"Yeah Yeah" is a song by Italian singer
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. It was produced by Severo Lombardoni. It was released in March 1990 as the first single from Sabrina's third album ''
Over the Pop
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Background and development
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''. The song reached No. 21 in Italy.
Song information
The follow-up to "
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", "Yeah Yeah", was another happy-sounding dance-pop track, once again written and produced by Sabrina herself and Elvio Moratto. Lyric-wise, the song's concerns are the joys of a nice and healthy environment. "Yeah Yeah" was released as a single twice, the first release in 1990 remaining Italian-only. Three mixes were released in 1990, a 7" mix, a 12" mix and a rather spacey sounding remix (titled Ambient mix), on two formats, a 7" single and a 12" single.
In late 1990/early 1991, the Italian dance-label Discomagic released four remixes of "Yeah Yeah", on both a standard and a picture-disc 12".
The track makes use of the "
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from "
Think (About It)
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Formats and track listings
1990 release
; 7" Single
# "Yeah Yeah" – 4:01
# "Yeah Yeah" (dub version) – 4:01
; 12" Single
# "Yeah Yeah" (12" Mix) – 5:35
# "Yeah Yeah" (Ambient Mix) – 6:16
# "Yeah Yeah" (dub version) – 4:01
1991 release
; CD single
# "Yeah Yeah" (club version) – 5:00
# "Yeah Yeah" (a cappella) – 1:26
# "Yeah Yeah" – 4:20
# "Yeah Yeah" (dub version) – 4:16
; 12" single
# "Yeah Yeah" (club version) – 5:00
# "Yeah Yeah" (a cappella) – 1:26
# "Yeah Yeah" – 4:20
# "Yeah Yeah" (dub version) – 4:16
Charts
References
1990 songs
Sabrina Salerno songs
1991 singles
Casablanca Records singles
Songs written by Sabrina Salerno
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