# Best 'Yeah!' in rock and roll **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850 "2008-09-30T14:35:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/1 "2008-09-30T14:35:08Z")
I nominate The Counting Crows song _Rain King_ (I belong in the service of the queen). Near the end of the song, Adam Duritz wails Yeah! Of course there are several good ones in Nirvana’s song _Lithium_. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/2 "2008-09-30T14:39:38Z")
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah. ---
**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/3 "2008-09-30T14:45:34Z")
I like the one(s) in _Ballroom Blitz_. There’s also a nice long Beatlesque “yeah, yeah, yeaaaaaaaaah” in Utopia’s _Say Yeah_ Ooh, and the little one in Joe Jackson’s _Sunday Papers_! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/4 "2008-09-30T14:46:26Z")
I’m not a big Who fan, but the beginning of “Won’t Get Fooled Again” has to merit consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/5 "2008-09-30T14:47:57Z")
The opening YEAH! In _Won’t Get Fooled Again_, the Who? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/6 "2008-09-30T14:48:54Z")
Mock-yeah Ing-yeah Bird-yeah Yeah-yeah Mockingbird yeah. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/7 "2008-09-30T14:51:38Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m not a big Who fan, but the beginning of “Won’t Get Fooled Again” has to merit consideration. Yep, that’s the one I thought of, too, when I read the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/8 "2008-09-30T15:00:46Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m not a big Who fan, but the beginning of “Won’t Get Fooled Again” has to merit consideration. I’d have to go back to listen to it again, but isn’t the really huge “Yeah” toward the end, after Moon’s drum craziness? ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/9 "2008-09-30T15:04:47Z")
I’d nominate Robin Zander from Cheap trick for “That 70’s Song” and “Yeah Yeah”. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/10 "2008-09-30T15:08:21Z")
Another vote for Won’t Get Fooled Again. The one about 3/4 way through the song. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/11 "2008-09-30T15:32:59Z")
Can’t remember the name of the song, but there’s an early **Devo** song with a chorus that goes, “yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahYEAH!” And I also like **Joan Osborne’s** “yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah What if God was one of us…” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/12 "2008-09-30T15:36:34Z")
Another vote for “Won’t Get Fooled Again”. I vote for the one at the very end of the song, right before “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” (I didn’t realize there were so many "Yeah"s in that song! ;)) ---
**Author:** ![hopesperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@hopesperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hopesperson)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/13 "2008-09-30T15:39:20Z")
My personal favorites: The entire chorus of Nirvana’s _Lithium_ is made up of "Yeah!"s. And Joan Jett’s _Do Ya Wanna Touch_’s “Yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!” ETA: Oops. Missed the _Lithium_ reference in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/14 "2008-09-30T15:41:15Z")
Eddie Vedder throws in some pretty good "yeahs’ during a few songs–most notably in **Evenflow**. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/15 "2008-09-30T15:44:54Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m not a big Who fan, but the beginning of “Won’t Get Fooled Again” has to merit consideration. Bingo! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/16 "2008-09-30T15:45:26Z")
I know he’s not a member of a band or anything but Howard Dean’s “YEAHGHHGHH!!” puts all rockers to shame. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/17 "2008-09-30T15:45:51Z")
> [@hopesperson](#): > > The entire chorus of Nirvana’s _Lithium_ is made up of "Yeah!"s. 17 of them, I think. And in turn, all those “yeahs” inspired Michael Stipe to use a ton of them in Man on the Moon. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/18 "2008-09-30T16:01:28Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > Another vote for Won’t Get Fooled Again. The one about 3/4 way through the song. That’s the one for me. The gold standard. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/19 "2008-09-30T16:03:06Z")
The only real “Yeah!” in rock is in _Won’t Get Fooled Again_. The OP is really just asking for the 2nd best Yeah. Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/20 "2008-09-30T16:08:58Z")
Have to agree about the “Yeah!” in Won’t Get Fooled Again- nothing else even comes close. Just to mention another one I like, though, the “yeah” in Cheap Trick’s Can’t Stop Falling Into Love is pretty good. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850.md?page=2)