Album: Word Up! (1986)

Charted: 3 6

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• Oh
  
  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
  
  Oh, word up
  Everybody say when you hear the 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 you act real cool
  But you 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
  
  Oh, word up
  Everybody say when you hear the call
  You've got to get it underway, ow
  
  Oh
  Dial L for low
  
  Come on, all you people sing
  W-O-R-D up, W-O-R-D up
  W-O-R-D up, W-O-R-D up (woo)
  
  W-O-R-D up
  W-O-R-D up
  
  Hey
  Hey, hey (sep)
  (Hey, hey, ooh) la, la, la, la, la, la, low
  Step (ooh)
  The word
  Say it like that (like that)
  Said it like that
  Y'all know it (woah)
  What's the word? (What's the, whoa)
  Everybody's got to know, oh, yeah (oh, yeah)
  Yeah, say it, whoa
  
  Low
  Take me real low (ow)
  Low as you go
  Yeah, ohh
  Come on, T, man Writer/s: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 11

• Markantney from BiloxiNov 20,
  Since the site is primarily about "Pop" hits, it goes with the more Pop popular "Word Up" but club/R&B "Candy" beats it by a hair. Both hits were huge though
• Michelle from California, UsaThe Gun cover is on the "Barb Wire" soundtrack.
• Jo from Huntly, New ZealandThis song is GREAT! But I think I like KoRn's Version better as it sounds more like a party.
• John from Nashville, Tn"Word Up" was Cameo's first of two top 40 pop hits (the followup "Candy" was the other one). It served as the title tune to the group's first platinum album. Before this massive success, Cameo collected seven gold albums and several top 10 r&b hits.
• Don from Indianapolis, InAnother note, Cameo might have been calling out a rap group called "UTFO". They are most famous for starting the "Roxanne, Roxanne" rap battles that by the end, had a couple of dozen "answer-counter answer" records that involved those known and unknown. UTFO's follow-up hit, was a song called "Split Personality" in which they rap-sample some of the words to Cameo's title track hit, "Single Life." It could have been a little Cameo-style commentary there...
• Don from Indianapolis, InOne of the BEST dance/funk songs to come out of the '80's. The group has the same claim in my opinion. They put Atlanta on the "musical map" long before LaFace Records did, along with all these rappers who constantly lay claim to it being home.
• David from Baden-baden, GermanyGun did a very awesome rock version!
• Constance from Dallas, TxCameo did the best version period! Hands down! LOL!
  Constance Dallas, TX
• Theo from Johannesburg, South Africathe korn version is awesome!!!jon davis rules!
• Joel from Columbia, ScI like the Korn version better lol
• Linda from OudenaardeRock band Gun did a magnificent cover version of this song.

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