"Ooh, Yes I Do" is the ninth single by the Dutch girl group

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, released in the autumn of 1979 by CNR/

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. The song appears on the group's 1979 third studio album

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. It was a hit in

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and

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. The Spanish version of the record turned gold in

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Background

In the summer of 1979,

and their producers and songwriters (

Hans van Hemert Hans van Hemert (born 7 April 1945 in Voorburg, Netherlands) is a Dutch ASCAP award-winning record producer and songwriter. Mouth & MacNeal and Luv' are among the pop acts he produced. He also composed three songs for the Eurovision Song Contest ...

and

Piet Souer Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Souer (born 29 March 1948, Eindhoven) is a Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger. His collaboration with acts (such as Luv', Mouth & MacNeal, Liesbeth List, Ramses Shaffy, American Gypsy, and Champagne) made him ga ...

) decided to leave

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(which had released the group's records for two years).

José Hoebee Josina van de Wijdeven (born 29 March 1954), known as José Hoebee, is a Dutch pop singer. She was a member of Luv', a famous Dutch girl group in the late 1970s and early 1980s that scored hits in more than 15 countries. In late 1981, she went ...

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and their team signed a 750,000

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contract with CNR affiliated to

on October 7th, 1979. With this new deal,

s challenge was to prove that after one year and a half of mainstream success, the trio could still score hit records in the music charts. The formation's first single released by Carrere was "Ooh, Yes I Do", a track composed and produced by Van Hemert. The song used a melody inspired by the flute theme of

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's "

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" (1979). It became an instant hit. A Spanish version (entitled "Si, Que Si") was recorded for the Latin American market and reached the gold status in

. In 2021, DJ WR (Wouter Reinders) and DJ BarFeet (Maarten Bervoets) posted the uptempo remixes of "Ooh, Yes I Do" and "Si, Que Si" on their YesterMix's YouTube channel.

Commercial performance

Ooh Yes I Do was a Mexican #1 hit, a Top 5 hit in

and the

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, a Top 10 record in

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and

, a Top 20 single in

and a Top 30 song in

. The single sold 200.000 copies in France.

Track listing and release

CNR/Carrere licensed the rights for

s records to various labels around the world. 7" Vinyl Release details on Discogs.com
Accessed: February 13, 2011 * a. "Ooh, Yes I Do" * b. "My Guy"

Cover versions

* In 1980, Franz Lambert covered the song for the German compilation "Pop-Orgel Hit-Parade 6". * In 2006, Dutch drag queen Lola recorded a version of "Ooh, Yes I Do".

Charts and certification

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Luv' 1979 singles Luv' songs Songs written by Hans van Hemert Carrere Records singles 1979 songs RCA Records singles EMI Records singles