"Mmm Yeah" is a song by American pop singer

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from his second EP '' The Secret''. The song was released as the second and final single from the EP on January 26, 2014. The song features vocals from Cuban-American rapper

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. The song was released in the

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as a digital download on January 26, 2014. The song's chorus samples the song "

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. The song peaked at number 49 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Composition

"Mmm Yeah" is a dance-pop song which contains a "swirling" production, funk-influenced

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, hip hop, and

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. It is written in the key of F# minor. The track heavily samples lyrics from Lidell Townsell's 1992 single "

", especially in the chorus. Lyrically, the song speaks of being rejected by an attractive woman walking down a street: "We can do whatever/ Do whatever we want/ When she walked past me I said 'hey, hey, hey' So tell me where you from where you want to go/ She walked past me like I ain't say a word".

Music video

The lyric video, directed by

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, Dan Roof and Tomás Whitmore, was released on January 31, 2014, and features appearances by

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, and Mahogany Lox. The lyric video was nominated at the

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in the "Best Lyric Video" category. The official music video was released on March 13, 2014, featuring

. It was directed by Gil Green, who previously worked with Mahone for his " Banga! Banga!" music video. Throughout the video, Mahone and Pitbull are shown dancing with girls inside a moving room on a static floor with speakers and a couch, a concept reminiscent of the 1996 video for "

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" by

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. This music video was certified in the digital platform

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on February 3, 2015, and it's Mahone's second Vevo Certified.

Chart performance

"Mmm Yeah" debuted at number 60 on the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week of February 8, 2014, and eventually peaked at number 49, resulting in the song becoming Mahone's highest-charting single on the chart, surpassing "

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". The song has also reached number 19 on the ''Billboard''

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chart. On June 16, 2014, "Mmm Yeah" became Mahone's first single to enter the Australian Singles chart, entering at 39. It also reached number 1 on the ''Billboard''

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chart. The single was certified gold as expressed by Mahone on his official Twitter account on the 6th May 2014. The song sold 193,000 downloads according to Nielsen SoundScan as of March 2014.

Track listing

Charts

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Certifications

Release history

References

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