I have been hearing this song for a bit now, and I finally Shazaam'd (iPhone App) it a while ago. I was surprised with the history behind this tune. Based on the name of the group and song title.. never would have figured it to rise from the Land Down Under. It's a boppy little tune with a simple sample played over..and over... and.. you get the picture. I actually like the AFRO NUTS song a bit more. Peep the brief history below, or just skip it and head to the song videos. And don't forget to sample a taste of Freshness with the bonus track below...
Yolanda Be Cool is an Australian band made up of Sylvester Martinez and Johnson Peterson. They collaborated with Australian producer DCUP (real name Duncan MacLennan) to release an international single "We No Speak Americano" on the indie Australian label Sweat It Out they founded, sampling on a 1956 Neapolitan language hit "Tu vuò fà l'americano" by Renato Carosone and written by Carosone and Nicola "Nisa" Salerno.
"We No Speak Americano" topped the German, Austrian, Irish, UK, Danish, Dutch, Swedish and Belgian charts[1] so far, and reached the Top 5 in Australia, France, Spain and Norway. It was also a chart hit in Italy, Colombia, New Zealand, Argentina, Venezuela, Costa Rica and several other countries. The video was directed by Andy Hylton at Lutimedia. Prior to the hit, they had collaborated with DCUP when he remixed their hit "Afro Nuts" in 2009. The name is a reference to the film "Pulp Fiction", where the character Jules (played by Samuel L. Jackson) shouts "Yolanda be cool" to a female armed robber named Yolanda (played by Amanda Plummer). Yolanda Be Cool received two 2010 ARIA Music Awards nominations which include, "Best Dance Release" and "Most Popular Australian Single" for "We No Speak Americano".[via Wiki]
We No Speak Americano
Afro Nuts
BONUS TRACK
Here is a bit of freshness for you. A bit of a spin on the "We no speak Americano" track. - Enjoy
02-yolanda be cool and dcup--we no speak americano (vhyce remix)-wus by Spa_Water
Monday, October 11, 2010
We no speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool n DCUP
10:17 PM
SoFreshLA
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