"Ah Yeah!" is a song written and performed by Australian producer and DJ
Will Sparks
William James "Will" Sparks (born 15 March 1993) is an Australian producer and DJ from Melbourne, Australia, who is best known for his 2013 single " Bring It Back" with Joel Fletcher and his 2014 single " Ah Yeah So What!" featuring Wiley an ...
. It was released on Hussle label in November 2012. In February 2015 it peaked in the top 60 on the
French and
Swedish singles charts. In April of that year Katie Cunningham of ''
In the Mix'' credited "Ah Yeah!" for giving rise to a new
electro house
Electro house is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by heavy bass and a tempo around 130 beats per minute. The term has been used to describe the music of many ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJs, including Benny Benassi, Skrillex, Steve Aoki ...
sub-genre,
Melbourne bounce. The track gained exposure by
Calvin Harris
Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter who has released six studio albums.
His debut studio album, '' I Created Disco'', was released in June ...
and
A-Trak
Alain Macklovitch (born March 30, 1982), known by his stage name A-Trak, is a Canadian DJ, record producer, and record executive. He came to prominence in the late 2000s as an international club DJ and remix artist, known for incorporating highly ...
with Sparks recalling he "went from 'hardly getting gigs in Melbourne' to getting booked every weekend for shows around the world".
In November 2014, it was re-released as "Ah Yeah So What" on Hussle / Ministry of Sound and featured
Wiley
Wiley may refer to:
Locations
* Wiley, Colorado, a U.S. town
* Wiley, Pleasants County, West Virginia, U.S.
* Wiley-Kaserne, a district of the city of Neu-Ulm, Germany
People
* Wiley (musician), British grime MC, rapper, and producer
* Wiley Mi ...
and
Elen Levon
Elen Levon (born 13 July 1994, in Ukraine) is a Ukrainian- Australian singer, actress and dancer.
Early life
Elen Levon was born on 13 July 1994 in Ukraine and moved to Sydney, Australia with her family shortly after she was born. She started b ...
. This version was co-written by Sparks with Wiley,
Ilan Kidron
Ilan Kidron (born 22 April 1976), also known as iKid, is a Sydney-based singer songwriter with over one billion combined streams, best known as the lead singer for Australia's multi-platinum selling dance music act The Potbelleez. As a writer ...
and Levon. It reached No. 4 in
Australia, No. 12 in
Finland
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and top 40 in
New Zealand
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.
Background
Will Sparks
William James "Will" Sparks (born 15 March 1993) is an Australian producer and DJ from Melbourne, Australia, who is best known for his 2013 single " Bring It Back" with Joel Fletcher and his 2014 single " Ah Yeah So What!" featuring Wiley an ...
had left
Caulfield Grammar
Caulfield Grammar School is an Independent school, independent, co-educational, Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican, International Baccalaureate, day school, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as ...
at the end of year 11 to pursue a career as a performing DJ.
He described his music as
Melbourne bounce and performed at local pubs and clubs – he started to post tracks on social media during 2012.
An early single is the self-written "Ah Yeah!",
which appeared in November of that year.
"Ah Yeah!" reached No. 12 on the
ARIA Club Tracks component chart in February 2013.
The Various Artists compilation album ''Urban Dance 6'' (October 2013) included it as a track.
By that time "Ah Yeah!" was listed at No. 3 on
Beatport
Beatport is an American electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver, Los Angeles, and Berlin. Beatport is oriented primarily towards DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that can be us ...
's chart.
In February 2015 "Oh Yeah!" peaked in the top 60 on the
French and
Swedish singles charts.
It was listed at No. 62 of ''
In the Mix'' 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time in April of that year.
Katie Cunningham of ''In the Mix'' credited "Ah Yeah!" for giving rise to the new
electro house
Electro house is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by heavy bass and a tempo around 130 beats per minute. The term has been used to describe the music of many ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJs, including Benny Benassi, Skrillex, Steve Aoki ...
sub-genre of Melbourne bounce.
"Ah Yeah So What"
In 2014, Will Sparks collaborated with
Wiley
Wiley may refer to:
Locations
* Wiley, Colorado, a U.S. town
* Wiley, Pleasants County, West Virginia, U.S.
* Wiley-Kaserne, a district of the city of Neu-Ulm, Germany
People
* Wiley (musician), British grime MC, rapper, and producer
* Wiley Mi ...
and
Elen Levon
Elen Levon (born 13 July 1994, in Ukraine) is a Ukrainian- Australian singer, actress and dancer.
Early life
Elen Levon was born on 13 July 1994 in Ukraine and moved to Sydney, Australia with her family shortly after she was born. She started b ...
to re-record "Ah Yeah!", which was released in November as the single "Ah Yeah So What" on Hussle / Ministry of Sound. This version was co-written by Sparks with Richard Cowie (Wiley),
Ilan Kidron
Ilan Kidron (born 22 April 1976), also known as iKid, is a Sydney-based singer songwriter with over one billion combined streams, best known as the lead singer for Australia's multi-platinum selling dance music act The Potbelleez. As a writer ...
and Elen Menaker (Levon).
It reached No. 4 in
Australia, No. 12 in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...
and top 40 in
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
.
Charts
Ah Yeah!
Ah Yeah So What
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2012 songs
2014 singles
Ministry of Sound singles
Songs written by Wiley (musician)
Songs written by Ilan Kidron