"Yeah" is a song by American

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. It was released as a

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DFA Records DFA Records is an American independent record label based in New York City. The label was originally founded in 2001 by Tim Goldsworthy, musician James Murphy (electronic musician), James Murphy, and manager Jonathan Galkin. Goldsworthy and Mur ...

on January 13, 2004. The Crass and Pretentious mixes of "Yeah" later appeared on the CD version of the band's eponymous debut studio album. The song peaked at number 77 on the UK Singles Chart.

Overview

In a 2005 interview with ''

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'', LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy regarded "Yeah" as the hardest song to make for their debut studio album, stating that it "nearly killed" him. According to ''Pitchfork''s longform article "You Were There", the song "aims to sum up three decades of

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Track listing

— dfa 2133 — 12" vinyl single * Yeah (Clap-a-Pella) does not appear on the 2013 remastered 12"

Personnel

Personnel adapted from single liner notes. *Eric Broucek – additional programming, percussion, vocals *Mandy Coon – vocals * The DFA – mixing, production *

Tim Goldsworthy Tim Goldsworthy is a British record producer, DJ and recording artist. Career Originally a musician/producer for Unkle with James Lavelle, he later worked with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and was formerly joint owner of DFA Records. Go ...

– bass synthesizer * James Murphy – bass, drums, keyboards, percussion, vocals *

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– Fun Machine support, synthesizer, synthesizer support *

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– vocals

Charts

Release history

References

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