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Cameo — Word Up!
Album: Word Up!
Avg rating:
6.7

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Total ratings: 580









Released: 1986
Length: 4:15
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Ohh!
Yo pretty ladies around the world
Got a weird thing to show you
So tell all the boys and girls
Tell your brother, your sister
And your mama too
Cause we're about to throw down
And you'll know just what to do

Wave your hands in the air
Like you don't care
Glide by the people as they start to look and stare
Do your dance
Do your dance
Do your dance quick mama, come on baby tell me what's the word
Word up
Everybody say when you hear they call
You've got to get it underway
Word up, it's the code word
No matter where you say it
You'll know that you'll be heard

Now all you sucker DJs
Who think you're fly
There's got to be a reason
And we know the reason why

You try to put on those airs and act real cool
But you've got to realize
That you're acting like fools
Give us music we can use it
We need to dance
We don't have the time
For psychological romance
No romance, no romance
No romance for me, mama
Come on baby tell me what's the word
Word up
Everybody say when you hear the call
You've got to get it underway

Dial "L" for low...
Come on, all you people say...
W-O-R-D up - W-O-R-D up
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 lophrequa wrote:
{#Roflol} what fun, come on peoples loosen UP




Facts.
Posted 1 month ago by MadMeech    [ Reply ]
This song is legendary. Learn how to move! 
Posted 1 month ago by MadMeech    [ Reply ]
ummmmm…. Wtf?
Posted 1 month ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
If ya want to push it..play some of that crazy  Parliament-Funkadelic stuff.  Weird stuff but with a crazy back beat.
 
Posted 1 month ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
…whhhhaaaaaat? — the ephemeral Imogene heap cameo to CAMEO?? 
o man, u just gotta love that RP gray matter.  
Posted 2 months ago by misstigglewiggle    [ Reply ]
Instead of asking "why"...ask "why not"?
Posted 2 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Nice one Bill.  For a change, give us the Gun cover.  
Posted 3 months ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
I’m waving my hands in the air like I don’t care but I just get odd looks from people.  Guess they just don’t get Cameo 😬
Posted 4 months ago by JWBruns    [ Reply ]
Simply the greatest 'pop' song in the history of the world.
Posted 4 months ago by funkyalfonso    [ Reply ]
Not one aspect of the album cover’s aesthetic has aged well. My advice to all current young prefrontal cortex deprived hipsters, 80s style is not one to emulate, even ironically. 
The Groove, on the other hand, marches on triumphantly - no matter the mask 🎭 convention asks it wear….!
Posted 9 months ago by xc.farmer.antoine486    [ Reply ]
 clwguy wrote:

Oh wow, Bill. First time I've heard this on RP. This was such a great song in it's day. Thanks for adding it into the rotation!


I'm with you as long it pops up here rarely...
Posted 11 months ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Nice
Posted 1 year ago by lovelyhelicopter    [ Reply ]
Amazing to hear this song on RP! What a treat, thanks 😊
Posted 1 year ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
Yes!  Ooooowh
Posted 1 year ago by bodyschool    [ Reply ]
thats all you suckah DJs told.
Posted 1 year ago by apd    [ Reply ]
I did a double-take when this song started, could not wrap my head around the fact that this would be playing on RP. And this is exactly the reason why it SHOULD be played on RP, thank you Bill!
Posted 1 year ago by CowboyJJ    [ Reply ]
Somewhere there’s a dancing banana 🍌 missing its groove?!
Posted 1 year ago by xc.farmer.antoine486    [ Reply ]
Word up, FTW!! Thanks, William.  ;-)
Posted 1 year ago by luminouslass    [ Reply ]
Great song. Word Up!
Posted 1 year ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
love it!
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
In 86 my head would have exploded. Today it bobbed. Go figure.
Posted 4 years ago by merobreno    [ Reply ]
What?!? this has been on here for ten years and I never heard it? 
Great to hear it! Takes me back....
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Wow! I never thought I would here this on RP! That is why RP is the best. Great song!
Posted 5 years ago by chiefbrody    [ Reply ]
Oh wow, Bill. First time I've heard this on RP. This was such a great song in it's day. Thanks for adding it into the rotation!
Posted 5 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
all you sucker DJs... time for some Ohio Players deep cuts! Dial L for Love!
Posted 5 years ago by NoLoTeks    [ Reply ]
Groovy.
Posted 5 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
 Jamunca wrote:
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
 Hahaha, If I'm correct, the quote is from the same year the song came out...


Posted 5 years ago by Dior    [ Reply ]
They had a thing, he had a haircut.
Posted 5 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Elvis , Ramones ,  The Who , Phish then this Bwahhahaha.  Why I am addicted to RP
Posted 5 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Such a funny choice and great to hear this classic on here. Keep the surprises coming, Bill!
Posted 5 years ago by thousandrobots    [ Reply ]
Love when Bill mixes in stuff like this ... in context it is perfect. 
Posted 5 years ago by tgrier    [ Reply ]
The red jock apparatus a lil before its time.
Posted 5 years ago by max_p    [ Reply ]
Haha! This is an awesome tune! Thanks for blowing the dust off this one Bill 
Posted 5 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]


Ah memories....
Posted 5 years ago by chunkymunky    [ Reply ]
This is cracking me up to hear this here. I felt myself jamming to it and then startled, wait, what station am I listening to? HAHAHAHAHA!  A nice surprise. But let's not go too far in this direction ;-) 
Posted 5 years ago by misfitz    [ Reply ]
Heh. Last played 9 years ago?  Bill's just having some fun :o)
Posted 5 years ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
This was an unpredictable choice. Glad that RP can be this daring. Not my choice to listen to...but nonetheless...the variety beats out safe and typical.
Posted 5 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Takes me back to riding one of those spinning death traps at the county fair in high school. The ride then and the song now made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. 
Posted 5 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]
Ha.  Love it. Perfect nonsense, hence my 10 rating.  Surprised to hear it here, though, but I'm mightily pleased.
Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
All over the shop, isn't it?
Posted 15 years ago by Pieter    [ Reply ]
 Jamunca wrote:
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
 
We'd better get back, because it'll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night... mostly. 
Posted 15 years ago by ufamsm    [ Reply ]
More codpieces!!
Posted 15 years ago by ericconrad    [ Reply ]

Have I ever mentioned that I love Radio Paradise... This song, not so much, but to be able to hear it with all the other great music (once in a great while). Awesome.


Posted 15 years ago by makadar    [ Reply ]
Will it be "Hammer time" soon?  Loving the flashback!
Posted 15 years ago by zogma    [ Reply ]
Look at me, everyone. I'm so eclectic. No, really. Look at me. Look what I can do.

Barf.
Posted 15 years ago by quatsch    [ Reply ]
ha ha haaaa haaaaaaa!
Posted 15 years ago by linz_bobinz    [ Reply ]
{#Roflol} what fun, come on peoples loosen UP

Posted 15 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
What the...

Now that's eclectic ;-)
 
OK, I see- so, lawsuit is in order?
Posted 15 years ago by dburges    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}Fun{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 15 years ago by GINRUSH    [ Reply ]
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Posted 15 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
Make it stop!
Posted 15 years ago by ufamsm    [ Reply ]
Oh good gawd!  

Posted 15 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]