Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises oops upside your head live the gap band oops upside your head live. Scrobble songs and get recommendations on other tracks and artists. Synthheavy funk group that scored numerous hits with a big modfunk sound recalling pioneers from sly stone to george clinton to rick james. Listen online to the gap band oops up side your head and find out more about its history, critical reception, and meaning. Feb 18, 2017 provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises oops upside your head live the gap band oops upside your head live. Wilsons spoken intro, this is radio station w gap, was a reference to parliaments opening line in p. The gap band the complete guide this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. Oops upside your head by funk master is a cover of the gap bands i dont believe you want to get up and dance oops. Listen to you dropped a bomb on me, outstanding and more from the gap band. The gap band oops up side your head extended rework. Each album does not reflect which number they released, only which point it is in the series gap band iv, for. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises oops upside your head the gap band the uwf allstar live. The humorous monologues throughout the song by gap band lead singer charlie wilson were inspired by his cousin bootsy collins own humorous slant in his songs.
Since their inception in 1967, the gap band has released 15 studio albums, compilation albums and 2 live albums. Provided to youtube by entertainment one distribution us oops upside your head the gap band fresh takes. If you are a fan of the gap band but dont physically have their collection of their albums, this is a nice collection of their greatest and biggest hits. The gap band samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from the gap band at the discogs marketplace. All praise the wilson brothers for their outstanding instrumental and vocal work evident on this bang up cd.
The gap band, centered around brothers charlie, ronnie, and robert wilson, toiled in obscurity for several years prior to becoming one of the most popular funk groups of the late 70s and 1980s. Listen online to the gap band yearning for your love and see which albums it appears on. Uptown funk writers to split royalties with the gap band. Check out oops upside your head by the gap band on amazon music. We have 5 albums and 46 song lyrics in our database. Best tracks are burn rubber, shake and early in the morning. Uptown funk is a more recent song, being released in 2014, while oops upside your head was released in 1979.
Just prior to the completion of their first major album, bringing them under the wing of mercury, musician charlie wilson ran the song by his brothers robert and ronnie, thinking that they might ridicule the. Listen online to the gap band you dropped a bomb on me and see which albums it appears on. Mar 06, 2012 gap band iv is the sixth album by the gap band, released in 1982 on total experience records. Now i want all you gappers, and finger snappers you toe tappers and you love rappers finally, for all you line dance freaks out there, we give you the first line dance that allows you to. When uptown funk was released in 2014 no credit was given to the gap band. Say oops upside your head say oops upside your head everybody, say oops up say oops up hey, yeah, yeah say oops upside your head i say oops upside your head somebody, say oops up say oops up this is a song about those bad days start out happy and end up sad days talkin about that murphys law if you think it go wrong, yes, it will. They released nine selftitled albums including two of the same name. Get all the lyrics to songs by the gap band and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Gap band iv is the sixth album by the gap band, released in 1982 on total experience records. Their first major hit was a snazzy rnb tune called shake. Funk wants to get funked up, welcome to radio station wefunk, better. The album produced the singles early in the morning, you dropped a bomb on me, and outstanding. Early in the morning, humpin, oops up side your head, outstanding.
View the gap band song lyrics by popularity along with songs featured in, albums, videos and song meanings. Gap band also appears in this compilation entertainment weekly. Uptown funk uses many unique hooks throughout the song, proving that it is copied from oops upside your head. Nov 08, 2014 provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises oops upside your head the gap band the uwf allstar live. Check out mistagroove radio the station that keeps. The single was released in several countries in different formats. Many of their hits, such as burn rubber why you wanna hurt me and you dropped a. Released off their fourth studio album, the gap band ii, the song and its parent album both achieved commercial success. The gap band was a funk and soul group, the threepiece being known for hits such as outstanding and you dropped a bomb on me.
The houston based gap band brought the best hard charging funk in the early 80s. The gap band samples, covers and remixes whosampled. Create a custom radio station from your favorite songs by the gap band on iheartradio. Jun 14, 2018 provided to youtube by entertainment one distribution us oops upside your head the gap band fresh takes. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam.
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