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Yello — The Race
Album: Essential
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Released: 1993
Length: 3:14
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Shout! (Shout!)

Count on me I'm gonna win The Race
Count on me I'm gonna win The Race
Room-dah-bee-boom the whippering dong
Room-dah-bee-boom the whippering dong

Now shut the door, keep down to south
Shut the door, keep down to south
Shut the door, keep down to south

Not any track is turning but The Race is in my head
I'm attacking the illusion but the stopping drives me mad

Time is running out and the illusion fades away
Time is running out another day is on its way

Another sun was shining and he knew he wasn't great
He didn't ever talk about he knew he couldn't wait

Are you ever gonna push me let me run and let me do
I need it and I'm ready and I haven't got a clue

Not any track is turning but The Race is in my head
I'm attacking the illusion but the stopping drives me mad

Fire away!
This is The Race!

Why? (Why?)
Burn! (Burn!)
Shout! (Shout!)
Lies! (Lies!)

Give me The Race!

Another sun was shining and he knew he wasn't great
He didn't ever talk about he knew he couldn't wait

I need this race!

Are you ever gonna push me, let me run and let me do
I need it and I'm ready and I haven't got a clue

Any track is turning but The Race is in my head
I'm attacking the illusion but the stopping drives me mad

Fire away!

Time is running out and the illusion fades away
Time is running out another day is on its way

This is The Race!

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen
This is Billy McKloski from Palm Springs reporting for NBC Sports of America
Twenty seconds to the start of the thirty-first Formula race on a hot
sunny afternoon here in California

On the fast lane of the street I'm driving
Sometimes, somewhere, I'm arriving
Every day and every night

Why?
I need this race!

Count on me, I'm gonna win The Race
Count on me, I'm gonna win The Race
Room-dah-bee-boom the whippering dong
Room-dah-bee-boom the whippering dong

Shut the door, keep down to south
Shut the door, keep down to south
Shut the door, keep down to south

Race in my head!
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Not my kind of thing, normally, but you can't argue with the brilliance.
Posted 9 months ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
More Yello please! I haven't heart song from them on RP for  a very long time ... 
Posted 11 months ago by H3C    [ Reply ]
OH YEAH!!!!!! 
Posted 1 year ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
  


 guy surfing "the pipe" on sidewalk as car splashes a wave

It takes a certain type...




Oh yeah!
Posted 2 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
They're great
Posted 2 years ago by grandemarch    [ Reply ]
Dieter and Boris, what a gas!
Posted 3 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]

Because... reasons.
Posted 3 years ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
Boris, the bloody genius 
Posted 3 years ago by sireautonin    [ Reply ]
A high end audio show favorite.
Posted 3 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
I just always think of The Cutting Edge when I think of this song. 
Posted 3 years ago by JTRox8    [ Reply ]
Yello!
These cats were all over the club scene. Please hit us up with their far superior Bositich, an 80s Downtown Dance Floor Anthem
Posted 3 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
This was used in the jingles so much back in the day. Never liked it then, don't like it now.
Posted 3 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
 leechi wrote:
do people listen to this unironically?
  OH YEAH!



 


 guy surfing "the pipe" on sidewalk as car splashes a wave

It takes a certain type...


 

Posted 3 years ago by wildmanfromSB    [ Reply ]
Have a listen to the Rhythm Divine by Yello with Shirley Bassey singing. That’s a great Yello track
Posted 3 years ago by Pioneer_Sing    [ Reply ]
Great hi-fi tester in its day.
Posted 4 years ago by nickodgers    [ Reply ]
The fast version of Kraftwerks Autobahn.
Posted 4 years ago by Atombender    [ Reply ]
Ooooh Yeah!
Posted 4 years ago by brianp53    [ Reply ]
This is SO much better REAALLY loud!
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a comedic impersonation of Robbie Robertson's solo career.
Posted 4 years ago by alexandersmcmillan    [ Reply ]
Where else do you still hear Yello? Love it.
Posted 4 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
 Segue wrote:
Weird. Good. Derivative. Original.
 
3 out of 4 ain't bad.
But "Derivative"? of what?!
I have never heard of another band that sounds like Yello or vice versa.
Posted 4 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
👍
Posted 4 years ago by ynvchn164    [ Reply ]

os govna wrote:
And though you fight to stay alive, your body starts to shiver...for NO mere mortal can resist the EVIL of the THRILLER!!!......................MUAH ah ah ah ah aaaah....MUUUAAAH ahha ahhh ahhhh...................MUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAHHHH AHHHH AHHHH AHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Or "The Tingler" if you're a William Castle/Vincent Price fan... BTW, Castle was oh 
so overplayed by John Goodman in Joe Dante's "Matinee"...

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
Posted 4 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by JiffyPark    [ Reply ]
SO ahead of it time!
Posted 4 years ago by zircopax    [ Reply ]
Oh Lordie! This track didn't age well... 
Posted 4 years ago by njswede    [ Reply ]
A very fun toon! I like the album cover:"I don't always wear a moustache, but when I do I wear two".   'o)
Posted 5 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]
These two were originals, in my opinion. "I love you" "I know"
Posted 5 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
Didn’t realize they were swiss.
Posted 5 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
The neighbor is turning his apartment into swiss cheese (with hammer drill) soooo... just cranked up the Yellow!! :-))
Posted 5 years ago by john_m_hopkins    [ Reply ]
OMFG I am having a blast this morning Bill! Thank you!
 
Shades of the original 9:30 Club on F. back in the day.
Posted 5 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
I remember being  at a hifi show at Heathrow listening to this on cd then went into another room and they were playing the 12" vinyl version, absolutely astounding, the cd wasn't (excuse pun) even in the race, went home and brought it the same day. Ricky.
Posted 5 years ago by rickkate    [ Reply ]
So cool! I'd been reminiscing about Yello of the 80's, theirs being one of the first videos I'd seen at the original 9:30, perusing their website etc and youtubes this past week.
Thanks Bill!
Posted 5 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 leechi wrote:
do people listen to this unironically?
 
Yeah, they love it! With and without irony :-D
Posted 5 years ago by groedi    [ Reply ]
Cool men from Switzerland without whom...
They started touring now...
Posted 5 years ago by groedi    [ Reply ]
Yello = Dieter und Boris = Swissmen  - - like me!!!!   {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 6 years ago by peter.gerzner    [ Reply ]
I love Yello SO SO MUCH!!!
Posted 6 years ago by JeniQ    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 6 years ago by megaadam    [ Reply ]
Ah,,, I get it... not just a random play... another crafty segue following on from Bjork's Big Time Sensuality... a very similar back beat.

You are crafty BillG.
Posted 6 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Horrible earworm for me. Instant PSD
Posted 6 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
 Smetak wrote:
Finally a song with balls {#Motor}
 
Where’s the ”like” button {#Roflol}
Posted 6 years ago by zerosomething    [ Reply ]
Finally a song with balls {#Motor}
Posted 6 years ago by Smetak    [ Reply ]
 Hortense wrote:
Toe Pick!  {#Smile}
 
Good one 🤓
Posted 7 years ago by Synth80s    [ Reply ]
Weird. Good. Derivative. Original.
Posted 7 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
 leechi wrote:
do people listen to this unironically?

 


 guy surfing "the pipe" on sidewalk as car splashes a wave

It takes a certain type...


Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
do people listen to this unironically?
Posted 7 years ago by leechi    [ Reply ]
yello join mich gerber as second swiss artist here on RP ... oh yeah !
Posted 7 years ago by pixeli    [ Reply ]


Oh Yeah! Dieter and Boris! Great Stuff!{#Clap}{#Bananasplit}{#Yell}{#Dance}
Posted 7 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
 i don't like it much either..almost like listening to a news broadcast with a beat..rather strange  superfido wrote:
What a horrible song. {#Frustrated}

 


Posted 7 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Toe Pick!  {#Smile}
Posted 7 years ago by Hortense    [ Reply ]
Yello.  You can tell their genius by the fact their songs never age and you can't date them.
Posted 8 years ago by Jota    [ Reply ]
 hempmandan wrote:
Freakin Rocks!
 
 
Yeah baby!
Posted 8 years ago by tiare    [ Reply ]
 DearDM wrote:
Wow, total ripoff from Depeche Mode's "Flexible"

 
"Total ripoff"? No, it's not really, though the two bands were contemporaries.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Freakin Rocks!
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
 Make it stop!
Posted 10 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
Wow, total ripoff from Depeche Mode's "Flexible"
Posted 10 years ago by DearDM    [ Reply ]
this is all so tongue in cheek, nobody can take them serious.


having a beef-farm in Argentina? no seriously!)
Posted 10 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
Prototype for Weapon Of Choice?
Posted 10 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
Trippy song, trippy album -- trippy time!
Posted 11 years ago by dirtbagpook    [ Reply ]
Nothing can compete with a rorty sax, is what she said, and she was right.


Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Works well for a Wednesday noontime too!

Jelani wrote:
Ahhh. Bjork followed by Yellow. 
Nice stuff to get me going on this 'late" Sunday morning.
{#Bananajumprope}

 


Posted 11 years ago by pamorama    [ Reply ]
Ahhh. Bjork followed by Yellow. 
Nice stuff to get me going on this 'late" Sunday morning.
{#Bananajumprope}
Posted 12 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Bill...have you been "clubin" it lately?
Posted 12 years ago by rjewyo    [ Reply ]
 vivakitty wrote:

Yay!  Cutting Edge!  Absolutely it was in that movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPFBeyIHsPw

 
I love this clip - it takes all the highlights. "Cutting Edge" is still one of my all-time favorite "feel-good" movies. When I'm having a bad day/week/month, I make a big pot of macaroni and cheese and tuck in with this movie. And my brother snorts in disgust and hides in his bedroom with CNN. (How I wish I was kidding.)

That whole soundtrack is pretty awesome...

Posted 12 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]

Cool song!! 

All I really knew from these guys was "Oh Yeah!", thanks to Ferris Bueller... : )

Posted 12 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
Can't stop dancing in my seat - fun stuff!
Posted 12 years ago by SugarPig    [ Reply ]

Stop playing fun music ... trying to work here!


Posted 12 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
And though you fight to stay alive, your body starts to shiver...for NO mere mortal can resist the EVIL of the THRILLER!!!......................MUAH ah ah ah ah aaaah....MUUUAAAH ahha ahhh ahhhh...................MUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAHHHH AHHHH AHHHH AHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted 13 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]

also the Swiss can be cool... not very often but sometimes..{#Yes}
by the way - I think it was a top ten song for quite a long time in the eighties in Germany


Posted 13 years ago by KrischanZ    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
WAIT!  I think I remember hearing a version of this song in the movie "The Cutting Edge," when they were skating to it.  Maybe I'm wrong, but it sure sounds like it.  I like it.
 
Yay!  Cutting Edge!  Absolutely it was in that movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPFBeyIHsPw

Posted 13 years ago by vivakitty    [ Reply ]
Mac McGarry was the host of Its Academic when I was in high school. And I am 60 years old.
Posted 13 years ago by capzfan    [ Reply ]
Boogie saxman!  This is good!
Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Oh damn!  Right from the git go this song had me moving.  Me likey.  Has got that AoN appeal to it.
Posted 13 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
No, uh-uh, this is not very good.{#No}
 
Oh, honey - take a pill, mute, and come back after it's done.  You'll be fine. {#Hug}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 vivakitty wrote:
Oh happy remembrances of The Cutting Edge. Had no idea hearing this song in the movie that it was by the same artist that did "Oh Yeah."
 
I KNEW it!!!!!  And yeah, "Oh Yeah" from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.  Dang - I sense a movie-weekend in my future...

Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
WAIT!  I think I remember hearing a version of this song in the movie "The Cutting Edge," when they were skating to it.  Maybe I'm wrong, but it sure sounds like it.  I like it.
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 That_SOB wrote:

Oh come on. This is B52 practicing with a snowmobile in Bjorks garage.
 
Garage? I think they were in Bjork's Basement Jaxx.
 
Posted 14 years ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
I must defer, this is outstanding! {#Yes}

Posted 14 years ago by Bazooka    [ Reply ]
No, uh-uh, this is not very good.{#No}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
For some reason this tune just screams Leslie Nielsen. If he doesn't have his own theme music, this should be it.

Posted 14 years ago by nmcvaugh    [ Reply ]
 lerxst wrote:
"Welcome to It's Academic!  I'm your host, Mac McGarry!"  (Gotta be from DC to get this one)
 

Yes, exactly. Hopelessly dorky connotations when I hear the opening notes. Visions of psychedelic cheerleaders are dancing in my head.
Posted 14 years ago by gortacleva    [ Reply ]
"Toe-pick"
Posted 14 years ago by Vandy005    [ Reply ]

Oh come on. This is B52 practicing with a snowmobile in Bjorks garage.
Posted 14 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
Playing just as Alonso wins first F1 race of the season. Are you watching Bill?
Posted 14 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
 superfido wrote:
What a horrible song.
 
You're confirming the stereotype that Swedes have no sense of humor.
Posted 14 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
Egads.
Posted 14 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
What a horrible song. {#Frustrated}
Posted 15 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
Bring on the dancing bananas!
Posted 15 years ago by Pieter    [ Reply ]
I'm rockin' to this while eating my tuna sandwich at my desk. Good times good times!!

Posted 15 years ago by Boston_Ed    [ Reply ]
 lerxst wrote:
"Welcome to It's Academic!  I'm your host, Mac McGarry!"  (Gotta be from DC to get this one)
 

Ha, yes, totally!   Took me a sec to place it...
Posted 15 years ago by alagarts    [ Reply ]
 Baum74 wrote:
Absolute classic!!!
That track was coolness in my teenage days back in the (L)80ies
in good ol Germany ...
 
very cool coolness
  
Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
A classic!
Posted 15 years ago by jwb    [ Reply ]
En hier heb ik nog de extended versie van! :-)
Posted 15 years ago by neegij    [ Reply ]
Absolute classic!!!
That track was coolness in my teenage days back in the (L)80ies
in good ol Germany ...
Posted 15 years ago by Baum74    [ Reply ]
Love these guys!  Check out their old videos on YouTube - still eye-popping after all these years.
Posted 16 years ago by diazo    [ Reply ]
"Welcome to It's Academic!  I'm your host, Mac McGarry!"  (Gotta be from DC to get this one)
Posted 16 years ago by lerxst    [ Reply ]
Like a cool Robbie Robertson. I like!
Posted 16 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Oh no. I can't listen to this!! It was used as background music for a car dealer back in Southern California. Now it sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me. Do you think Yello could sue?
Posted 16 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
There's no telling what you can accomplish with a pencil-thin moustache.
Posted 16 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by bugleboy624    [ Reply ]
m-o-o-n!...that spells WAY TOO FUCKING REPETITIVE!!...
Posted 16 years ago by Sean-E-Sean    [ Reply ]
There's no telling what you can accomplish with a pencil-thin moustache.
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Good stuff!
Posted 16 years ago by RcF    [ Reply ]
davyjrshort wrote:
Yup, your wife is right, that's where I've heard this, saw that movie (partially on TBS, I'll fess up to it) a few weekends back... What I didn't realize is this is the group that brought the infamous "ohhhh yeah" song from Ferris Bueler's Day Off movie to us...yowza
Yello's "Oh Yeah" was also used in Michael J. Fox's "The Secret of My Success" during a seduction scene. Not an outstanding movie, but it had some hilarious moments.
Posted 16 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
davyjrshort wrote:
Yup, your wife is right, that's where I've heard this, saw that movie (partially on TBS, I'll fess up to it) a few weekends back... What I didn't realize is this is the group that brought the infamous "ohhhh yeah" song from Ferris Bueler's Day Off movie to us...yowza
D.B. Sweeney will always be Shoeless Joe to me.
Posted 16 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
Zehr gut ja!
Posted 16 years ago by xc_para_puravida    [ Reply ]
brighthue wrote:
What's next, Kajagoogoo?
nope, Big Audio Dynamite and I CAN'T WAIT!
Posted 16 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
ploafmaster wrote:
Two strikes: 1. My wife just informed me that this was in "The Cutting Edge." 2. What sounds like a mixture of fake horns and real horns - sounds painful.
Yup, your wife is right, that's where I've heard this, saw that movie (partially on TBS, I'll fess up to it) a few weekends back... What I didn't realize is this is the group that brought the infamous "ohhhh yeah" song from Ferris Bueler's Day Off movie to us...yowza
Posted 16 years ago by davyjrshort    [ Reply ]
Oh happy remembrances of The Cutting Edge. Had no idea hearing this song in the movie that it was by the same artist that did "Oh Yeah."
Posted 16 years ago by vivakitty    [ Reply ]
Awriiiighhhttt!!! It's been a while!
Posted 16 years ago by gekkosan    [ Reply ]
I loved it.
Posted 17 years ago by ubastard    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by TobyCurtis    [ Reply ]
Head is bobbin' Toes are tappin' Yow!!! Is that a chainsaw??
Posted 18 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
Two strikes: 1. My wife just informed me that this was in "The Cutting Edge." 2. What sounds like a mixture of fake horns and real horns - sounds painful.
Posted 18 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
Whoa. I'm feeling somewhere between stir crazy and car sick.
Posted 18 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
umm .. wierrrd
Posted 18 years ago by ObsidianInfinity    [ Reply ]
CrowCommunications wrote:
Think: "Leonard Cohen hopped up on Ritalin."
My God that's a perfect description!
Posted 18 years ago by extragoya    [ Reply ]
Think: "Leonard Cohen hopped up on Ritalin." It would be interesting to do a mix with a cross fade of "The Race" and "Everybody knows..." Gentlemen, start your engines....
Posted 18 years ago by CrowCommunications    [ Reply ]
the race rocks!
Posted 18 years ago by donmatthews    [ Reply ]