The Barndance Boys was an English trio musical formation made as a

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and

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dance act in 2003. Barndance Boys was the brainchild of John Matthews (stage name

Ricardo Autobahn John Matthews (born 8 March 1978) better known by his stage name Ricardo Autobahn is an English producer, songwriter and musician. He is also known in collaborations with Daz Sampson as in Rikki & Daz and the projects like Barndance Boys, Cub ...

) from the

Cuban Boys The Cuban Boys are an English electronic group and production team, currently composed of Skreen B and Ricardo Autobahn; the band formerly also included B.L. Underwood ("Blu") and Jenny McLaren (Autobahn's sister). Their music is characterised ...

fame. He launched the novelty band with Darren Sampson known as

Daz Sampson Darren "Daz" Sampson (born 28 November 1974) is a British professional football manager/scout, music producer and broadcaster. Sampson is known for his commercial dance music as part of several groups and his television appearances. He has had n ...

, with whom he had cooperated in many other musical projects including in the duo

Rikki & Daz Rikki & Daz, was a pop music duo, formed in 2002 by John Matthews and Daz Sampson. John Matthews of the Cuban Boys fame and also known as Ricardo Autobahn, became Rikki in the duo. He teamed up with Sampson, named just Daz in the duo and went o ...

. Brian LH was also included to complete the trio. Barndance Boys were infamous for their papier mache grossly exaggerated heads. The single "Yippie-i-oh" by the band spent two weeks on the

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. It topped at position 32 on the 37th and 38th weeks of the chart in 2003 featuring vocals from Jenny McLaren also from

fame .
The tune of "Yippie-i-oh" is largely based on the traditional folk song "

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" also known colloquially as "The Belle of Belfast City".

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