# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/21 "2008-09-30T16:22:31Z")
> [@Gail](#): > > I nominate The Counting Crows song _Rain King_ (I belong in the service of the queen). This was actually the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title, but then I was like, “Wait, no. That’s the _whiniest_ ‘yeah.’” ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/22 "2008-09-30T16:25:58Z")
Won’t Get Fooled Again is definitely the best. A similar type yell, though, is: **"I got blisters on my fingers!"** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/23 "2008-09-30T16:32:29Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > 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! ;)) I’ve always described that as “the best primal scream in rock music”. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/24 "2008-09-30T16:33:05Z")
We could argue for days over whether Keith or Neil is the better drummer (and we have), but there really is no argument here. It’s Roger Daltrey in “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” > [@hopesperson](#): > > And Joan Jett’s _Do Ya Wanna Touch_’s “Yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!” I love the Joan. This is definitely a strong contender to be on the “best of the rest” list. I think she wins for best “ow!” ever for “I Love Rock’n’Roll.” > [@Hampshire](#): > > I know he’s not a member of a band or anything but Howard Dean’s “YEAHGHHGHH!!” puts all rockers to shame. Naw, I disagree. The very thought of Howard Dean’s, er…vocalization just makes me giggle uncontrollably. That ain’t rock’n’roll. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/25 "2008-09-30T16:33:49Z")
[Oh, Yeah](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7FFjUpVLg) - yello ---
**Author:** ![Orr\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee59a6/32.png) [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/26 "2008-09-30T16:36:27Z")
Another tally mark for “Won’t Get Fooled Again”. I’m also kinda partial to the one “Daniel Dennet” throws in this video (at about 1:59): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFXIALf9zDA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFXIALf9zDA) He just looks so happy. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/27 "2008-09-30T16:36:32Z")
Billy Idol’s cover of Mony Mony - more for the crowd yelling THEIR “yeahs” back at him. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/28 "2008-09-30T16:44:41Z")
Roger Daltrey’s “Yeah” in _Won’t Get Fooled Again_ was so good that Kevin Dubrow told him on MTV that he copied it directly at the beginning of Quiet Riot’s song _Bang Your Head (Metal Health)_. Rob Zombie has a lot of good Yeah’s, especially in _Electric Head_. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/29 "2008-09-30T17:13:20Z")
Obviously, the only fair way to decide this is to figure out what “Yeah” goes best with David Caruso putting on his sunglasses. If only there was some way science could measure that. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/30 "2008-09-30T17:53:26Z")
The one in “Rio” by Duran Duran…wait. Nope. Never mind. 😉 Yeah, it’s Roger Daltrey’s in “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/31 "2008-09-30T17:57:26Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > Roger Daltrey’s “Yeah” in _Won’t Get Fooled Again_ was so good that Kevin Dubrow told him on MTV that he copied it directly at the beginning of Quiet Riot’s song _Bang Your Head (Metal Health)_. Great. Now it’s all dirty. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/32 "2008-09-30T17:58:23Z")
I’ll take Dexter’s emotional: “I’ll save your soul, yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah”, from \*\*The Offsprings \*\* “Gone Away” ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/33 "2008-09-30T18:04:43Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Great. Now it’s all dirty. > 🙂 It’s Rock & Roll. It’s _supposed_ to be dirty. 😉 ---
**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, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/34 "2008-09-30T18:24:44Z")
I do like Bono’s “Yeah” in the opening to _Desire_. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/35 "2008-09-30T18:25:09Z")
“Rag and Bone” by The White stripes ends like this: Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Good song too. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/36 "2008-09-30T18:42:25Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I do like Bono’s “Yeah” in the opening to _Desire_. I was going to mention that one. It doesn’t beat “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, but it is [del]insufferably[/del] unmistakably Bono. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/37 "2008-09-30T19:09:19Z")
Incuded for completeness if not for quality: Alice Cooper’s Yeah Yeah Yeah. Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/38 "2008-09-30T19:10:55Z")
Bon Scott in “Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap” Right when Malcolm is singing/speaking the “Dirty Deeds and they’re done dirt cheap” in the sinister voice, Bon chimes in with a sleazy “Yeah”. As a bonus, he also adds an “Ow” later. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/39 "2008-09-30T19:12:45Z")
We still haven’t typed “yeah” in this thread the number of times it appears in the Stone Roses _Second Coming_ album (I counted it once, it was around 80 times). I nominate that for the best “yeah yeah yeah” album, (if by “yeah yeah yeah” you mean 70s white-bread-soul influenced rock.) ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850/40 "2008-09-30T19:25:20Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > Rob Zombie has a lot of good Yeah’s, especially in _Electric Head_. this is what I came to post, is there a Zombie song that doesnt feature a “Yeah”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yeah-in-rock-and-roll/465850.md?page=3)