Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Oh Yeah (Yello song)" in English language version.
Ferris Bueler impact on culture.
CD handed out to promote using Yello songs for advertising, tv and movies From liner notes
You probably hear it and immediately want a Snicker's Bar, or one of the other 37,000 products that used the song in a commercial. But this little ditty from Europop pioneers Yello is also pretty common in the movies, particularly comedies from the 1980's. Immediately springing to mind is the classic FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, in which this song was used to its maximum potential. But it was also featured in several other films from the era, including THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS, SHE'S OUT OF CONTROL, and OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS.
...and a soundtrack that has been hand-picked to get an audience on side.
Of its inclusion in the movie, writer and critic Jonathan Berstein claimed its use by John Hughes illustrated the "mouthwatering must-haveness of Cameron's dad's Ferrari. Since then, it has become synonymous with lust."
Though it didn't make much of a splash when it was first released, "Oh Yeah" became enshrined in popular culture and its history by its inclusion in the 1986 John Hughes movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. How a simple song like this came to almost epitomize an entire era is a pretty fascinating phenomena.
[The soundtrack presents] an upbeat montage set to Katrina And The Waves' "Walking On Sunshine," the official anthem of both the 1980s and the popular drug cocaine; and Yello's "Oh Yeah," the other official anthem of both the 1980s and the popular drug cocaine.
The quirky techno tune, which accompanied Ferris's Ferrari escapade and loads of other advertisements and Hollywood comedies, helped create a lucrative investment career for its Swiss co-creator
