Just play the intro, and do an instant crossfade

umm the orginal? wik wiki drop on the 1

or take instrumental cut and paste section to front and then add original

one of the easiest most instantly recognizable club bangers ever to mix in. why would you need an intro

1 - Scratch in the original
2 - mix in an intro version and fade in at the right moment
3 - open up your favorite software, load a drum track for 8 bars, then cut/paste Usher "Yeah".

I think he's looking for an intro without the synths. Scratching the original one has the best effect.

people still play this?!?!

There's an intro version on wicked mix 80 ( which you can find on ebay)
here's a clip of what that version sounds like: www54.zippyshare.com

You'd be surprised how well it goes over with some crowds.

Yup... still pops off at the right spot

Yeah is one that will be around for years, It will be something you drop like "this is how we do it"

I'm assuming OB1 was being facetious.

definitely. girls STILL love to dance around their shoes and bags to this song.

Put your damn shoes on. That floor is disgusting.

Thanks for the replies guys. And yeah I do mostly play the original, but I wanted the option to have a version with an intro without synths for certain situations (ex. mixshows)

I think there is a lethal weapon remix that has a flat beat intro. You would have to find that, then cut/paste to the synth version to get the final track you are looking for.

I never got that myself. Broken glass, alcohol, bodily fluids and these girls go barefoot? Why come out in 4, 5 and 6 inch heels then?

they get to feel tall and hot for the 1st 1/2 hour they're at the club lol

I can honestly say I aint heard this being played in clubs for a long long time. I hated it when it came out though so maybe my ears dont react to the shit LOL

I believe there is an extended intro version on Smashvidz

I didn't mind it, I just thought it was overplayed to absolute hell.

See, i didn't hear this song when it first came out (yes, i was living under a rock at the time)... So it never really got played out for me.

I think it depends where you are from. I've played it in a lot of my top 40/club sets for years now. Even this Saturday. Still got a great crowd reaction.

short version! 1 usher verse 1 chorus 1 luda verse acapella out "take that rewind it back"

+1 this is by far my most worn out record sleeve!!! And both copies have some silver sharpie at the 3rd verse (#beforeserato)

I play an edit of the same version. LOL

Speakin of this song. Anybody know if theres a good mp3 of the video version. Where they go through the dances at the end. "do the A town strut" "Rockaway, rockaway" ect ect.

No lie I still play this. It's one of the songs that are so recognized from all ages. Yeah it's corny but I guarantee dj's will be playing it even 5 yrs from now.

haha I have Krazytoons video edit of this wicked mix version..I guess Krazytoons are aka Wicked Mix? I got a few Krazytoons edit's

I didn't mean to offend anyone - I'm sure there is a time and place for it...
I admit to putting out a mix containing it (several years ago)
I feel like it has just ran it's course - but I understand it is one of those songs that has a bit of "staying power"...

Much as the song annoyed me from being overplayed, I can respect it for actually lasting this long. It seems to me that most "music" today is created to appeal for maybe a few months, and then it will never be heard again.

personally i don't play the original anymore the one I play is Dj Exodus - Yeah Adele (No Clap edit) ;) starts with rolling in the deep acapella and drops into usher. Dopeeeee.

Did anyone else think of this when he said "flat beat" intro???


Watchwww.youtube.com

lol ^^^

As far as being "Played Out", it really depends where you're playing and who you are playing to. Hot club, young crowd = played out. 25-50 age group = still a big song for them.
You get the right crowd, they still scream when you play "Wild Thing" or "Push It"; which hearing those to me is worse than nails on a chalkboard.... but it's not about me, is it?
As long as people are dancing & happy a song can't be played out. It can't be said enough - being a good DJ is all about playing the right songs at the right time for the right crowd - knowing what they want when they don't even know. Scratching, super mixes, tricks - while they can enhance the mix an add energy, they go mostly unnoticed by the general public. We notice it, for sure - everyone else, not so much...

I did. LOL

Usher - yeah is a recurrent hit, you can play it at weedings, clubs even people my parents age dig that song. I agree it's going no where it's a classic jam one of those jams you play after dropping some moombahton and completely loosing the crowd you bring em back to their world with this track

Ive always thought that too!

This is what i do when i mix hiphop. Im sorry if this has been brought up already, but i find it easier to use instrumentals of every hiphop track i have. Mix the instrumental version of yeah into the song you're currently playing, then once you fade the song out, scratch drop in the verion with vocals. Also, if you're savy with DAWs you can make your own 8 bar intro beat by slicing the drum samples and rerendering it into a new file. I saw someone mention wicked mix, which does have intro, mid, and outro 8/16 bar beats, but those types of remixes often censor out the heavier swear words. If you want, i'd be happy to edit it for you and send it to you.

The instrumental has no part where it's just a beat. That do do du do synth line goes through the entire track.

I tried to make an edit years ago when it was new and gave up.

Watchwww.youtube.com

All you need is some 808 drum samples and you can reconstruct the beat yourself.
Ahh sorry, but i need to +1 my own comment here for that idea.

What does the Qbert video have to do with this though?

Anybody know what im talkin about here?

Then complain for the next 3 1/2 hours.

oopsy, meant to paste this link

Watchwww.youtube.com

Usher Yeah is pretty much like saying you'll never play a Ying Yang Twins song...but end up playing one at some part of the night esp...if you the crowd just ain't vibin. Almost any and all YYT song will go off...Whistle While You Twerk, Say I Yi Yi, Salt Shaker..there's many options.

I find that in my city in Canada people go crazy whenever its played. I can't say that it gets played frequently by DJ's here, but when it does get dropped the reaction always seems to be good. Like most of you all have previously stated, it totally was overplayed back in the day, but you gotta love the reaction you get.

I would personally never say such a thing. "Get Low" from Lil Jon and the East Side Boys, plus "Salt Shaker" and "Wait" from Ying Yang Twins still rocks the crowd - even with these young Top 40 Radio Machines (aka: the current under 21 crowd). Hell, I still throw "Back That Thang Up" at them too.

Me, too.
Flat Beat into Yeah (128-105bpm) Fatman Scoop Hype Remix or some ish like that :-D

Hold up someone said that Push It annoys them in this thread. :/

I couldnt believe it, I love playing the older cuts especially late 80s early 90s party joints that everyone knows.

+1

Ive been singing the melody to this song in my head since i read this:


Der derner der der der denernernerner der ..........pa push it real good!

Ahhh push it, pa push it real good.


OK tis really didnt help me get the song out of my head.

You suck.

Push it is as safe song you can bet will work 99.9% of the time. If the crowd aint feeling anything your playing drop push it, then drop that fergalicious push it remix. Gets em everytime no matter the crowd

PA PUSH IT REAL GOOD.

Yeah 2 hours later, song still in my head. IM walking around the office "Salts n peppas here n were in effect"

PA PA PA PUSH IT GOOD.

lulz

^^^ the hook from that is going to be in my "more cowbell" mega/minimix...
along with a bunch more classic cowbell clips (even though it's a casio cowbell LOL)

lol @ needs more cowbell the mixtape

Yeah, that was me. Great song, but it is one of those songs I have played over 3000 times over the years. Of course, it will 3001 if I feel it is the right song at the time.

I found a decent intro version of "Yeah." Called "Tipsy Yeah (DJ SLICK REFIX)"....it might sound cheezy as the tipsy drums have been pretty played out for remixes and stuff, but it works alright. Has the drums all the way through the song, but it has a nice flat intro, and the synths drop in after 8 bars. If anyones interested i'm sure you can find it easy enough with a google search.