O Yeah

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“O Yeah”
Single by End of Fashion from the album End of Fashion
Released	July 18, 2005
Format	CD Single
Recorded	2005
Genre	Rock
Label	EMI/Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Justin Burford
Producer	Dennis Herring
End of Fashion singles chronology
O Yeah (2005) Lock Up Your Daughters (2005)

O Yeah is the debut single by End of Fashion, taken from their 2005 self-titled debut album End of Fashion. This song is featured in the video game FIFA Street 2.

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1. "O Yeah" (Radio Edit)
2. "Hardcore"
3. "Quicksand" (Live)

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"O Yeah" was written in one sitting by Justin Burford on a bet that he couldn't pen a song that quickly.

“A friend bet me that I couldn’t write a song at the drop of a hat. Of course I can’t, and I was going to look like an idiot, but my mate was egging me on and I was high on life that day”. Burford said, “Go on then, write one right here right now. And I did. It’s the only time I’ve written a whole song in one sitting! To shut him up…”

Subsequently, it was realised that the song (almost) copies the guitar riff from the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?".

In a review, Jonathon Miller wrote

"End of Fashion are having no problem appealing to the 95% of people that haven't heard (and still remember) the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" and have never experienced a truly exciting live show, and if that's what the band is aiming for, then they are a complete success."

In some of their later live shows, Burford has taken to inserting lyrics from the Pixies song at the end of "O Yeah", as a tongue-in-cheek move against the critics and on occasion has played the entire "Where Is My Mind?" breaking straight into "O Yeah".

The music video, set on a drag racing strip, was directed by Brycen Horne.

v • d • e End of Fashion Justin Burford · Rodney Aravena · Tom King · Nick Jonsson Studio albums End of Fashion · Book Of Lies EPs Rough Diamonds / Anything Goes · Too Careful Singles "O Yeah" · "Lock Up Your Daughters" · "She's Love" · "The Game"