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Word Up! (song)

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"Word Up!"
Single by Cameo
from the album Word Up!
B-side"Urban Warrior"
Released1986
Genre
Length4:21
Label
Songwriter(s)
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 1986 song by funk band Cameo. It is the title track to their 13th studio album Word Up!. It went to number 6 in the United States and Australia, number 3 in the United Kingdom and Germany, number 1 in New Zealand, number 8 in Ireland and Belgium, number 13 in Switzerland, number 10 in Austria, number 12 in Canada and number 9 in the Netherlands. It was covered by Melanie B, Korn and Little Mix.

References

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  1. ↑ Jonathan Buckley; Mark Ellingham (1996). Rough Guides Ltd (ed.). Rock: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1858282015. "Word Up" was funk's last stand before it was completely swallowed up by hip-hop culture.
  2. ↑ Roni Sarig (2007). Da Capo Press (ed.). Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How Hip-Hop Became a Southern Thing. Hachette Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-0306814303. "With number-one R&B singles like 1984's "She's Strange" and 1986's "Word Up"—released on Cameo's Atlanta Artists label—the city found its first major urban act of the hip-hop era."
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