| "Ooops Up" | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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"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. The song was a world-wide hit, reaching number-one in the Netherlands and charted the top ten in many countries.
In the song, the narrator talks about Murphy's Law, and everything that went wrong during his day.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone