is the ninth single by Japanese band Princess Princess. Written by Kanako Nakayama and Kaori Okui, the single was released by

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on April 21, 1990. It became their third of five consecutive No. 1 singles on

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's singles chart.

Background

"Oh Yeah!" was written as a cheering song for the band's national tour "Panic Tour '90: Parade Shō yo!", which started in April that year. The song's original key is A. The song was used by Sony for their HF-X/UX

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commercials. The B-side, "Papa", was used by KDD for their telephone commercials.

Chart performance

"Oh Yeah!" hit No. 1 on

's singles chart and No. 5 on Oricon's year-ending chart in 1990. It also sold over 575,000 copies and was certified Platinum by the

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Track listing

All lyrics are written by Kanako Nakayama; all music is composed by Kaori Okui and arranged by Princess Princess.

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

* * {{Princess Princess 1990 singles 1990 songs Princess Princess (band) songs Songs in Japanese Oricon Weekly number-one singles Sony Music Entertainment Japan singles Songs written by Kaori Kishitani