Word Up

~ Recording by Cameo

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
  • US1986-08-29
Atlanta Artists422-830 265-1 M-1, 830 265-1 M-1
1.1Word Up?:??CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
  • JP1986-12-21
Atlanta Artists, Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart)P35C-20030
1.1Word Up?:??CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
  • JP1986-12-21
Atlanta Artists, Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart)R28C-2005
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Club830 265-1, JABH 19
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-1
1.1Word Up?:??CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-4
1.1Word Up?:??CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Atlanta Artists, PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram)422 830 265-4 M-1
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-1
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up! (black shell, white paper label with a green design)CameoAlbum
Club830 265-4, JABHC 19
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), PolyGram830 265-1
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-1
1.1Word Up?:??CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Siegfried (齊飛唱片公司)830 265-4, SF-2118
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Atlanta Artists422-830 265-1 M-1, 830 265-1 M-1
1.1Word Up!4:21CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-2
1.1Word Up4:21CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-2, 830 265-2 M-1
1.1Word Up4:21CameoWord Up! (CD-Matrix: 830 265-2 02 ﮲/; YG; MADE IN GERMANY)CameoAlbum
Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-2, 830 265-2 M-1
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up! (Dolby HX Pro B NR)CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-4
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up! (grey shell, white label)CameoAlbum
Club830 265-4, JABHC 19
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-4
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up! (Dolby)CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-4
1.1Word Up4:21CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-2, 830 265-2 M-1
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up! (teal paper label)CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-4
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-1
9.7Word Up4:19CameoBack to BlackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-03-26
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), MWA5415182, 5415812
1.1Word Up?:??CameoWord Up! (limited edition)CameoAlbum
  • JP2012-10-17
Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)UICY-25329
1.1Word Up?:??CameoWord Up! (limited edition)CameoAlbum
  • JP2015-03-04
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)UICY 77048
1.1Word Up?:??CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”), Music on CD539 045-5, MOCCD13946
Promotion
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)830 265-4
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up! (white label)CameoAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), PolyGram Records S.A. (Greece) (not for release label use!)830 265-1
1.1Word Up?:??CameoWord Up!CameoAlbum
Atlanta Artists, Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart)R28C-2005
1.1Word Up4:15CameoWord Up! (DJ copy)CameoAlbum
Atlanta Artists422-830 265-1 DJ, 830 265-1

Relationships

phonographic copyright (℗) by:PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1986)
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1986)
sampled by:Dying in a Nightmare by Ocean Ghosts
Strangelove (Fresh Ground mix) by Depeche Mode
Wild Wild West by Kool Moe Dee
mash-ups:Last Night A DJ Saved My Life vs. Word Up! (Indeep vs. Cameo) by FreeStyleGames (UK video game development company)
Poison vs. Word Up! (Bell Biv Devoe vs. Cameo) by FreeStyleGames (UK video game development company)
StrangeWord (Cameo vs. Depeche Mode) by Miss Cyberpink (mash-up artist)
Dirty Word Up! (Cameo vs. Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz) by MashMike (order: 1)
music videos:Word Up!
part of:TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 70) (order: 75)
VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 81) (order: 81)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/7LoGfKBAaOl0nxhodJ1240 [info]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYOSdI_91WM [info]
other databases:https://www.whosampled.com/Cameo/Word-Up!/ [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/25283 [info]
recording of:Word Up!

Related works

Word Up!

writer:Larry Blackmon
Tomi Jenkins
publisher:All Seeing Eye Music
Better Days Music
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
later translated versions:Hai ↑