Ooops Up

"Ooops Up"
Single by Snap!
from the album World Power
B-side Remix
Released 1 May 1990
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" vinyl
Recorded 1990
Genre Eurodance
Length 3:57 radio edit
Label Logic Records
Writer(s) John "Virgo" Garrett III, Lonnie Simmons, Durron Butler, Penny Ford, Charlie Wilson, Benito Benites, Rudy Taylor, Ronnie Wilson The Gap Band
Producer(s) Benito Benitez
John "Virgo" Garrett III
Snap! singles chronology
"The Power"
(1990)		 "Ooops Up"
(1990)		 "Cult of Snap"
(1990)
Music video
"Ooops Up" on YouTube
2003 cover
2003 version

"Ooops Up" is a song by German Eurodance group Snap!. It was released on 1 May 1990 as their second single from their debut studio album World Power. The song is a re-working of "I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Ooops!)"; a 1980 hit by The Gap Band, with which band member Penny Ford was a former backing singer.[1] The song was a world-wide hit, reaching number-one in the Netherlands and charted the top ten in many countries.[2]

Content

In the song, the narrator talks about Murphy's Law, and everything that went wrong during his day.

Track listings

1990 version
12" maxi
  1. Ooops Up (Vocal) - 6:17
  2. Ooops Up (Other Mix) - 6:40
  3. Ooops Up (Instrumental) - 5:33
7" single
  1. Ooops Up (Vocal Edit) - 3:57
  2. Ooops Up (Instrumental Edit) - 3:57
CD Maxi version
  1. Ooops Up (Vocal Edit) - 3:57
  2. Ooops Up (Vocal 12" Mix) - 6:17
  3. Ooops Up (Other Mix) - 6:40
2003 version (Snap feat. NG3)
  1. Ooops Up! (Radio Edit) - 3:20
  2. Ooops Up! (Extended Club Mix) - 4:03
  3. Ooops Up! (Oops Up 90) - 4:00

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 4
Canada Dance (RPM)[6] 1
France (SNEP)[7] 34
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 6
Italy (FIMI)[10] 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 8
Norway (VG-lista)[14] 2
Spain (AFYVE)[15] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[18] 5
US Billboard Hot 100 35
US Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles 4
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 12
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 18
US Billboard Hot Rap Singles 3
Chart (2003) (Ooops Up 2003) Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts)[19] 69
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 40

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Position
Australia (ARIA)[21] 53
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[22] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[23] 23
Canada (RPM Top 50 Dance Tracks)[24] 5
Italy (FIMI)[10] 34
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[25] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[26] 16
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 8

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[28] Gold 25,000*
Sweden (GLF)[29] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Silver 200,000^
United States (RIAA)[31] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "Charts.de: Top 100 Single Official Media Control (09.04.1990)". Media Control. Charts.de. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  2. ↑ "SNAP! - OOOPS UP (SONG)". www.australian-charts.com. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Snap! – Ooops Up". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Snap! – Ooops Up" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Snap! – Ooops Up" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Canadian dance peak
  7. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Snap! – Ooops Up" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Snap! – Ooops Up". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  10. 1 2 "I singoli più venduti del 1990" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Snap! search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Snap! – Ooops Up" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Snap! – Ooops Up". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Snap! – Ooops Up". VG-lista. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  15. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  16. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Snap! – Ooops Up". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Snap! – Ooops Up". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1990-03-31" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "feat. NG3/?type=single Musicline.de – Snap! feat. NG3 Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Snap! feat. NG3 – Ooops Up 2003". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  21. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  22. ↑ "Jahreshitparade 1990" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  23. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1990" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  24. ↑ "Dance/Urban – Volume 53, No. 6, December 22, 1990". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  25. ↑ "Single Top 100 over 1990" (PDF) (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  26. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1990" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  27. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1990" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  28. ↑ "Austrian single certifications – Snap – Ooops Up" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Snap in the field Interpret. Enter Ooops Up in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  29. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  30. ↑ "British single certifications – Snap – Ooops Up". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Ooops Up in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  31. ↑ "American single certifications – Snap – Ooops Up". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
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