Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p ""Word Up!" is an R&B and funk song written and originally recorded by Cameo in 1986. Due to its heavy play on American dance and R&B radio, as well as music video play on MTV (which has LeVar Burton as a police detective trying to arrest the band), the single became the band's most well-known hit.From the album Word Up!, "Word Up!" was Cameo's first US Top 40 hit, peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and spending three weeks at number one on the US R&B chart and one week at number one on the US Hot Dance Singles chart. In the UK, it spent 10 weeks in the top 40, peaking at number three on September 21, 1986. The song was written by Lawrence Ernest Blackmon and Thomas Michael Jenkins.Besides being a commercial success, the track also earned critical acclaim from several publications. "Word Up!" won Cameo the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single as well as the NME Award for Best Dance Record. Like the band's previous single "Single Life", "Word Up!" features a sample of the opening notes of Ennio Morricone's theme to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."@en }
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- Word_Up!_(song) abstract ""Word Up!" is an R&B and funk song written and originally recorded by Cameo in 1986. Due to its heavy play on American dance and R&B radio, as well as music video play on MTV (which has LeVar Burton as a police detective trying to arrest the band), the single became the band's most well-known hit.From the album Word Up!, "Word Up!" was Cameo's first US Top 40 hit, peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and spending three weeks at number one on the US R&B chart and one week at number one on the US Hot Dance Singles chart. In the UK, it spent 10 weeks in the top 40, peaking at number three on September 21, 1986. The song was written by Lawrence Ernest Blackmon and Thomas Michael Jenkins.Besides being a commercial success, the track also earned critical acclaim from several publications. "Word Up!" won Cameo the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single as well as the NME Award for Best Dance Record. Like the band's previous single "Single Life", "Word Up!" features a sample of the opening notes of Ennio Morricone's theme to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.".