "I Am the Best" (2011)

Does It Offend You, Yeah? – "John Hurt" (2011)

Noisia - "Alpha Centauri" (Receptor Remix) (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" (from "1992 - EP") (2014)

Sidney Samson - "Trojan" (2014)

Maverick Sabre - "Emotion (Ain't Nobody)" (Three Bar Remix) (2014)

Pharrell Williams - "Come Get It Bae" (2014)

Endor & Midnight City feat. Romany - "Be With Me" (2014)

Pixel & Malaky - "In Your Arms Again" (2014)

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)

Spray - "The 80s Never Died" (2016)

Run the Jewels - "Call Ticketron" (2016)

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