Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:15 | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | NOW 8 |
| 1.9 | Word Up | 4:18 | Cameo | Now That’s What I Call Music 8 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | TC NOW 8 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | ?:?? | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| Atlanta Artists, Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart) | R28C-2005 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | ?:?? | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| Atlanta Artists, Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart) | P35C-20030 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:16 | Cameo | Word Up | Cameo | Single |
| Club | JAB 38 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | ?:?? | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| 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 |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 830 265-2 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:21 | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| 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 |
| Atlanta Artists | 884 933-1 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:21 | Cameo | Word Up! (CD-Matrix: 830 265-2 02 ﮲/; YG; MADE IN GERMANY) | Cameo | Album |
| 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 |
| Club | 830 265-1, JABH 19 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:15 | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| Atlanta Artists, 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 |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 830 265-4 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | ?:?? | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| Atlanta Artists, PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) | 422 830 265-4 M-1 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:15 | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| 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! (black shell, white paper label with a green design) | Cameo | Album |
| Club | 830 265-4, JABHC 19 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:15 | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| 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! (Dolby) | Cameo | Album | 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 |
| 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 |
| Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 830 265-4 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:21 | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| 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 |
| Atlanta Artists | 422-830 265-1 M-1, 830 265-1 M-1 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:15 | Cameo | Word Up! (grey shell, white label) | Cameo | Album |
| Club | 830 265-4, JABHC 19 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:15 | Cameo | Word Up! (Dolby HX Pro B NR) | Cameo | Album |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), פונוקול | 830 265-1 |
| 1.16 | Word Up | 4:22 | Cameo | 87 Hits Out | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Starcall Records | SFCD 1004 |
| 1.3 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | Hits on CD, Volume 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 816 410-2 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:15 | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| 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 |
| Atlanta Artists, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Phonogram | 080 092-2 |
| 1.17 | Word Up | 4:12 | Cameo | Dance Decade | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| London Records (UK, 1947–98) | 840 621-2 |
| 1.9 | Word Up | 4:20 | Cameo | Dance Classics Into the 80’s, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 of the 80’s, Volume B | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Special Projects (partners with third party non-music industry companies using music to promote their products and brands) | 845 703-2 |
| 1.11 | Word Up | 4:16 | Cameo | Hits for You | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 516 160-2 |
| 2.13 | Word Up | 4:13 | Cameo | Keep On Dancing | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINCD 80 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:22 | Cameo | The Best of Cameo | Cameo | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 314 514 824-2 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:22 | Cameo | The Best of Cameo | Cameo | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| 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 | 4:23 | Cameo | The Best of Cameo | Cameo | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:23 | Cameo | The Best of Cameo | Cameo | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| 2.10 | Word Up | 4:20 | Cameo | American Top 40: The Best of Pop, Rock & Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, 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 |
| Razor & Tie | DR 7075 |
| 2.12 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | Entertainment Weekly: 80's Explosion | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Special Products | R2 7074 |
| 3.8 | Word Up | 4:20 | Cameo | Soul Train (Hall of Fame): 20th Anniversary | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71618 |
| 1.11 | Word Up | 4:21 | Cameo | Sounds of the Eighties: 1986 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Time–Life Music | TL 544/15 |
| 2.1 | Word Up | 4:21 | Cameo | The Best of 1980–1990, Volume 10 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 856 287-2 |
| 1.4 | Word Up | 4:17 | Cameo | World Hits 1986 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 550 711-2 |
| 2.2 | Word‐Up | 4:19 | Cameo | BET’s 15th Anniversary Music Celebration | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 75159 |
| 2.15 | Word Up | 4:14 | Cameo | Funkytown Volume One | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sounds Direct | A102/9031 79515 2 |
| 1.17 | Word Up | 4:17 | Cameo | In Ya Face Rap | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.13 | Word Up | 4:21 | Cameo | Old School, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Thump Records | THCD 4040 |
| 1.14 | Word Up | ?:?? | Cameo | Overpowered By Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Renaissance (UK techno compilations) | REN CD 109 |
| 1.10 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | Party Collection, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SR International | 38 405 7 |
| 1.3 | Word Up | 4:13 | Cameo | The Greatest Dance Album of All Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINCD108 |
| 1.13 | Word Up | 4:20 | Cameo | The Very Best of the 80's: 1986, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | Word Up | 4:14 | Cameo | 80’s Dance Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, 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 |
| Débutante | 535 5680-2 |
| 1.3 | Word Up | 4:21 | Cameo | Best of Dance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Special Products (for USA releases) | 535 416 2 |
| 2.16 | Word Up | 4:20 | Cameo | Dance • O • Mania | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 8 35775 2 1 |
| 2.11 | Word Up! | 4:18 | Cameo | Living in America: American Superstars | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 007 04 22 |
| 1.9 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | No.1 Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polymedia Special Projects, Star Pool (German compilations) | 007 609-2, 007 610-2, 007 611-2, 58880 |
| 1.12 | Word Up | 4:15 | Cameo | The Groove Pack | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 535930-2 |
| 2.13 | Word Up | 4:17 | Cameo | Magic Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 563746 2 |
| 1.2 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | FunkGASM: Funk's Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Relativity Records | A 28741 |
| 1.2 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | 1986 - Die Stars - Die Hits - Die Facts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 39623 4 |
| 1.10 | Word Up | 4:16 | Cameo | Best of 80’s: Black | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 555 212-2 |
| 1.16 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | Donna's Dansfolie 85-86-87 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 28-489174-10 |
| 1.5 | Word Up | 4:20 | Cameo | Fast Breaks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| 1.15 | Word Up | 4:20 | Cameo | Ferry Maat’s Soulshow - 25th Anniversary Collection - The Eighties Part 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. See annotation) | 8542322 |
| 1.12 | Word Up | 4:21 | Cameo | MTV Mondofonk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 553 877-2 (25) |
| 1.8 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | Party Power Pack, Volume 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 553 600-2 |
| 1.5 | Word Up! | 4:19 | Cameo | Pop’n’Rock 80, Volume 8 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Projets Spéciaux | 6634 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:22 | Cameo | Word Up | Cameo | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 554 241-2 |
| 1.11 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | Music in Black, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EastWest | 9548-36221-2 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:18 | Cameo | The Hits Collection | Cameo | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 558 012-2 |
| 1.17 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Metacom | 7616000342 |
| 2.5 | Word Up | 4:15 | Cameo | All Time Greatest Hip Hop & Rap Tunez | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Startel Entertainment | STELCD0064 | |
| 1.12 | Word Up | 4:18 | Cameo | Black is Back, Vol. 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum (im Vertrieb von Karussell Musik) | 554 389-2 |
| 1.12 | Word Up | 4:18 | Cameo | Dead or Alive: Dance Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:21 | Cameo | Greatest Hits | Cameo | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 314 558 793-2 |
| 1.3 | Word Up | 4:18 | Cameo | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyMedia (a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.) | 558 299-2 |
| 1.17 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | P2 - 58299 |
| 1.3 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polymedia Music Service | P2 58299 |
| 1.17 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | Pure Funk (BMG club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 314 558 299-2 |
| 1.18 | Word Up | 4:13 | Cameo | That’s Disco: 60 All‐Time Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 555 652-2 |
| 3.1 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | The Eighties: A Decade of Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 565 788-2 | |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:15 | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| 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! (DJ copy) | Cameo | Album |
| Atlanta Artists | 422-830 265-1 DJ, 830 265-1 |
| 1.1 | Word Up | 4:15 | Cameo | Word Up! (white label) | Cameo | Album |
| 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 | ?:?? | Cameo | Word Up! | Cameo | Album |
| Atlanta Artists, Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart) | R28C-2005 |
| 1.12 | Word Up | 4:18 | Cameo | Oil for the Bones | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Special Projects (partners with third party non-music industry companies using music to promote their products and brands) | 840 924-2 |
| 2.8 | Word Up | 4:22 | Cameo | Pure Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | Word Up | 4:20 | Cameo | Music Legend Collection ‘Rap’ | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Special Projects (partners with third party non-music industry companies using music to promote their products and brands) | |
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| 1.3 | Word Up | 4:16 | Cameo | Let’s Dance, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | Word Up | 4:19 | Cameo | La Légende des Tubes, Volume 20 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram - Kiosks | 6625 |
Relationships
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | PolyGram Records, Inc. (PolyGram Records, Incorporated, not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1986) |
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| sampled by: | Dying in a Nightmare by Ocean Ghosts Strangelove (Fresh Ground mix) by Depeche Mode Wild Wild West by Kool Moe Dee |
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| 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) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/7LoGfKBAaOl0nxhodJ1240 [info] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYOSdI_91WM [info] |
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| other databases: | https://www.whosampled.com/Cameo/Word-Up!/ [info] |
| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/25283 [info] |
| recording of: | Word Up! |
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Related works
Word Up!
| writer: | Larry Blackmon Tomi Jenkins |
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| publisher: | All Seeing Eye Music Better Days Music Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) |
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| later translated versions: | Hai ↑ |
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