Yolanda Be Cool are an Australian music duo made up of Andrew Stanley and Matthew Handley.

Biography

In 2010, they collaborated with Australian producer

DCUP Duncan MacLennan (born 13 March 1985), better known by his stage name DCUP (pronounced "D-cup"), is an Australian record producer, DJ and remixer. He is best known for his collaboration with fellow Australian band Yolanda Be Cool on their inte ...

(real name Duncan MacLennan) to release an international single "

We No Speak Americano "We No Speak Americano" is a song by Australian band Yolanda Be Cool and producer DCUP. It was released on the independent Australian label Sweat It Out on 27 February 2010. The song samples the 1956 Italian song " Tu Vuò Fà L'Americano" in ...

" on the indie Australian label Sweat It Out, sampling on a 1956

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hit " Tu vuò fà l'americano" by

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and written by Carosone and Nicola "Nisa" Salerno. "We No Speak Americano" sold over 5 million copies and amassed over 200 million YouTube views worldwide. It topped the British, Spanish, German, Mexican, Argentinian, Swedish, Danish, Swiss, and Ecuadorian charts, and reached the Top 5 in Australia, France, Italy, Spain and Norway. It was also a chart hit in Colombia, New Zealand, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Venezuela, Honduras, Costa Rica and several other countries. The video was directed by Andy Hylton. Prior to the hit, they had collaborated with DCUP when he remixed their hit "Afro Nuts" in 2009. The name is a reference to the scene in the film ''

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'', where the character Jules (played by

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) tells an armed robber named Yolanda (played by

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) "Be cool!" Yolanda Be Cool received two 2010

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nominations which include, "Best Dance Release" and "Most Popular Australian Single" for "We No Speak Americano". In 2011, Yolanda Be Cool collaborated with Crystal Waters on a track called 'Le Bump' which then made it onto their debut album "Ladies and Mentalmen" released by Sweat It Out! and DIM MAK in 2013. The album featured indigenous Australian icon Gurrumul, house royalty

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and

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, soul legend

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and US up and coming rap star Nola Darling. Also, Yolanda Be Cool notably remixed

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's song "

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", taken from the 30th anniversary reissue of her album ''

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''. In 2015, they got back in the studio with DCUP to make "

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", an edit of a song by Rodriguez that went on to go platinum in Australia before writing Soul Makossa, which samples Manu Dibango's saxophone. The song currently has over 1 million plays on YouTube and claimed number 2 on Beatport's Top Ten in addition to being the sixth most sold House record of the year. Yolanda Be Cool released "From Me to You" with DCUP on

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on 8 February 2016.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

Awards

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as

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) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. , - ,

AIR Awards of 2013 The AIR Awards of 2013 (or Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards of 2013) is the eighth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at Revolt Art Space, in Mel ...

, ''Ladies & Mentalmen'' , Best Independent Dance/Electronic Album , , -

References

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