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«Word Up!»
WordUpCameo.jpg
Single by Cameo
from the album Word Up!
B-side «Urban Warrior»
Released May 27, 1986
Genre
  • Funk[1]
  • R&B[2]
Length 4:21
Label
  • Atlanta Artists
  • Mercury
  • PolyGram
Songwriter(s)
  • Larry Blackmon
  • Tomi Jenkins
Producer(s) Larry Blackmon
Cameo singles chronology
«Single Life»
(1985) 		«Word Up!»
(1986) 		«Candy»
(1986)
Music video
«Word Up» on YouTube

«Word Up!» is a funk and R&B song originally recorded by American funk band Cameo in 1986. It was released as the first single from their twelfth album, Word Up! (1986). The song was written by band members Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins. Its frequent airing on American dance, R&B, and contemporary hit radio, as well as its MTV music video (in which LeVar Burton appears as a police detective trying to arrest the band),[3] helped the single become the band’s best known hit.

Release and reception[edit]

«Word Up!» was Cameo’s first US Top 40 hit, peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and spending three weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart[4] and one week at number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles chart.

In the United Kingdom, «Word Up» spent ten weeks in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number three on September 21, 1986 – for the week ending date September 27, 1986.

Besides being a commercial success, the track also earned critical acclaim from several publications. «Word Up!» won Cameo the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single as well as the NME Award for Best Dance Record. Like the band’s previous single «Single Life», «Word Up!» features a reference to the opening notes of Ennio Morricone’s theme to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

«Word Up» was a colloquialism, popular in New York City and other US urban areas, that acted as an affirmation of what was said — a kind of a more-hip «You Bet.»

Blackmon said of the song:

It just sounded good, and it was before its time. You can play ‘Word Up’ anyplace anywhere, and someone is going to be grooving and bobbing their head. Our sound was unique, as well. I haven’t heard another one like it, and we probably won’t hear another one like it in the future. It was that significant for us.»[5]

Impact and legacy[edit]

Time Out listed the song number 54 in their The 100 best party songs list in 2018.[6]

Word Up! has been covered numerous times by other artists. It is an easy song to sing, being riff-based and having a simple vocal melody.[7]

Charts[edit]

Gun version[edit]

«Word Up!»
GunWordUp.jpg
Single by Gun
from the album Swagger
Released July 1, 1994
Genre Hard rock
Length 4:13
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins
Gun singles chronology
«Welcome to the Real World»
(1992) 		«Word Up!»
(1994) 		«Don’t Say It’s Over»
(1994)

In the 1990s, «Word Up!» was first covered by Scottish hard rock band Gun, whose version carried a harder, more rock-oriented sound, including a guitar solo.[citation needed] Taken from their album Swagger, it was released on July 1, 1994, and peaked number eight on the UK Singles Chart.[29] Two versions of the CD single were released in the UK, each carrying different cover art and different tracks.[30]

Charts[edit]

Chart (1994-95) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[31] 41
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[32] 24
France (SNEP)[33] 46
Germany (Official German Charts)[34] 32
Ireland (IRMA)[35] 17
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[36] 21
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[37] 14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[38] 39
Scotland (OCC)[39] 4
UK Singles (OCC)[29] 8
UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart (Music Week)[40] 31

Mel B version[edit]

«Word Up!»
Wordupcover.jpg
Single by Melanie G
from the album Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me: Music from the Motion Picture
B-side «Sophisticated Lady»
Released June 28, 1999[41]
Length
  • 3:23 (radio edit)
  • 5:23 (single version)
Label
  • Warner Bros.
  • Virgin
Songwriter(s)
  • Blackmon
  • Jenkins
Producer(s) Timbaland
Melanie G singles chronology
«I Want You Back»
(1998) 		«Word Up!»
(1999) 		«Tell Me»
(2000)
Music video
«Word Up» on YouTube

«Word Up!» was later covered by British singer Mel B of the Spice Girls (known as Melanie G at that time, and her only single under that name) from the film soundtrack Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. It was released on June 28, 1999, and peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. The single was also included on the Japanese edition of her album Hot. Static sings uncredited background vocals on the track.[42] Brown’s bandmate Emma Bunton sings background vocals on the B-side, «Sophisticated Lady», with an uncredited rap by Dexter.

Format and track listing[edit]

  • Digital download EP
  1. «Word Up» (Radio Edit) – 3:23
  2. «Sophisticated Lady» – 2:44 [43]
  3. «Word Up» (Tim’s Dance Mix) – 5:32

Charts[edit]

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[44] 86
UK Singles (OCC)[45] 13

Korn version[edit]

«Word Up!»
Word Up!.jpg
Single by Korn
from the album Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Released November 16, 2004
Genre Nu metal[46]
Length 2:53
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins
Producer(s)
  • Jonathan Davis
  • Korn
  • Toby Wright
Korn singles chronology
«Everything I’ve Known»
(2003) 		«Word Up!»
(2004) 		«Another Brick in the Wall, Pts. 1–3»
(2004)

«Word Up!» by American nu metal band Korn is a cover of the Cameo song. Its musical arrangements are similar to that of the cover version by Gun, except it is played in a lower sounding 7 string guitar tuning instead of the standard E.[citation needed] «Word Up!» was the first track featured on Korn’s 2004 retrospective album, Greatest Hits, Volume 1, and was one of two new tracks along with Pink Floyd’s «Another Brick in the Wall» that was exclusive to the album (the «Word Up!» CD single also featured a live performance of the latter).

Background and release[edit]

It was released as the album’s first single in July 2004, and received heavy airplay on alternative radio at its time of release, peaking in the top 20 of both Billboard charts,[47] whilst making a respectable impression on the mainstream charts of other countries, including Australia (where it debuted at number 28),[48] and Germany (number 46).[49] It is the only Korn single to be sent out to Top 40 radio stations, notably receiving airplay on New York City’s Z-100, the largest Top 40 station in the US. Lead singer Jonathan Davis has said of the band’s decision to include the song on their greatest hits, «We’ve been doing ‘Word Up!’ for years as a sound-check song—not the full version, just messing around with the riff.»[50]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2004–2007) Peak
position
Argentina (Monitor Latino)[51] 74
Australia (ARIA)[48] 28
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[52] 58
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[53] 9
Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records)[54] 28
Finland Download Chart (Suomen virallinen lista)[55] 24
Germany (Official German Charts)[56] 46
Greece (IFPI)[57] 40
Iceland (Fréttablaðið Top 20)[58] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[59] 15
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[60] 47
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[61] 10
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[62] 23
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[63] 28
US Mainstream Rock Tracks[47] 16
US Modern Rock Tracks[47] 17

Jan Delay version[edit]

«Türlich Türlich (Word Up)»
Single by Jan Delay
from the album Mercedes-Dance-Live
Released 2007
Length 3:06
Label
  • Im- und Export Hanburg-City
  • Universal
Songwriter(s)
  • Larry Blackmon
  • Tomi Jenkins
  • Das Bo
  • Jan Eißfeldt
  • Kaspar Wiens
Producer(s) Jan Delay
Jan Delay singles chronology
«Im Arsch»
(2007) 		«Türlich Türlich (Word Up)»
(2007) 		«Alles bleibt anders»
(2008)

In 2007 German singer Jan Delay recorded a mashup of the music from «Word Up!» with the lyrics of Das Bo’s «Türlich, Türlich (Sicher, Dicker)». The new song was titled «Türlich Türlich (Word Up)» and was a hit in German-speaking countries.

Charts[edit]

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[64] 49
Germany (Official German Charts)[65] 31
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[66] 84

Little Mix version[edit]

«Word Up!»
Little Mix Word Up.png
Single by Little Mix
Released March 14, 2014
Genre Dance-pop
Length 3:29
Label
  • Syco
  • Columbia
Songwriter(s)
  • Larry Blackmon
  • Tomi Jenkins
Producer(s)
  • TMS
  • Maegan Cottone
Little Mix singles chronology
«Little Me»
(2013) 		«Word Up!»
(2014) 		«Salute»
(2014)
Music video
«Word Up!» on YouTube

British girl group Little Mix released a cover version of the song for Sport Relief 2014, through Syco Music and Columbia Records. It was released digitally on March 16, 2014, followed by a physical release the following day, which was only available to purchase from Sainsbury’s supermarkets.[67]

«Word Up» peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top twenty in Ireland. The song also charted in Australia, Austria, Denmark, France, Czech Republic, and Japan. It has been certified gold in Brazil. The single is also included on the expanded edition of the group’s second studio album Salute (2013).

Background and release[edit]

Little Mix first announced the single on January 16, 2014, through their official Twitter.[67][68] The song was first played on BBC Radio 1 on January 20, 2014, during Nick Grimshaw’s Breakfast show.[69]

The cover art of the single was revealed on January 24, 2014.[70]

Critical reception[edit]

The song received mostly positive reviews with Popjustice ranking it as third for the best version of the song and third for the best Sport Relief single and gave the song 7 out of 10 stars.[71] Kevin Kevinpod of DirectLyrics said that «[Little Mix’s] harmonies are spot-on, and the whole record is pure fire.» and that the song is a chance of the band getting a number one hit.[72] Its production was also likened to Janet Jackson’s single «Black Cat.»[73]

Music video[edit]

The shooting for the music video started in early February 2014. The band posted an exclusive picture from the video on February 25, 2014.[74] The video was first shown on the Chart Show TV on February 28, 2014 and was posted on Vevo on March 3, 2014.[75] It features celebrity cameos from Nick Grimshaw, Louie Spence, Louis Smith, Arlene Phillips, Melanie C and Chris Barrie.[76]

The video starts off with the band in a changing room of a gym. As they walk out of the changing room, Jade tries to pick up a barbell pretending that she cannot lift it but then she lifts it up and walks away carrying it. Perrie then walks along four women who are working out while Jade is on a stationary bicycle among three other women, following the instructions of a trainer. With the bicycle, Jade starts going forward with the rest following her at the back.

The scene then switches to a court with the band exercising and dancing the same time along with other people while singing the chorus of the song. Afterwards, Leigh-Anne is stood in front of some athletes with one using her as a barbell at the end of her part. Jesy continues with her part while dancing in front of two men working out on treadmills and fall off them after some time. During the chorus, the scene changes again to the court with the owner (Barrie, who had previously played leisure centre manager Gordon Brittas in BBC sitcom The Brittas Empire) of the gym seeing the girls and the rest dancing and runs upset out of his office. As he is going down to the court, he sees the athletes in the swimming pool shaping out the title of the song. When he reaches the court, he starts dancing with them.

Track listings[edit]

Digital download[77]
  1. «Word Up!» – 3:26
Digital remixes[78]
  1. «Word Up!» (The Alias Radio Edit) – 3:33
  2. «Word Up!» (Extended Mix) – 4:59
  3. «Word Up!» (Instrumental) – 3:05
CD single[79]
  1. «Word Up!» – 3:26
  2. «Word Up!» (The Alias Radio Edit) – 3:33
  3. «Word Up!» (Extended Mix) – 4:59
  4. «Word Up!» (Instrumental) – 3:05

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Release history[edit]

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Источник

Word up!

Верно!

Yo pretty ladies around the world
Got a weird thing to show you
So tell all the boys and girls
Tell your brother,
Your sister and your mamma too
We’re about to go down
And you know just what to do
Wave your hands in the air
Like you don’t care
Gilde by the people
As they start to look and starev
Do your dance, do your dance,
Do your dance quick mamma
Come on baby tell me what’s the word.

Word up everybody says
When you hear the call
You’ve got to get it underway
Word up it’s the code word
No matter where you say it
You know that you’ll be heard.

Now all you sucker DJ’s
Who think you’re fly
There’s got to be a reason
And we know the reason why
Why you put on those airs
And you act real cool
Got to realise that you’re acting like fools
If there’s music we can use it
You’re free to dance
We don’t have the time
For psychological romance
No romance, no romance,
No romance for me mamma
Come on baby tell me what’s the word.

Word up everybody says
When you hear the call
You’ve got to get it underway
Word up it’s the code word
No matter where you say it
You know that you’ll be heard.

Word up everybody says
When you hear the call
You’ve got to get it underway
Word up it’s the code word
No matter where you say it
You know that you’ll be heard.

Word up everybody says
When you hear the call
You’ve got to get it underway
Word up it’s the code word
No matter where you say it
You know that you’ll be heard.

Йоу, милые леди всего мира,
Хочу показать вам кое-что необычное,
Расскажите всё мальчикам и девочкам,
Расскажите брату,
Сестре и матери —
Мы как раз начинаем,
Вы знаете, что делать.
Машите руками,
Не задумываясь ни о чём,
Мы плавно скользим мимо толпы,
Пока все только начинают присматриваться,
Танцуйте, танцуйте,
Танцуй быстрее, детка!
Давай, детка, скажи мне, как?

Верно все говорят,
Когда ты слышишь зов,
Тебе нужно двигаться —
Верно! Это слово – зов,
Не важно, где ты произнесёшь его,
Ты знаешь, что тебя услышат.

Эй, драные диджеи,
Вы думаете, что вы круче всех?
Должна быть причина,
И мы знаем причину, почему
Вы пытаетесь изображать эти манеры
И строить из себя крутых.
Но вам нужно понять, что вы выглядите, как идиоты.
Если есть музыка, давай не терять времени,
Будь свободен в танце,
У нас нет времени
На романтические баллады,
Не нужно баллад, не нужно баллад!
Мне не нужно баллад, детка.
Давай, детка, скажи мне, как?

Верно все говорят,
Когда ты слышишь зов,
Тебе нужно двигаться —
Верно! Это слово – зов,
Не важно, где ты произнесёшь его,
Ты знаешь, что тебя услышат.

Верно все говорят,
Когда ты слышишь зов,
Тебе нужно двигаться —
Верно! Это слово – зов,
Не важно, где ты произнесёшь его,
Ты знаешь, что тебя услышат.

Верно все говорят,
Когда ты слышишь зов,
Тебе нужно двигаться —
Верно! Это слово – зов,
Не важно, где ты произнесёшь его,
Ты знаешь, что тебя услышат.

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Источник

«Word Up!» is an R&B/funk song written and originally recorded by Cameo in 1986. Due to its heavy play on American dance and R&B radio, as well as music video play on MTV (which hasLeVar Burton as a police detective trying to arrest the band), the single became the band’s most well-known hit.

From the album Word Up!, «Word Up!» was Cameo’s first US Top 40 hit, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spending three weeks at number 1 on the US R&B chart[3] and one week at number 1 on the US Hot Dance Singles chart. In the UK, it spent 13 weeks in the top 40, peaking at number 3 in September 1986. The song was written by Lawrence Ernest Blackmon & Thomas Michael Jenkins.

Like the band’s previous single «Single Life», «Word Up!» features a sample of the opening notes of Ennio Morricone’s theme to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Contents[]

  [hide] *1 Chart performance

  • 2 Gun version
    • 2.1 Chart performance
  • 3 Melanie G version
    • 3.1 Format and track listing
    • 3.2 Chart performance
  • 4 Korn version
    • 4.1 Background and release
    • 4.2 Music video
    • 4.3 Chart performance
  • 5 Little Mix version
    • 5.1 Background and release
    • 5.2 Critical reception
    • 5.3 Music video
    • 5.4 Track listings
    • 5.5 Release history
  • 6 Other cover versions
  • 7 Live cover performances
  • 8 Appearances in other media
  • 9 References
  • 10 External links

Chart performance[edit][]

Chart (1986–1987) Peak

position

Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 6
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 8
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[7] 8
Canada (RPM 100 Singles)[8] 12
Europe (Pan-European Charts)[9] 14
Germany (Media Control AG)[10] 3
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 8
Italy (FIMI)[12] 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 10
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[14] 9
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 13
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[17] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[18] 6
US BillboardHot Dance Club Play[18] 1
US BillboardHot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[18] 3
US BillboardHot Black Singles[18] 1

Gun version[edit][]

«Word Up!»
[1]
Single by Gun
from the album Swagger
Released July 1, 1994
Format 12″ single, CD single
Recorded 1994
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal
Length 4:21
Label A&M
Gun singles chronology
«Welcome to the Real World»

(1992)

«Word Up!»

(1994)

«Don’t Say It’s Over»

(1994)

In the 1990s, «Word Up!» was first covered by Scottish rock band Gun,[19] whose version carried a harder, more rock-oriented sound, including a guitar solo. Taken from their album Swagger, it was released on July 1, 1994 and reached number 8 in the UK singles chart.[20] Two versions of the CD single were released in the UK, each carrying different cover art and different tracks.[21]

Gun’s version of the song was featured on the soundtrack to 1996 film Barb Wire, and was also used in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season one episode «Who Are You?». The Gun version was also featured on the 2011 series of British television show Dancing on Ice, when Vanilla Ice used it as background music for his dance in the first episode.

Chart performance[edit][]

Chart (1994) Peak

position

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[22] 41
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[23] 24
France (SNEP)[24] 46
Germany (Media Control AG)[25] 32
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 17
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[26] 21
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[27] 14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[28] 39
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[20] 8

Melanie G version[edit][]

«Word Up!»
[2]
Single by Melanie G
B-side «Sophisticated Lady»
Released 28 June 1999
Format *12″ single

  • CD single
Recorded 1999
Genre *R&B

  • funk
  • hip hop
Length 3:25 (radio edit)

5:23 (single version)

Label Warner Bros.
Producer(s) Timbaland
Melanie G singles chronology
«I Want You Back»

(1998)

«Word Up!»

(1999)

«Tell Me»

(2000)

Music video
«Word Up» on YouTube

«Word Up!» was later covered by Mel B (known as Melanie G at that time).[29] It was released on June 28, 1999. It peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. The single was also on theAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack. «Word Up!» sold about 77,996 copies in the United Kingdom, which was the lowest selling solo Spice Girls-related single of the 1990s.

Format and track listing[edit][]

  • Word Up EP[30]
  1. «Word Up» (Radio Edit) – 3:23
  2. «Sophisticated Lady» – 2:43
  3. «Word Up» (Tim’s Dance Mix) – 5:31

Chart performance[edit][]

Chart (1999) Peak

position

Italy (FIMI)[31] 34
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[32] 86
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[33] 14

Korn version[edit][]

«Word Up!»
[3]
Single by Korn
from the album Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Released November 16, 2004
Format 7″ single, 12″ single, CD single
Recorded 2004
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 2:53
Label Epic
Producer(s) Jonathan Davis, Korn, and Toby Wright
Korn singles chronology
«Everything I’ve Known»

(2003)

«Word Up»

(2004)

«Another Brick in the Wall, Pts. 1–3»

(2004)

«Word Up!» by American nu metal band Korn is a cover of the song by R&B group, Cameo.[34] Its musical arrangements are similar to that of the cover version by Gun, except it is played in a lower sounding 7 string guitar tuning instead of the standard E. «Word Up!» was the first track featured on Korn’s 2004 retrospective album, Greatest Hits, Volume 1, and was one of three new tracks along with Pink Floyd’s «Another Brick in the Wall» that was exclusive to the album (the «Word Up!» CD single also featured a live performance of the latter).

Background and release[edit][]

It was released as the album’s first single in July 2004, and received heavy airplay on alternative radio at its time of release, peaking in the top 20 of both Billboard charts,[35] whilst making a respectable impression on the mainstream charts of other countries, including Australia (where it debuted at number 28),[36] and Germany (number 46).[37] It is the only Korn single to be sent out to Top 40 radio stations, notably receiving airplay on New York City’s Z-100, the largest Top 40 station in the US. Lead singer Jonathan Davis has said of the band’s decision to include the song on their greatest hits, «We’ve been doing ‘Word Up!’ for years as a sound-check song—not the full version, just messing around with the riff».[38]

Music video[edit][]

The music video for the song, directed by Antti Jokinen, featured the band-members’ faces digitally edited onto dogs in a club scene with women dancing topless the parody of Basement Jaxx’s «Where’s Your Head At» music video. The track is featured in the video game Lego Rock Band.

Chart performance[edit][]

Chart (2004) Peak

position

Australia (ARIA)[36] 28
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[39] 58
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[40] 9
Germany (Media Control AG)[37] 46
Norway (VG-lista)[41] 15
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[42] 47
US BillboardBubbling Under Hot 100 23
US BillboardHot Mainstream Rock Tracks[35] 16
US BillboardModern Rock Tracks[35] 17

Little Mix version[edit][]

«Word Up!»
[4]
Single by Little Mix
Released 16 March 2014
Format *CD single

  • digital download
Recorded 2014
Genre *Funk

  • pop rock
Length 3:29
Label *Syco

  • Columbia
Little Mix singles chronology
*»Little Me»

  • (2013)
 *»Word Up!»

  • (2014)

English girl group Little Mix covered the song for Sport Relief 2014. It will be released digitally on 16 March 2014 with a physical release to follow the following day, which will only be available to purchase from Sainsbury’s.[43]

Background and release[edit][]

The band first announced the single on 16 January 2014 through their official Twitter.[43][44] The song premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 20 January 2014 during Nick Grimshaw’s Breakfast show.[45]

The cover art of the single was revealed on 24 January 2014.[46]

Critical reception[edit][]

The song received rather positive reviews with the Popjustice ranking it as third for the best version of the song and third for the best Sport Relief single and gave the song 7 out of 10 stars.[47]Kevin Kevinpod of DirectLyrics said that «[Little Mix’s] harmonies are spot-on, and the whole record is pure fire.» and that the song is a chance of the band getting a number one hit.[48]

Music video[edit][]

The shooting for the music video started in early February 2014. The band posted an exclusive picture from the video on 25 February 2014.[49] The video premiered on the Chart Show TV on 28 February 2014[50] and was posted on VEVO on 3 March 2014.[51] It features celebrity cameos from Nick Grimshaw, Louie Spence, Louis Smith, Arlene Phillips, Melanie C and Chris Barrie.[52]

The video starts off with the band in a changing room of a gym. As they walk out of the changing room, Jade tries to pick up a barbell pretending that she can’t lift it but then she lifts it up and walks away carrying it. Perrie then, walks along four women who are working out while Jade is on a stationary bicycle among three other women, following the instructions of a trainer. With the bicycle, Jade starts going forward with the rest following her at the back.

The scene then switches to a court with the band exercising and dancing the same time along with other people while singing the chorus of the song. After, Leigh-Anne is stood in front of some athletes with one using her as a barbell at the end of her part. Jesy continues with her part while dancing in front of two men working out on treadmills and fall off them after some time. During the chorus, the scene changes again to the court with the owner (Barrie, who had previously played a gym manager in BBC sitcom The Brittas Empire) of the gym seeing the girls and the rest dancing and runs upset out of his office. As he’s going down to the court, he sees the athletes in the swimming pool shaping out the title of the song. When he reaches the court, he starts dancing with them.

Track listings[edit][]

Digital download
  1. «Word Up!» – 3:26
Digital remixes[53]
  1. «Word Up!» (The Alias Radio Edit) – 3:33
  2. «Word Up!» (Extended Mix) – 4:59
  3. «Word Up!» (Instrumental) – 3:05
CD single[54]
  1. «Word Up!» – 3:26
  2. «Word Up!» (The Alias Radio Edit) – 3:33
  3. «Word Up!» (Extended Mix) – 4:59
  4. «Word Up!» (Instrumental) – 3:05

Release history[edit][]

Other cover versions[]

  • Covered by the jazz-funk project «Members Only» in 1987 for the album Members Only.
  • Covered By Spice Girls member Melanie B in 1999 under the alias Mel G.
  • Covered by the band The BossHoss in 2005 on the album Internashville Urban Hymns.
  • Finnish humppa band Eläkeläiset recorded a cover in 2006 for their album Humppasirkus.
  • The instrumental was covered by German artist Jan Delay in 2007, along with the lyrics of ‘türlich, ‘türlich (Sicher, Dicker), originally performed by Das Bo on his album Mercedes-Dance Live.
  • lately covered by british girl group Little Mix in 2014.

Live cover performances[]

  • American artist Keller Williams included the song in a medley following his infamous «Freaker by the Speaker.»
  • Covered by Australian group Taxiride for the «Musical Challenge» segment of the Andrew Denton Breakfast Show on Australian radio station Triple M in the early 2000s.
  • That 1 Guy performs the song as part of his encore at almost every show since the mid 1990s, averaging 200 shows per year.

Appearances in other media[edit][]

  • The song is featured in CBC’s Mr. D, Episode 106, «The Dance».[59]
  • The song is featured in Cold Case in the episode «The Lost Soul of Herman Lester.»
  • The song is featured in 10 Things I Hate About You at Bogey Lowenstein’s party.
  • The song is featured in the Euromix version of the arcade game Dance Dance Revolution.
  • The song is featured in a mix with Bell Biv Devoe’s song «Poison», and in a mix with Indeep’s song «Last Night a DJ Saved My Life» in the game DJ Hero.
  • The Korn version is featured in the video game Lego Rock Band.
  • The Korn version is featured in the background in a scene in the House episode Daddy’s Boy.
  • The Korn version features in two episodes of Monk. First it appears in the season 3 episode Mr. Monk Gets Stuck in Traffic (which also guest stars the members of Korn as themselves) as the song that is playing during a tailgate party during the traffic stop on U.S. Highway 101. It is also the song that is played in the background in the season 5 episode Mr. Monk Goes to a Rock Concert when Adrian Monk, Natalie Teeger and Captain Stottlemeyer first arrive at the San Francisco Band Jam.
  • Steve Carell is shown briefly singing the song in The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
  • The song is featured in The Simpsons episode «Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words».
  • The song’s title is the catchphrase that WordGirl uses in the American television cartoon of the same name when she changes costumes by touching her symbol on the suit.
  • The song is played by HBCU marching bands like Southern University’s Human Jukebox and Central State University’s Invincible Marching Marauders.
  • Often used by ABC to promote the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
  • The song is played in a scene in Johnny English Reborn where Johnny is under the influence of a mind-control drug and dances along to the words of the song (which, conveniently, include phrases like «do your dance» etc.).
  • The song is used in a commercial for Mars candy bars.[60]
  • The The BossHoss version is used in a commercial for VO5 hair gel.
  • Target uses a parody of this song in one of the TV commercials for their «Back to School» TV ad campaign.
  • The song is performed by «Androyd» in the Nickelodeon movie Rags.
Источник
Песня Word Up!

Песня Word Up! в исполнении ню-металистов Korn была одним из самых популярных хитов в 2004-м году. Веселенькая мелодия легко запоминалась, и выгнать ее из головы было не простым делом. Удивительный факт для группы, исполняющей в основном агрессивные композиции, мелодию в которых распознать можно далеко не с первого раза. Масла в огонь подливал клип, в котором все участники группы были изображены в виде собак с человеческими лицами. Это смешно само по себе, но еще смешнее были ужимки музыкантов. Они старательно подражали мимике собак, то высовывая языки, то строя сердитые гримасы. Приятно видеть, что такая суровая группа как Корн умеет над собой пошутить.

Песня вошла в альбом лучших хитов группы, причем была записана специально для него. Не часто встретишь такой подход. Ведь надо быть заранее уверенным, что песня будет воспринята как хит. Хотя, мне кажется, что с таким клипом можно раскрутить какую угодно ерунду. И расчет оказался правильным. Песня сразу завоевала бешеную популярность и забралась в чарты. Многие до сих пор знают, что Word up — это такой прикольный хит группы Корн.

А на самом деле риска никакого не было. Ведь почти за 20 лет до Корна Word up уже побывала на первых строчках хит-парадов. Правда, тогда это был не ню-метал, а R’n’B, или даже хип-хоп. А исполняла его группа Cameo. По стилю оригинальная версия напоминает творчество Майкла Джексона 80-х годов. Сейчас это выглядит несколько старомодно, но слушать все равно приятно. А какие зажигательные в клипе полицейские…

Определенный риск был в том, что стиль песни сильно изменился. Фанаты хип-хопа и ню-метала вряд ли сойдутся в одинаковом мнении о том, что такое хорошая музыка. От ню-метала в корновском варианте осталось очень мало, но все же. Но и здесь оказалось, что Корн не открыл Америку. В 1994-м году шотландские рокеры Gun записали кавер на Word up, который в британских чартах поднялся на 8-е место. То есть уже было известно, что рок-версия песня может быть успешной. Некоторые меломаны считают самой классной именно версию шотландцев. На мой вкус в ней слишком много чисто роковых элементов: гитарных соло и жесткого ритма. Из-за этого песня стала выглядеть, как настоящий рок-хит, но потеряла часть своей выразительности. У Корна в этом смысле наблюдается баланс. Они как бы объединили оригинал с версией Gun.

Не могу не упомянуть кантри-версию в исполнении немецких ковбоев BossHoss. Про их замечательный альбом Low Voltage я писал в майском выпуске. С тех пор я отношусь к ним с особой теплотой. Их версия Word up очень веселая, как и большая часть творчества группы. По уровню она не дотягивает до вышеупомянутых версий, но заслуживает, чтобы о ней тоже знали.

Напоследок послушаем то, что записала Мелани Би — бывшая участница Spice Girls — в 1999-м году. Песня поднялась на 14-е место в британском чарте синглов и была включена в саундтрек ко второму Остину Пауерсу. Но выглядит это предельно убого. Я не могу понять, зачем было брать такую ритмичную песню и делать из нее затянутое недоразумение? Для этого можно было взять что-то попроще: плохих песен по-прежнему гораздо больше, чем хороших.

Word Up!

Текст песни | Lyrics

Yo, pretty ladies around the world
Gotta a weird thing to show you
So tell all the boys and girls
Tell your brother, your sister and your momma too
Were about to go down
And you know just what to do
Wave your hands in the air like you don’t care
Glide by the people as they start to look and stare
Do your dance, Do your dance
Do your dance quick, mom

[Chorus:]
C’mon baby tell me what’s the word
Now, word up
(ahh ahh)
Everybody say
When you hear the call you got to get it under way
Word up
(ahh ahh)
It’s the call, word
No matter where you say it
You know that you’ll be heard

Now all you sucker DJs
Who think you’re fly
There’s got to be a reason
And we know the reason why
You try to put on those airs
And act real cool
But you got to realize
That you’re acting like fools
If there’s music, we can use it
Be free to dance
We don’t have the time for psychological romance
No romance, no romance
No romance for me, mom

[Chorus:]

[Bridge:]

[Chorus:]
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[Verse 1]
Yo, pretty ladies around the world
Got a weird thing to show ya, so tell all the boys and girls
Tell your brother, your sister and your mama too
We’re about to go down, and you know just what to do
Wave your hands in the air like you don’t care
Glide by the people as they start to look and stare
Do your dance, do your dance, do your dance quick, mama
Come on, baby, tell me what’s the word

[Chorus]
Oh, word up, everybody say
When you hear the call, you’ve got to get it on the way
Word up, it’s the code word
No matter where you say it, you know that you’ll be heard

[Verse 2]
Now all you sucker DJs who think you’re fly
There’s got to be a reason, and we know the reason why
You try to put on those airs and act real cool
But you got to realize that you’re acting like fools
If there’s music, we can use it, be free to dance
We don’t have the time for psychological romance
No romance, no romance, no romance for me, mama
Come on, baby, tell me what’s the word

[Chorus]
Oh, word up, everybody say
When you hear the call, you’ve got to get it on the way
Word up, it’s the code word
No matter where you say it, you know that you’ll be heard

[Chorus]
Word up, everybody say
When you hear the call, you’ve got to get it on the way
Word up, it’s the code word
No matter where you say it, you know that you’ll be heard
Word up, everybody say
When you hear the call, you’ve got to get it on the way
Word up, it’s the code word
No matter where you say it, you know that you’ll be heard

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