What is it with 80's flicks and that theme where someone creates this vocal sound repeatedly over a synthesised beat?

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Stockade — 20 years ago(September 18, 2005 04:00 PM)

What is it with 80's flicks and that theme where someone creates this vocal sound repeatedly over a synthesised beat?
Is it a popular track used in many films, or a trait of a particular composer? It's been driving me nuts for years, please explain!

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griffin_mill_03 — 20 years ago(September 18, 2005 06:03 PM)

It's the song "Oh Yeah" from a German group called Yello who were particularly popular in the 1980s. The song was used in quite a few films, including Secret of my Success and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

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mikekaraoke23 — 20 years ago(November 30, 2005 02:26 PM)

it was also in califiona man as well with brendan fraser i like that film lol.secret of my success is a 80s classic..

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nonky — 20 years ago(December 03, 2005 01:53 PM)

And it is also used in "The Simpsons" when Duffman gets on the scene
Quite funny song by the way, totally wrong ^^

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Hag_Sibylle — 18 years ago(January 07, 2008 01:19 PM)

Actually, Yello are Swiss, not German.

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sage2112 — 9 years ago(July 04, 2016 07:17 PM)

Yello wasn't popular in the '80s at all. Just this one silly song was used in a few movies, and nobody knew of who did it.

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IMDbeans — 9 years ago(August 07, 2016 12:51 PM)

They are Swiss, not German.

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darrirafn-1 — 20 years ago(December 31, 2005 10:48 AM)

hahah I love this song.. was just going to send a topic about it..

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BrownEyedGirl523 — 19 years ago(August 24, 2006 07:58 PM)

Was this song in "Dance Til Dawn"? It kinda sound like a song that was in that movie.
http://www.geocities.com/dreamangel80s

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neokast — 19 years ago(September 20, 2006 07:02 AM)

I think it's awful. It used to be on some commercial for Kit Kat or something too.

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jackcrack123 — 18 years ago(July 11, 2007 08:13 PM)

It was a Twix commercial as I recall.

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Niteshift36 — 18 years ago(July 17, 2007 07:50 PM)

Isn't the most famous use in Ferris Beuller's day off.

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scott89119 — 19 years ago(December 27, 2006 08:15 PM)

doooooooooooom bowp-bowp.