Word Up (single version)

Name: Word Up
Duration: 4 min 19 s

~ Recording by Cameo

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	US1986-08-29	Atlanta Artists	422-830 265-1 M-1, 830 265-1 M-1
1.4	Word Up	4:20	Cameo	Now That’s What I Call Music 8	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1986-11-24	PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)	CD NOW 8
1.9	Word Up	4:18	Cameo	Now That’s What I Call Music 8	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1986-11-24	PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)	TC NOW 8
1.9	Word Up	4:18	Cameo	Now That’s What I Call Music 8	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1986-11-24	PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)	NOW 8
1.1	Word Up	?:??	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	JP1986-12-21	Atlanta Artists, Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart)	R28C-2005
1.1	Word Up	?:??	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	JP1986-12-21	Atlanta Artists, Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart)	P35C-20030
1.1	Word Up	4:16	Cameo	Word Up	Cameo	Single	GB1986	Club	JAB 38
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	IL1986	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Phonokol Ltd.	830 265-1
1.1	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	XE1986	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-2, 830 265-2 M-1
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	US1986	Atlanta Artists	422-830 265-1 M-1, 830 265-1 M-1
1.1	Word Up	?:??	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	TW1986	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
1.1	Word Up!	4:21	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	US1986	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-2
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up! (Dolby)	Cameo	Album	HK1986 MY1986 SG1986	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-4
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	NL1986	Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-4
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up! (grey shell, white label)	Cameo	Album	GB1986	Club	830 265-4, JABHC 19
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up! (Dolby HX Pro B NR)	Cameo	Album	AU1986	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-4
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up! (teal paper label)	Cameo	Album	PH1986	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-4
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	AU1986	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-1
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	CA1986	Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), PolyGram	830 265-1
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up! (black shell, white paper label with a green design)	Cameo	Album	GB1986	Club	830 265-4, JABHC 19
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	IT1986	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-1
1.1	Word Up	?:??	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	US1986	Atlanta Artists, PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram)	422 830 265-4 M-1
1.1	Word Up	?:??	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	CA1986	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-4
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	XE1986	Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-1
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	GB1986	Club	830 265-1, JABH 19
1.1	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Word Up! (CD-Matrix: 830 265-2 02 ﮲/; YG; MADE IN GERMANY)	Cameo	Album	DE1986	Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-2, 830 265-2 M-1
1.2	Word Up! (7" version)	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Single	US1986	Atlanta Artists	884 933-1
1.1	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	DE1986	Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-2, 830 265-2 M-1
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	ES1987	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-1
1.1	Word Up!	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Single	DE1988	Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Phonogram	080 092-2
1.9	Word Up	4:20	Cameo	Dance Classics Into the 80’s, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1991	Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)	01 6282 61
1.11	Word Up	4:16	Cameo	Hits for You	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1993-04-26	Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)	516 160-2
1.1	Word Up	4:23	Cameo	The Best of Cameo	Cameo	Album + Compilation	XE1993	Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division), Mercury France ("un label PolyGram" ; "un label Universal Music")	514 929-2
1.1	Word Up	4:22	Cameo	The Best of Cameo	Cameo	Album + Compilation	US1993	Columbia House (direct-mailing distributor of club editions of releases)	P2 14824
1.1	Word Up	4:23	Cameo	The Best of Cameo	Cameo	Album + Compilation	XE1993	Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	514 929-2
1.1	Word Up	4:22	Cameo	The Best of Cameo	Cameo	Album + Compilation	US1993	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	314 514 824-2
1.1	Word Up	4:23	Cameo	The Best of Cameo	Cameo	Album + Compilation	FR1993
2.10	Word Up	4:20	Cameo	American Top 40: The Best of Pop, Rock & Soul	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1994	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	477696 2
1.9	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Back to the '80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1994	Razor & Tie	DR 7075
2.12	Word Up	4:19	Cameo	Entertainment Weekly: 80's Explosion	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1994	Rhino Special Products	R2 7074
3.8	Word Up	4:20	Cameo	Soul Train (Hall of Fame): 20th Anniversary	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1994	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 71618
1.11	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Sounds of the Eighties: 1986	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1994	Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music	OPCD-2730, R988-04
2.3	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	The 80’s Collection: 1986: Alive and Kicking	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1994	Time–Life Music	TL 544/15
2.1	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	The Best of 1980–1990, Volume 10	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1994	EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002)	7243 8 31226 2 2
1.1	Word Up! (7" vocal version)	4:21	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Single	DE1994	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	856 287-2
1.17	Word Up	4:17	Cameo	In Ya Face Rap	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1995
1.13	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Old School, Volume 4	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1995	Thump Records	THCD 4040
1.14	Word Up	?:??	Cameo	Overpowered By Funk	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1995	Renaissance (UK techno compilations)	REN CD 109
1.10	Word Up	4:19	Cameo	Party Collection, Volume 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1995	SR International	38 405 7
1.13	Word Up	4:20	Cameo	The Very Best of the 80's: 1986, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1995
1.8	Word Up	4:14	Cameo	80's Dance Party	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1996	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	485221 2
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	And They Danced the Night Away	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1996	Débutante	535 5680-2
2.11	Word Up!	4:18	Cameo	Living in America: American Superstars	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1996	Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)	007 04 22
2.13	Word Up	4:17	Cameo	Magic Funk	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR1997-07	Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)	563746 2
1.10	Word Up	4:16	Cameo	Best of 80's: Black	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1997	Polystar (Germany)	555 212-2
1.5	Word Up	4:20	Cameo	Fast Breaks	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA1997	Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)	74321-44950-2
1.8	Word Up	4:19	Cameo	Party Power Pack, Volume 6	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1997	Polystar (Germany)	553 600-2
1.1	Word Up	4:22	Cameo	Word Up	Cameo	Album + Compilation	DE1998-01-13	Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)	554 241-2
1.1	Word Up	4:18	Cameo	The Hits Collection	Cameo	Album + Compilation	GB1998-02-23	Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)	558 012-2
1.17	Word Up	4:19	Cameo	Pure Funk	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998-05-05	PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)	314 558 299-2
1.7	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Ultimate Funk	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998-08-01	Metacom	7616000342
1.1	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Greatest Hits	Cameo	Album + Compilation	US1998	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	314 558 793-2
1.17	Word Up	4:19	Cameo	Pure Funk	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998	PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)	P2 - 58299
1.17	Word Up	4:19	Cameo	Pure Funk (BMG club edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998	PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)	314 558 299-2
1.3	Word Up	4:18	Cameo	Pure Funk	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA1998	PolyMedia (a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.)	558 299-2
1.3	Word Up	4:19	Cameo	Pure Funk	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA1998	Polymedia Music Service	P2 58299
3.1	Word Up	4:19	Cameo	The Eighties: A Decade of Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1998		565 788-2
1.9	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	The Ultimate Party Collection 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1998
1.4	Word Up	4:17	Cameo	Now That’s What I Call Music! 1986: The Millennium Series	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1999-06-21	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)	7243 5 20271 2 5, NOWMIL 1986
2.1	Word Up	4:22	Cameo	Club Hits of the 80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1999-10-01	Smart Records (Cat# SMARTCD)	Smart Cd003
1.3	Word Up!	4:20	Cameo	Sounds of the Eighties: 80's Pop Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1999-11-09	Time–Life Music	M18411
1.7	Word Up	4:19	Cameo	Funkdamentals: Mind Blowin’ Funk Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1999	The Right Stuff (reissues; once EMI, now UMG)	72438-57073-2-2
1.6	Word Up	4:18	Cameo	Funky Grooves: Best of Funk	Various Artists	Compilation	US1999	Compass Productions (budget compilations), Universal Music Special Markets	314545819-2
1.16	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	One Shot ’80, Volume 7	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	IT1999	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	545 626-2
1.2	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Platinum R&B	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA1999	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	CK 91329
1.2	Word Up	4:17	Cameo	Platinum R&B Party	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1999	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	JK 62221
2.11	Word Up	4:19	Cameo	Fetenhits: The Real Classics 4	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2000-04-20	Polystar (Germany)	541 456-2
2.16	Word Up (7" vocal version)	4:16	Cameo	Black Classics Party	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2000-12-01	Polystar (Germany)	560 944-2
1.8	Word Up	4:20	Cameo	100% Funk, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2000	Compass Productions (budget compilations), Universal Music Special Markets	314545883-2
1.14	Word Up	4:20	Cameo	Classic Disco	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2000	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	541 465-2
1.16	Word Up	4:20	Cameo	De Pre Historie 1986, Volume 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE2000	EVA Belgium	74321 75236 2
1.4	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Entertainment Weekly Greatest Hits of 1986	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2000	Buddha Records (1998–2002, formerly known as Buddah Records)	74465 99647 2
2.11	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Hits of the World 80's	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2000	Brunswick News	107 672-2
2.1	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Media Markt Collection: Dance Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2000	BMG Special Marketing Europe GmbH	74321 718 112
1.10	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Party Starter Level 1: The Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2000	UTV Records	314 541 394-2
9.7	Word Up	4:19	Cameo	Back to Black	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2001-03-26	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), MWA	5415182, 5415812
1.3	Word Up	4:22	Cameo	Totally Funk – The Essential Funk Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2001-06-05	EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)
2.12	Word Up	4:17	Cameo	School Disco.com: Spring Term	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2002-02-11	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	506297 2
3.1	Word Up!	4:16	Cameo	Eighties	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2002-10-31	Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)
2.12	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Anthology	Cameo	Album + Compilation	US2002	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	440 017 338-2
3.10	Word Up	4:18	Cameo	Best of Formel Eins: Die Kulthits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2002	Universal Marketing Group (Division specialised in marketing compilations), Vector Recordings	583 519-2
1.10	Word Up	4:16	Cameo	Best of the ’80s: 1986	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2002
1.14	Word Up	4:19	Cameo	Het beste uit de homo 100, Deel 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2002	Dureco	11 68552
1.10	Word Up!	4:20	Cameo	The Best of Funk	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2002	Universal Music Canada	314 584 423-2
1.1	Word Up	4:21	Cameo	Classic Cameo	Cameo	Album + Compilation	XE2003-05-07	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	063 682-2
Promotion
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up! (DJ copy)	Cameo	Album	US1986	Atlanta Artists	422-830 265-1 DJ, 830 265-1
1.1	Word Up	?:??	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	JP1986	Atlanta Artists, Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart)	R28C-2005
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up! (white label)	Cameo	Album	GR1986	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
1.1	Word Up	4:15	Cameo	Word Up!	Cameo	Album	NL1986	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	830 265-4
1.12	Word Up	4:18	Cameo	Oil for the Bones	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1990	PolyGram Special Projects (partners with third party non-music industry companies using music to promote their products and brands)	840 924-2

Relationships

sampled by:	Dying in a Nightmare by Ocean Ghosts Wild Wild West by Kool Moe Dee
mash-ups:	Last Night a DJ Saved My Life vs. Word Up! by Indeep vs. Cameo Poison vs. Word Up! by Bell Biv DeVoe vs. Cameo StrangeWord (Cameo vs. Depeche Mode) by Miss Cyberpink

part of:	TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 70) (order: 75)

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!

Word Up!

writer:	Larry Blackmon Tomi Jenkins

publisher:	Better Days Music Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)

later translated versions:	Hai ↑

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