| "Hip Hop Hooray" | ||||
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| Single by Naughty by Nature | ||||
| from the album 19 Naughty III | ||||
| B-side | "The Hood Comes First" | |||
| Released | December 10, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | February 1992 | |||
| Studio | Unique Recording Studios, New York City[1] | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:26 | |||
| Label | Tommy Boy Records | |||
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| Producer(s) | DJ Kay Gee | |||
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| "Hip Hop Hooray (edited)" on YouTube "Hip Hop Hooray (original)" on YouTube | ||||
"Hip Hop Hooray" is a song by American hip hop group, Naughty by Nature, released in December 1992 by Tommy Boy Records as the first single from their third album, 19 Naughty III (1993). The song spent one week at number one on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] It contains samples from "Funky President" by James Brown, "Don't Change Your Love" by Five Stairsteps, "Make Me Say it Again, Girl" by Isley Brothers, "You Can't Turn Me Away" by Sylvia Striplin and "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel. Pete Rock made a remix that samples Cannonball Adderley's "74 Miles Away". It was certified Platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 1,100,000 copies in the United States.[3] The music video for "Hip Hop Hooray" was directed by Spike Lee and filmed in Brooklyn, New York City.
The song contains lyrics boasting the group's love of hip hop and their fascination with good-looking women. The Seattle Mariners would play the song after Ken Griffey Jr. was officially announced coming to bat at the Kingdome, especially in 1995, the year of the Mariners' first Major League Baseball playoff appearance. It played at Yankee Stadium after a Yankees player hits a home run from 2017 until the middle of the 2019 season. It was brought back for the 2020 season and used until the 2022 season. In 2024, Billboard ranked "Hip Hop Hooray" number three in their "The 100 Greatest Jock Jams of All Time".[4]
- ^ "19 Naughty III - Naughty by Nature | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 424.
- ^ "American certifications – Naughty by Nature – Hip Hop Hooray". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Billboard Staff (February 8, 2024). "The 100 Greatest Jock Jams of All Time". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2024.