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What's this (adult contemporary?) song?

It's one of the more common songs played in supermarkets, she sings something fast (ending with direction?) then sings "yeah (pause)" several times (yeahs aren't the same pitch) then repeats the fast mumble of words again (or something similar). Google is only showing One Direction songs and there are no males in this song. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:21, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

SMW please tell us what country you are talking about when you ask these questions. The canned muzak used in stores varies widely from country to country. It would also be good if you could list the name of the markets as some of them have their own muzak. MarnetteD|Talk 21:53, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Let's see... what song has "yeah" repeated several times and mumbled words (or something similar)? More than one, probably. 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:3CF4:5668:5FB:EC43 (talk) 22:40, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

New York City and Ohio and I've heard it in Stop and Shop (probably), Walmart (recently) and probably at least one of the pharmacies (Duane Reade, Walgreens, Rite Aid or CVS. The supermarkets around here are Key Food, Stop and Shop, Shop-Rite, C-Town, Whole Foods, Target, K-Mart, Pathmark, BJ's, Costco, Food Emporium, Food Dynasty, Foodtown, Food Lion (extinct?) and others and I can't tell you which I've heard it in and which I haven't because I don't have an eidetic memory. Oh and the era. It's been around since the first few years of the millennium at least but not so old as to have 80s synthesizers.

2606:A000:4C0C:E200:3CF4:5668:5FB:EC43, she just sings it too fast to make it sound better, it's probably legible if you pay attention. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 22:49, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The only thing that comes to mind is a cover version of "She Loves You" (doubtful). 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:3CF4:5668:5FB:EC43 (talk) 22:57, 1 May 2017 (UTC) -- Does she sound like Gwen Stephani? I vaguely recall hearing her sing something with lots of "ya-ya-ya..." in it. 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:3CF4:5668:5FB:EC43 (talk) 23:20, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe. Could be her. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 23:40, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Hella Good" includes Ooh yeah yeah / Ooh yeah yeah -- Or, Cool (Gwen Stefani song), perhaps? 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:3CF4:5668:5FB:EC43 (talk) 00:31, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The first thing that comes to mind is The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power), but that has a male singer. Perhaps a cover? MChesterMC (talk) 09:25, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

One of Us, by Joan Osborne? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catrionak (talk • contribs) 15:33, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Music video of about 1989 women slapping their own buttocks

I remember a music video late 1980s/ early 1990s, with a male singer, British I think, and the camera often showing women slapping their own buttocks in time with the music. Any guess as to the name of the song? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.251.71.115 (talk) 23:41, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

While I don't remember the artist or song, I can point out that it is not Sir Mixalot's "Baby Got Back." It was a new wave/techno song. The women were tall and thin with platinum blonde hair wearing black leather pants. They had their back to the camera and it looked to me that they smacked their butt once as they turned to look at the camera, but the video spliced it in repeat to make it three or four smacks. Actually, I only remember it being one woman, but it could have been more than one. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 12:06, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And now I am remembering it being Billy Idol... Looking through his videos. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 12:13, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Billy Idol's "White Wedding." There were three women. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 12:15, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And further... I found three "official" videos for the song. In two, the women grab their butts and look at the camera. In the third, the video replays them grabbing their but to make it look like they are smacking them to the beat. Multiple effects are used, such as a hammer hitting nails to the beat. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 13:56, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The video was directed by noted music video director David Mallet. Probably not as well-known as Spike Jonze or Godley & Creme, but he did direct a number of iconic (and iconically controversial) music videos, including putting Queen in drag for "I Want to Break Free" and Boomtown Rat's paean to school shootings "I Don't Like Mondays". --Jayron 32 16:50, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wiktionary defines "paean" as "any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph; an enthusiastic expression of praise." I wouldn't say "I Don't Like Mondays" meets that definition. --Viennese Waltz 10:12, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

See sarcasm. --Jayron 32 10:51, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent, thank you, Jayron. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.251.71.25 (talk) 15:49, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]