Oh Yeah (Roxy Music song)

"Oh Yeah"
Single by Roxy Music
from the album Flesh and Blood
B-side	"South Downs" "Rain Rain Rain" (USA) "In the Midnight Hour" (Australia)
Released	July 1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	Soft rock, new wave
Length	4:12 (single version) 4:51 (album version)
Label	Atco/Reprise/EG
Songwriter(s)	Bryan Ferry
Producer(s)	Rhett Davies & Roxy Music
Roxy Music singles chronology
"Over You" (1980) "Oh Yeah" (1980) "Same Old Scene" (1980)

"Oh Yeah", also known as "Oh Yeah (There's a Band Playing On the Radio)" or "Oh Yeah (On the Radio)" on certain releases, is a hit single by the English rock band Roxy Music. It was taken from their 1980 album Flesh and Blood. The song is featured prominently in the fifth episode of the Stephen Merchant comedy series Hello Ladies.

Background[]

"Oh Yeah" is the second release from the album. It hit #5 on the UK Singles Chart, as the previous single "Over You" had also done. This song was followed by the UK Top 20 hit "Same Old Scene". The song was backed by the non-LP track "South Downs", a synth instrumental by Ferry, or by the album tracks "Rain Rain Rain" (in the USA) and "In the Midnight Hour" (in Australia and South Africa).

"South Downs" when re-released on the boxset of "The Thrill of It All" was accidentally released backwards, but due to the nature of the synthetic string sound, it didn't sound out of place. The original version reappeared on a 3-track CD single with "Jealous Guy" and "Lover".^[1]

Personnel[]

• Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards
• Phil Manzanera – guitar
• Andy Mackay – saxophones and oboe
• Neil Hubbard – guitar
• Paul Carrack – strings
• Neil Jason – bass
• Allan Schwartzberg – drums

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External links[]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics