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chik...chik...chik- a-chik-aaah...

posted 19 years ago by Stockade
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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!

[–] griffin_mill_03 19 years ago

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.

[–] mikekaraoke23 18 years ago

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

[–] nonky 18 years ago

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

[–] Hag_Sibylle 16 years ago

Actually, Yello are Swiss, not German.

[–] sage2112 8 years ago

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.

[–] IMDbeans 8 years ago

They are Swiss, not German.

[–] darrirafn-1 18 years ago

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

[–] BrownEyedGirl523 18 years ago

Was this song in "Dance Til Dawn"? It kinda sound like a song that was in that movie.

http://www.geocities.com/dreamangel80s

[–] neokast 18 years ago

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

[–] jackcrack123 17 years ago

It was a Twix commercial as I recall.

[–] Niteshift36 17 years ago

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

[–] scott89119 17 years ago

doooooooooooom bowp-bowp.