# Help identify a Song (say yeah yeah yeah)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 24, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-a-song-say-yeah-yeah-yeah/682120 "2014-02-24T17:44:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-a-song-say-yeah-yeah-yeah/682120/1 "2014-02-24T17:44:10Z")

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_Yeah yeah yeah,  
Say yeah yeah yeah_

Yes, I know, probably the most overused refrain in pop music. But I caught a song last night on a classic rock station that I’d like to hear again. And the chorus is the only part I remember. 'Twas played at a medium-fast tempo and what I’d call a “swing” rhythm. It ran a little longer than normal, maybe 5 minutes or more. Some extended instrumental riffs between verses, and what really caught my attention was a prominent counter-melody throughout played on what sounded like an accordion but was probably a synthesizer. Gave the song sort of a latin or maybe reggae feel. And the only lyrics I caught were “say yeah yeah yeah”. Not much to go on, I know. Can anyone identify this latest ear worm?

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**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:** [February 24, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-a-song-say-yeah-yeah-yeah/682120/2 "2014-02-24T17:51:22Z")

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The only one I can think of is “Cherry Bomb” by John Mellencamp, but I’m probably wrong.

_“Outside the club Cherry Bomb,  
Our hearts were really thumpin’,  
Say yeah, yeah, yeah.  
Say yeah, yeah, yeah.”_

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-a-song-say-yeah-yeah-yeah/682120/3 "2014-02-24T18:11:42Z")

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“[Yeh, Yeh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf-cCL3TOCo)” by _Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames_?

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**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-a-song-say-yeah-yeah-yeah/682120/4 "2014-02-24T18:21:10Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> The only one I can think of is “Cherry Bomb” by John Mellencamp, but I’m probably wrong.
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> _“Outside the club Cherry Bomb,  
> Our hearts were really thumpin’,  
> Say yeah, yeah, yeah.  
> Say yeah, yeah, yeah.”_

Heh… no, that’s it. Thanks. I should have recognized Mellencamp’s sound. Looking at the wiki entry for the album (_The Lonesome Jubilee_), it appears that it was, in fact, an accordion at work in the background.