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“The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song” by The Flaming Lips
Released 2006
“The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song” by The Flaming Lips appears on 17 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2006 and 2025. It was first released in 2006. Its best result is #11 on the Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #100 alternative song of 2006 and #2,260 alternative song of all time.
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"The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)" was the second single from At War with the Mystics, the Flaming Lips' 2006 album, and it gave them their best UK chart showing yet. Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins wrote it, and it's a sing-along with a pointed question at its core: what would you do if you had all the power in the world? The chorus shouts back a gleeful string of yeahs, then later a string of nos.
It's the band at their most political, but Coyne has insisted it isn't aimed squarely at George W. Bush, as some in the press guessed; it's about the abuse of power in general, which, as he told an Austin City Limits crowd, ought to be earned rather than handed out. Intel used it in an ad campaign, and it rolled over the opening of The Brothers Solomon.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 81 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 28 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 11 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006 | 89 |
| 2006 | 88 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2006 | 103 |
| 2008 | 52 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2008 | 136 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 846 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1051 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 991 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 884 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 840 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 864 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 908 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2018 | 85 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2022 | 580 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2023 | 877 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2025 | 546 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 623 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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