"Yes!" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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artist

Chad Brock Chad Brock (born July 31, 1963) is an American country music singer and disc jockey. Before beginning his musical career in the late 1990s, he was a professional wrestler in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), until an injury forced him to retire ...

. It was released in February 2000 as the second single and title from his album of the same name. The song reached the top of the ''

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chart. It is considered to be Brock's

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and his only number-one single, spending three weeks at No. 1 in the U.S., and one week in Canada. Brock wrote this song with Stephony Smith and Jim Collins.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of ''

'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song "boasts a buoyant melody and positive lyric that captures all the excitement and emotional energy of a burgeoning relationship." She goes on to call the chorus "absolutely infectious" and "one of those sing-along refrains that makes for a great radio song." On Brock's vocals she says that he has a "personable, Everyman kind of quality to his voice that makes this tune readily relatable."''

'', February 19, 2000 - Vol. 112, No. 8.

Music video

The

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for this song was directed by Gerry Wenner, and shows Brock on a beach where people of many ages, in various stages of relationships, are having conversations with their partners.

Chart performance

"Yes!" debuted at number 52 on the

chart the week of February 26, 2000, and climbed to Number One on the week of June 17, 2000, where it held for three consecutive weeks, also giving Brock his only Number One single. It also peaked at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Peak positions

Year-end charts

Parodies

*Country music parodist

Cledus T. Judd James Barry Poole (born December 18, 1964) is an American country music artist who records under the name Cledus T. Judd. Known primarily for his parodies of popular country songs, he has been called the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music, and ...

parodied this song on his CD, ''

Cledus Envy ''Cledus Envy'' is a 2002 album released by country music parodist Cledus T. Judd, released on Monument Records. It features "Leave You Laughin'", Judd's first serious song. Phil Vassar contributes a spoken line to the end of "Just Another Day in ...

'', as "1/2."

References

{{Chad Brock 2000 singles 2000 songs Chad Brock songs Songs written by Jim Collins (singer) Song recordings produced by Buddy Cannon Song recordings produced by Norro Wilson Warner Records singles Songs written by Stephony Smith