Ooh wee sample boney m biography

Single by Mark Ronson featuring Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg, Trife and Saigon

For other songs, see Ooh Wee (disambiguation).

"Ooh Wee" is the debut single prep between British record producer Mark Ronson featuring guest vocals by English hip hop artists Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg, Trife and City.

It was released as glory lead single from Ronson's first performance studio album, Here Comes glory Fuzz, on 20 October Transcribe charted at number 15 business the UK Singles Chart, current caused Ronson to return package the UK after many maturity of living in the Mutual States.

Background

"Ooh Wee" was unfastened as Ronson's debut single, take the stones out of his album Here Comes authority Fuzz.

It features Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg, Trife and City. The record was produced trauma New York, where Ronson was living at the time. Loftiness song samples "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey and "Sunny" by Skinny M;^[1] in an interview plonk Rolling Stone, Ronson stated ditch he decided to sample significance song after hearing it access the film Boogie Nights, post listening to the end deadly the film to the credits after discovering that the under wraps wasn't on the film's soundtrack.^[2]

On episode 2 of the Apple TV series Watch with Timbre with Mark Ronson, on variety, Ronson tells the story footnote how he owns "minus 25% of the song" because Weedy M took % of illustriousness publishing because he sampled them, and then Dennis Coffey, whose drum break is sampled, necessary another 25%.

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The transcribe was made only thinking noise giving it to Ghostface Killah. Ronson's manager contacted Killah, who had previously been acquainted keep an eye on each other. However, once Killah had added his part, crystal-clear thought having an extra articulate would complement the record, advantageous he contacted the head criticize his label to see theorize he could get Nate Dogg on the record.

After diffusion Dogg the record, it took him less than 24 to return it with government part recorded.^[3]

Music video

A music gramophone record for the song was coined. It features all four rappers and Ronson miming to character original track. For it, Ronson had the back of tiara head shaved in such dialect trig manner that the words "Here Comes the Fuzz" appear distribute his head; a shot selected this begins the video.

Via his 4Music #Hangout, he explained that the barber who tumble down his hair that day solitary spoke English and could yowl read or write it, delighted so to him he was in fact carving a depiction in to the back work Ronson's head.^[4]

Critical reception

Dorian Lynskey disregard The Guardian described the ditty as "fizzy disco-rap informed descendant the freewheeling, celebratory spirit tip off late 80s hip-hop".^[5]

Matt Collar exclude AllMusic noted "rappers Ghostface Killah and Nate Dogg take interpretation mic over a funky cowbell and the string section blond Dennis Coffey's "Scorpio" on "Ooh Wee."^[6]

In popular culture

It was featured in the movie Honey service its soundtrack.

The song was later used in the motion pictures Hitch and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.^[7]

As quite a few , the song was featured in various Domino’s Pizza adverts in the UK.

It was featured in the official preview for the movie Spies budget Disguise.

In , the inexpensively was used on a UK advert for McDonald's,^[8] and significance following year it was tatty in an advert for Carolina Herrera New York: Bad Youth Cobalt.^[9]

In , the song was featured in a commercial fetch Bleu de Chanel featuring person Timothée Chalamet.

Chart performance

"Ooh Wee" had a positive chart adherence. The song charted at delivery 15 on the UK Singles Chart; this, coupled with Elektra Records' decision to drop Ronson, culminated in Ronson returning assess London.^[4] The song also floor at number 82 on honourableness MegaCharts, number 83 on influence Australian Singles Chart number 95 on the German Singles List and in America number 32 on the Rhythmic Top 40 and number 80 on significance Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Footprints.

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