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“Oh Yeah” by Yello

From the album Stella (1985)

“Oh Yeah” by Yello appears on 20 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1987 and 2022. It was first released in 1985 on the album Stella. Its best result is #79 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #257 alternative song of 1987 and #1,774 alternative song of all time.

20countdowns
10stations
#79best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1987–2022years charted

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Yello - Oh Yeah (Official Video)

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"Oh Yeah" slid out of Stella, Yello's 1985 album on Elektra, like a velvet-jacketed lounge lizard with a synthesizer habit. Boris Blank built the music first, all burbling electronics and tricked-up, pitch-bent voices, then brought in Dieter Meier to sing. Meier arrived with a pile of words; Blank wanted him to drop nearly all of them and just purr the title over and over, and Meier was furious at the idea. Blank won, and the song is better for its nerve. Guests Beat Ash on drums and Chico Hablas on guitar fill in the edges.

Its second career was on screen. Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Secret of My Success both used it, Twix put it in a commercial, and The Simpsons made it Duffman's theme.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 79 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 451 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 117 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1991 269 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1992 459 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 236 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 388 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1995 492 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 263 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 319 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 328 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 264 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 397 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 960 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 457 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2002 757 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 532 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2006 500 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2021 487 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2022 347 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500

Charting alongside it in 1987

Best songs of 1987 →
  1. 1Girlfriend in a ComaThe Smiths
  2. 2With or Without YouU2
  3. 3Dear GodXTC
  4. 4Why Can't I Be You?The Cure
  5. 5StrangeloveDepeche Mode
  6. 6Lips Like SugarEcho and the Bunnymen

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