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Ooops Up

January 06, 2023

"Ooops Up" is a song by German Eurodance group Snap!. It was released in June 1990 as the second single from their debut studio album, World Power (1990). The song is a re-working of "I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Ooops!)"; a 1980 hit by The Gap Band, with which band member Penny Ford was a former backing singer.[2] The single was a world-wide hit and reached number-one in Greece. Lyrically the song is about Murphy's Law. The narrator talks about it and everything that went wrong during his day.

"Ooops Up"
Single by Snap!
from the album World Power
Released4 June 1990 (1990-06-04)[1]
GenreEurodance
Length3:57 (radio edit)
LabelLogic
Songwriter(s)
  • John "Virgo" Garrett III
  • Lonnie Simmons
  • Durron Butler
  • Penny Ford
  • Charlie Wilson
  • Benito Benites
  • Rudy Taylor
  • Ronnie Wilson
  • The Gap Band
Producer(s)
  • Benito Benitez
  • John "Virgo" Garrett III
Snap! singles chronology
"The Power"
(1990) 		"Ooops Up"
(1990) 		"Cult of Snap"
(1990)
Music video
"Ooops Up" on YouTube
2003 cover
2003 version

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Andrew Hamilton noted that the song is a "remake/takeoff" of the Gap Band's nonsensical funk riff "Oops Upside Your Head".[3] Bill Coleman from Billboard commented, "Sizzling hip-hop jam should help act maintain "the power" over club and radio jocks."[4] Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report wrote that "reaching into The Gap Band songbook, this powerhouse outfit comes up with the perfect remake, giving it a glowing nineties treatment."[5] David Giles from Music Week stated that the song has "a shuffling rhythm distinctive enough to earn them another big success."[6] Gene Sandbloom from The Network Forty described it as a "powerful bass busting track combining rap and song. Already one of the most danced to songs in the country."[7] A reviewer from Newcastle Evening Chronicle picked "Ooops Up" as one of the best songs of the World Power album.[8] Tom Doyle from Smash Hits said it's "one of the best attempts" in matching the brilliance of their debut, "The Power". He called it "a sort of cover of the Gap Band's "Ooops Upside Your Head" mixed with a dodgy reinterpretation of "Little Miss Muffet"."[9]

The closing lines about Little Miss Muffet were actually an ad-lib by singer Penny Ford when recording the song. Ford was unhappy with her vocal performance in the previous part of the track so began messing around so that recording wouldn’t be used. However, the producers loved it and kept Ford’s ad-lib in the track. The Little Miss Muffet lines are loosely based on lyrics from the George Clinton track Let’s Take it to the Stage.

Chart performance

The single was very successful on the charts on several continents, peaking at number-one in Greece. And it reached number two in Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and West Germany. It charted in the top 10 also in Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the UK.[10] In the latter, the single peaked at number five in its third week on the UK Singles Chart, on June 24, 1990.[11] It stayed at that position for two weeks. Outside Europe, "Ooops Up" reached number-one on the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada, number four in Australia, number five in Zimbabwe, number eight in New Zealand and number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. But on the Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs chart, it hit number four. The song was awarded with a gold record in Australia, Austria, Sweden and the US, and a silver record in the United Kingdom.

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Ooops Up" was directed by Liam Kan[12] and is in both black-and-white and colours. He would also direct the video for the group's next song, "Cult of Snap".

Track listings

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 2 June 1990. p. 41.
  2. ^ . Media Control. Charts.de. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
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  4. ^ Coleman, Bill (4 August 1990). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 71. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  5. ^ Sholin, Dave (24 August 1990). "Gavin Picks > Singles" (PDF). Gavin Report. No. 1821. p. 48. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. ^ Giles, David (16 June 1990). "Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 21. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  7. ^ Sandbloom, Gene (24 August 1990). "Top 40: Music Meeting" (PDF). The Network Forty. p. 25. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  8. ^ "SNAP: WORLD POWER". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. 12 June 1990. page 14. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  9. ^ Doyle, Tom (16 May 1990). "Review: LPs". Smash Hits. No. 299. p. 55. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  10. ^ "SNAP! - OOOPS UP (SONG)". www.australian-charts.com. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 24 June 1990 - 30 June 1990". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Snap!: Ooops Up (1990)". IMDb. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
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  16. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1354." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 1287." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  18. ^ Danish Singles Chart. 24 August 1990.
  19. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 27. 7 July 1990. p. IV. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  20. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  21. ^ "Snap! – Ooops Up" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  22. ^ "Top 3 Singles in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 39. 29 September 1990. p. VII. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  23. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Ooops Up". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  24. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Snap".
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  29. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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  49. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1990". No. 50. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
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  53. ^ "American single certifications – Snap – Ooops Up". Recording Industry Association of America.

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Ooops Up is a song by German Eurodance group Snap It was released in June 1990 as the second single from their debut studio album World Power 1990 The song is a re working of I Don t Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance Ooops a 1980 hit by The Gap Band with which band member Penny Ford was a former backing singer 2 The single was a world wide hit and reached number one in Greece Lyrically the song is about Murphy s Law The narrator talks about it and everything that went wrong during his day Ooops Up Single by Snap from the album World PowerReleased4 June 1990 1990 06 04 1 GenreEurodanceLength3 57 radio edit LabelLogicSongwriter s John Virgo Garrett III Lonnie Simmons Durron Butler Penny Ford Charlie Wilson Benito Benites Rudy Taylor Ronnie Wilson The Gap BandProducer s Benito Benitez John Virgo Garrett IIISnap singles chronology The Power 1990 Ooops Up 1990 Cult of Snap 1990 Music video Ooops Up on YouTube2003 cover2003 version Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Chart performance 3 Music video 4 Track listings 5 Charts and certifications 5 1 Weekly charts 5 1 1 Original version 5 1 2 Ooops Up 2003 5 2 Year end charts 5 3 Certifications 6 ReferencesCritical reception EditAllMusic editor Andrew Hamilton noted that the song is a remake takeoff of the Gap Band s nonsensical funk riff Oops Upside Your Head 3 Bill Coleman from Billboard commented Sizzling hip hop jam should help act maintain the power over club and radio jocks 4 Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report wrote that reaching into The Gap Band songbook this powerhouse outfit comes up with the perfect remake giving it a glowing nineties treatment 5 David Giles from Music Week stated that the song has a shuffling rhythm distinctive enough to earn them another big success 6 Gene Sandbloom from The Network Forty described it as a powerful bass busting track combining rap and song Already one of the most danced to songs in the country 7 A reviewer from Newcastle Evening Chronicle picked Ooops Up as one of the best songs of the World Power album 8 Tom Doyle from Smash Hits said it s one of the best attempts in matching the brilliance of their debut The Power He called it a sort of cover of the Gap Band s Ooops Upside Your Head mixed with a dodgy reinterpretation of Little Miss Muffet 9 The closing lines about Little Miss Muffet were actually an ad lib by singer Penny Ford when recording the song Ford was unhappy with her vocal performance in the previous part of the track so began messing around so that recording wouldn t be used However the producers loved it and kept Ford s ad lib in the track The Little Miss Muffet lines are loosely based on lyrics from the George Clinton track Let s Take it to the Stage Chart performance EditThe single was very successful on the charts on several continents peaking at number one in Greece And it reached number two in Austria the Netherlands Norway Sweden Switzerland and West Germany It charted in the top 10 also in Belgium Denmark Ireland Italy Spain and the UK 10 In the latter the single peaked at number five in its third week on the UK Singles Chart on June 24 1990 11 It stayed at that position for two weeks Outside Europe Ooops Up reached number one on the RPM Dance Urban chart in Canada number four in Australia number five in Zimbabwe number eight in New Zealand and number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US But on the Billboard Dance Club Play Songs chart it hit number four The song was awarded with a gold record in Australia Austria Sweden and the US and a silver record in the United Kingdom Music video EditThe accompanying music video for Ooops Up was directed by Liam Kan 12 and is in both black and white and colours He would also direct the video for the group s next song Cult of Snap Track listings Edit12 inch maxi Ooops Up Vocal 6 17 Ooops Up Other Mix 6 40 Ooops Up Instrumental 5 337 inch single Ooops Up Vocal Edit 3 57 Ooops Up Instrumental Edit 3 57CD single Ooops Up Edit 3 59 Ooops Up Vocal Version 6 17 Ooops Up Other Mix 6 40 CD maxi version Ooops Up Vocal Edit 3 57 Ooops Up Vocal 12 Mix 6 17 Ooops Up Other Mix 6 402003 version Snap feat NG3 Ooops Up Radio Edit 3 20 Ooops Up Extended Club Mix 4 03 Ooops Up Oops Up 90 4 00Charts and certifications EditWeekly charts Edit Original version Edit Chart 1990 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 13 4Austria O3 Austria Top 40 14 2Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 15 4Canada Top Singles RPM 16 89Canada Dance Urban RPM 17 1Denmark IFPI 18 10Europe Eurochart Hot 100 19 2Finland Suomen virallinen lista 20 4France SNEP 21 34Greece IFPI 22 1Ireland IRMA 23 15Italy Musica e dischi 24 3Netherlands Dutch Top 40 25 2Netherlands Single Top 100 26 2New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 27 8Norway VG lista 28 2Spain AFYVE 29 6Sweden Sverigetopplistan 30 2Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 31 2UK Singles OCC 32 5US Billboard Hot 100 33 35US Dance Music Club Play Singles Billboard 33 4US Hot Dance Music Maxi Singles Sales Billboard 33 12US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Singles amp Tracks Billboard 33 18US Hot Rap Singles Billboard 33 3West Germany Official German Charts 34 2Zimbabwe ZIMA 35 5 Ooops Up 2003 Edit Chart 2003 PeakpositionGermany Official German Charts 36 69Sweden Sverigetopplistan 37 40 Year end charts Edit Chart 1990 PositionAustralia ARIA 38 53Austria O3 Austria Top 40 39 4Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 40 23Canada Dance Urban RPM 41 5Europe Eurochart Hot 100 42 10Germany Official German Charts 43 5Netherlands Dutch Top 40 44 21Netherlands Single Top 100 45 16New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 46 23Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 47 8UK Singles OCC 48 33Certifications Edit Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 49 Gold 35 000 Austria IFPI Austria 50 Gold 25 000 Sweden GLF 51 Gold 25 000 United Kingdom BPI 52 Silver 200 000 United States RIAA 53 Gold 500 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone References Edit New Singles Music Week 2 June 1990 p 41 Charts de Top 100 Single Official Media Control 09 04 1990 Media Control Charts de Archived from the original on January 5 2015 Retrieved 2015 01 05 Hamilton Andrew Snap World Power AllMusic Retrieved 16 February 2020 Coleman Bill 4 August 1990 Single Reviews PDF Billboard p 71 Retrieved 28 October 2020 Sholin Dave 24 August 1990 Gavin Picks gt Singles PDF Gavin Report No 1821 p 48 Retrieved 17 April 2018 Giles David 16 June 1990 Singles PDF Music Week p 21 Retrieved 30 October 2020 Sandbloom Gene 24 August 1990 Top 40 Music Meeting PDF The Network Forty p 25 Retrieved 22 February 2018 SNAP WORLD POWER Newcastle Evening Chronicle 12 June 1990 page 14 Retrieved 29 March 2020 Doyle Tom 16 May 1990 Review LPs Smash Hits No 299 p 55 Retrieved 15 October 2020 SNAP OOOPS UP SONG www australian charts com Retrieved 5 January 2015 Official Singles Chart Top 100 24 June 1990 30 June 1990 Official Charts Company Retrieved 16 September 2020 Snap Ooops Up 1990 IMDb Retrieved 21 October 2019 Snap Ooops Up ARIA Top 50 Singles Retrieved 5 January 2015 Snap Ooops Up in German O3 Austria Top 40 Retrieved 5 January 2015 Snap Ooops Up in Dutch Ultratop 50 Retrieved 5 January 2015 Top RPM Singles Issue 1354 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved 10 February 2021 Top RPM Dance Urban Issue 1287 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved 10 February 2021 Danish Singles Chart 24 August 1990 Eurochart Hot 100 Singles PDF Music amp Media Vol 7 no 27 7 July 1990 p IV Retrieved 10 February 2021 Nyman Jake 2005 Suomi soi 4 Suuri suomalainen listakirja in Finnish 1st ed Helsinki Tammi ISBN 951 31 2503 3 Snap Ooops Up in French Les classement single Retrieved 5 January 2015 Top 3 Singles in Europe PDF Music amp Media Vol 7 no 39 29 September 1990 p VII Retrieved 22 March 2018 The Irish Charts Search Results Ooops Up Irish Singles Chart Retrieved 10 February 2021 Classifiche Musica e dischi in Italian Retrieved 29 May 2022 Set Tipo on Singoli Then in the Artista field search Snap Nederlandse Top 40 Snap in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 5 January 2015 Snap Ooops Up in Dutch Single Top 100 Retrieved 5 January 2015 Snap Ooops Up Top 40 Singles Retrieved 5 January 2015 Snap Ooops Up VG lista Retrieved 5 January 2015 Salaverri Fernando September 2005 Solo exitos ano a ano 1959 2002 in Spanish 1st ed Spain Fundacion Autor SGAE ISBN 84 8048 639 2 Snap Ooops Up Singles Top 100 Retrieved 5 January 2015 Snap Ooops Up Swiss Singles Chart Retrieved 5 January 2015 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 10 February 2021 a b c d e Snap Awards AllMusic Archived from the original on 14 March 2016 Retrieved 10 February 2021 Offiziellecharts de Snap Ooops Up GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved 28 May 2019 Zimbabwe Kimberley C Zimbabwe singles chart book Harare C Kimberley 2000 Snap feat NG3 Ooops Up 2003 in German GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved 28 May 2019 Snap feat NG3 Ooops Up 2003 Singles Top 100 Retrieved 5 January 2015 Ryan Gavin 2011 Australia s Music Charts 1988 2010 Mt Martha VIC Australia Moonlight Publishing Jahreshitparade 1990 in German Austriancharts at Hung Medien Retrieved 5 January 2015 Jaaroverzichten 1990 in Dutch Ultratop Hung Medien Retrieved 5 January 2015 Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1990 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved 10 February 2021 Eurochart Hot 100 of 1990 PDF Music amp Media Vol 7 no 51 22 December 1990 p 60 OCLC 29800226 Retrieved 15 January 2020 via World Radio History Top 100 Singles Jahrescharts 1990 in German GfK Entertainment Retrieved 10 February 2021 Single Top 100 over 1990 PDF in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 5 January 2015 Jaaroverzichten Single 1990 in Dutch Single Top 100 Hung Medien Retrieved 5 January 2015 End of Year Charts 1990 Recorded Music NZ Retrieved 3 December 2017 Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1990 in German Hitparade ch Hung Medien Retrieved 5 January 2015 1990 Top 100 Singles Music Week London England Spotlight Publications 2 March 1991 p 41 The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1990 No 50 Australian Recording Industry Association Retrieved 2017 05 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