Word Up

About Word Up

This is Word Up!........................... "Word Up!" is a funk/hip hop song originally written and recorded by Cameo in 1986. Due to its heavy play on American pop and R&B radio, as well as music video play on MTV, the single became the band's most well-known hit. From the album of the same name, "Word Up!" was Cameo's first top-forty US hit, peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and also spent three weeks at number one on the US Hot Black Singles chart. .

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About this song

Credited to

Cameo

Album

Anthology · Track 12 of 30

Released

June 18, 2002

Duration

4:19

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375,949 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Anthology