# Ah Yeah! > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ah_Yeah! > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ah_Yeah!.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah_Yeah! > Source revision: 1329263467 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|2012 song by Australian producer and DJ Will Sparks}} {{for|other topics|Ah Yeah (disambiguation){{!}}Ah Yeah}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox song | name = Ah Yeah! | cover = Ah-Yeah!-Will-Sparks.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [Will Sparks](/source/Will_Sparks) | album = | released = {{Start date|2012|11}} | recorded = 2012 | studio = | venue = | genre = [Melbourne bounce](/source/Electro_house) | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=25}} | label = Hussle | writer = *William James Sparks | producer = Will Sparks | prev_title = Okay | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = Chemical Energy | next_year = 2013 }} "'''Ah Yeah!'''" is a song written and performed by Australian producer and DJ [Will Sparks](/source/Will_Sparks). It was released on Hussle label in November 2012. In February 2015 it peaked in the top 60 on the [French](/source/Syndicat_National_de_l'%C3%89dition_Phonographique) and [Swedish singles charts](/source/Sverigetopplistan). In April of that year Katie Cunningham of ''[In the Mix](/source/Junkee_Media)'' credited "Ah Yeah!" for giving rise to a new [electro house](/source/electro_house) sub-genre, [Melbourne bounce](/source/Electro_house). The track gained exposure by [Calvin Harris](/source/Calvin_Harris) and [A-Trak](/source/A-Trak) with Sparks recalling he "went from 'hardly getting gigs in Melbourne' to getting booked every weekend for shows around the world". In November 2014, it was re-released as "'''Ah Yeah So What'''" on Hussle / Ministry of Sound and featured [Wiley](/source/Wiley_(rapper)) and [Elen Levon](/source/Elen_Levon). This version was co-written by Sparks with Wiley, [Ilan Kidron](/source/Ilan_Kidron) and Levon. It reached No. 4 in [Australia](/source/ARIA_Charts), No. 12 in [Finland](/source/The_Official_Finnish_Charts) and top 40 in [New Zealand](/source/Official_New_Zealand_Music_Chart). == Background == [Will Sparks](/source/Will_Sparks) had left [Caulfield Grammar](/source/Caulfield_Grammar_School) at the end of year 11 to pursue a career as a performing DJ.{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009013833/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/sparks-flies-to-la-on-the-rhythm-of-melbourne-bounce-20131006-2v26i.html | title=Sparks flies to LA on the rhythm of Melbourne Bounce | first=Lawrence | last=Money | work=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald) | date=7 October 2013 | access-date=17 December 2022 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/sparks-flies-to-la-on-the-rhythm-of-melbourne-bounce-20131006-2v26i.html | archive-date=9 October 2013 | url-status=live | url-access=subscription }} He described his music as [Melbourne bounce](/source/Electro_house) and performed at local pubs and clubs – he started to post tracks on social media during 2012. An early single is the self-written "Ah Yeah!",{{cite web | publisher = [APRA AMCOS](/source/APRA_AMCOS) (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) | title = Song Catalogue Search Results for 'Ah Yeah' | url = https://www.apraamcos.com.au/works-search?works=true&title=Ah%20Yeah&writer=Sparks&performer=Will%20Sparks | access-date = 17 December 2022 }} which appeared in November of that year. "Ah Yeah!" reached No. 12 on the [ARIA Club Tracks](/source/ARIA_Charts) component chart in February 2013.{{cite journal | date = 11 February 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org.au/awa/20190813165252mp_/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20130219-1428/Issue1198.pdf | title = Week Commencing ~ 11th February 2013 ~ Issue #1198 | last = Wallace | first = Ian | work = The ARIA Report | format = PDF | publisher = [Australian Recording Industry Association](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association) (ARIA) | issue = 1198 | page = 20 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue1198.pdf | archive-date = 19 February 2013 | access-date = 17 December 2022 | url-status = dead }} The Various Artists compilation album ''Urban Dance 6'' (October 2013) included it as a track. By that time "Ah Yeah!" was listed at No. 3 on [Beatport](/source/Beatport)'s chart. In February 2015 "Oh Yeah!" peaked in the top 60 on the [French](/source/Syndicat_National_de_l'%C3%89dition_Phonographique) and [Swedish singles charts](/source/Sverigetopplistan).{{cite web | url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Will+Sparks&titel=Ah+Yeah%21&cat=s | title=Will Sparks – 'Ah Yeah!' | first=Steffen | last=Hung | work=lescharts.com | access-date=17 December 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Will+Sparks&titel=Ah+Yeah%21&cat=s | title=Will Sparks – 'Ah Yeah!' | first=Steffen | last=Hung | work=swedishcharts.com | access-date=17 December 2022 }} It was listed at No. 62 of ''[In the Mix](/source/Junkee_Media)''{{'}} 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time in April of that year.{{cite web|url=http://inthemix.junkee.com/the-100-greatest-australian-dance-tracks-of-all-time/27904.html |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20151216224732/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/24303/20151216-0715/inthemix.junkee.com/the-100-greatest-australian-dance-tracks-of-all-time/27904.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 December 2015 |title=The 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time |last=ITM HQ |date=10 April 2015 |access-date=17 December 2022 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Katie Cunningham of ''In the Mix'' credited "Ah Yeah!" for giving rise to the new [electro house](/source/electro_house) sub-genre of Melbourne bounce. == "Ah Yeah So What" == {{Infobox song | name = Ah Yeah So What | cover = Ah-Yeah-So-What-Will-Sparks.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [Will Sparks](/source/Will_Sparks) featuring [Wiley](/source/Wiley_(rapper)) & [Elen Levon](/source/Elen_Levon) | album = | released = {{Start date|2014|11|14|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=15}} | label = *Hussle *[Ministry of Sound](/source/Ministry_of_Sound_Australia) | writer = *William James Sparks *Richard Cowie *Ilan Kidron *Elen Menaker | producer = | chronology = [Will Sparks](/source/Will_Sparks) | prev_title = This Is What the Bounce Is | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = Sick Like That | next_year = 2015 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [Wiley](/source/Wiley_(rapper)) | type = single | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = Ah Yeah So What | year = 2014 | next_title = | next_year = }}{{Extra chronology | artist = [Elen Levon](/source/Elen_Levon) | type = single | prev_title = Kingdom | prev_year = 2014 | title = Ah Yeah So What | year = 2014 | next_title = Cool Enough | next_year = 2014 }} }} In 2014, Will Sparks collaborated with [Wiley](/source/Wiley_(rapper)) and [Elen Levon](/source/Elen_Levon) to re-record "Ah Yeah!", which was released in November as the single "Ah Yeah So What" on Hussle / Ministry of Sound. This version was co-written by Sparks with Richard Cowie (Wiley), [Ilan Kidron](/source/Ilan_Kidron) and Elen Menaker (Levon).{{cite web | publisher = [APRA AMCOS](/source/APRA_AMCOS) (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) | title = Song Catalogue Search Results for 'Ah Yeah So What' | url = https://www.apraamcos.com.au/works-search?works=true&title=&writer=Kidron&performer=Will%20Sparks | access-date = 17 December 2022 }} It reached No. 4 in [Australia](/source/ARIA_Charts), No. 12 in [Finland](/source/The_Official_Finnish_Charts) and top 40 in [New Zealand](/source/Official_New_Zealand_Music_Chart).{{cite web | url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Will+Sparks+feat%2E+Wiley+%26+Elen+Levon&titel=Ah+Yeah+So+What&cat=s | title=Will Sparks feat. Wiley & Elen Levon – 'Ah Yeah So What' | first=Steffen | last=Hung | work=australian-charts.com | access-date=17 December 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Will+Sparks+feat%2E+Wiley+%26+Elen+Levon&titel=Ah+Yeah+So+What&cat=s | title=Will Sparks feat. Wiley & Elen Levon – 'Ah Yeah So What' | first=Steffen | last=Hung | work=finnishcharts.com | access-date=17 December 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Will+Sparks+feat%2E+Wiley+%26+Elen+Levon&titel=Ah+Yeah+So+What&cat=s | title=Will Sparks feat. Wiley & Elen Levon – 'Ah Yeah So What' | first=Steffen | last=Hung | work=charts.nz | access-date=17 December 2022 }} ==Charts== '''Ah Yeah!''' {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2015) ! scope="col"| Peak
position |- {{singlechart|France|51|artist=Will Sparks|song=ah Yeah!|accessdate=2015-01-23|rowheader=true}} |- {{singlechart|Sweden|51|artist=Will Sparks|song=ah Yeah!|accessdate=2015-01-23|rowheader=true}} |- |} '''Ah Yeah So What''' {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2014–15) ! scope="col"| Peak
position |- {{singlechart|Australia|4|artist=Will Sparks feat. Wiley & Elen Levon|song=Ah Yeah So What|accessdate=23 January 2015|rowheader=true}} |- {{singlechart|Wallonia Tip|8|artist=Will Sparks feat. Wiley & Elen Levon|song=Ah Yeah So What|accessdate=14 March 2015|rowheader=true}} |- {{singlechart|France|116|artist=Will Sparks feat. Wiley & Elen Levon|song=Ah Yeah So What|accessdate=23 January 2015|rowheader=true}} |- {{singlechart|New Zealand|34|artist=Will Sparks feat. Wiley & Elen Levon|song=Ah Yeah So What|accessdate=23 January 2015|rowheader=true}} |- |} ===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2014) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Artist Singles (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-australian-singles-2014.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Australian Artist Singles 2014|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=26 January 2015}} | 21 |- |} ==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|certyear=2015|relyear=2014|artist=Will Sparks feat. Wiley & Elen Levon|title=Ah Yeah So What|award=Platinum|refname="Certification"|access-date=26 January 2015|type=single}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|certyear=2018|relyear=2014|artist=Will Sparks feat. Wiley & Elen Levon|title=Ah Yeah So What|award=Gold|id=7694|type=single|access-date=26 July 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|certyear=2015|relyear=2014|artist=Will Sparks feat. Wiley and Elen Levon|title=Ah Yeah So What|award=Gold|type=single|source=radioscope|access-date=2 March 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|certyear=2015|certweek=23|relyear=2014|artist=Will Sparks|title=Ah Yeah!|award=Gold|type=single|position=61|access-date=22 June 2023}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Elen Levon|state=autocollapse}} {{authority control}} Category:2012 songs Category:2014 singles Category:Ministry of Sound singles Category:Songs written by Wiley (musician) Category:Songs written by Ilan Kidron Category:Will Sparks songs Category:Melbourne Bounce songs --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ah Yeah!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah_Yeah!) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah_Yeah!?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.