Song · Naughty By Nature
“Hip Hop Hooray” by Naughty By Nature
Released 1993
“Hip Hop Hooray” by Naughty By Nature appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2004 and 2025. It was first released in 1993. Its best result is #209 on the Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004).
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Naughty by Nature opened the campaign for 19 Naughty III, their third album, with "Hip Hop Hooray" in 1993, and Tommy Boy had a chant on its hands. The track is a crate-digger's collage, lifting from James Brown's "Funky President", the Five Stairsteps, Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" and the Isley Brothers' "Make Me Say It Again, Girl", and five Isleys and Chris Jasper share the writing credit with Vincent Brown and Kay Gee. The words brag about loving hip-hop and good-looking women, and Spike Lee shot the video in Brooklyn.
It spent a week on top of the R&B/hip-hop chart, cracked the Hot 100's top ten and went platinum. Then the ballparks claimed it: the Seattle Mariners cued it up for Ken Griffey Jr. at the Kingdome, Yankee Stadium played it after home runs, and in 2024 Billboard ranked it third among the 100 greatest jock jams.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 209 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2021 | 780 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2025 | 351 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
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