Comments on: Whoop whoops?

Question: Whoop whoops?

geekhorde — Mon, 15 May 2006 00:01:48 -0800

Is there a name for the type of vocal 'whoop'ing that sometimes happens at some dance parties or raves or somesuch, where the audience will all yell out 'whoop' or 'whoop whoop' in time with the music? Bonus cool points for recommending songs that actually have samples of said whooping in them.

By: 12XU

12XU — Mon, 15 May 2006 00:39:43 -0800

Not real people whoop-whooping, but Diskow Moskow, a late-seventies Telex track has a killer train whistle whoo. It was a big record in the early Chicago house days and that particular train sample crops up in dozens of later tunes. Get any live mix by Frankie Bones or anything recorded live in the Paradise Garage era and you're bound to get some decent crowd whoos. Whoo-whoo!

By: lunkfish

lunkfish — Mon, 15 May 2006 02:21:29 -0800

Do you mean the 'ewek ewek' noise as in 'the sound of the police?'

By: ciaron

ciaron — Mon, 15 May 2006 02:40:13 -0800

There's a "whoo-whoo" cameo appearance in Shake Your Rump by the Beastie Boys.

By: Happy Dave

Happy Dave — Mon, 15 May 2006 04:07:44 -0800

Well, I first heard it in an Ibiza remix of Let's All Chant by the Michael Zager band back in the mid nineties, which is definitely the reason behind it in the UK. There's also the Whoop Whoop in the je regrete rien/baisser la police remix from La Haine from

By: chronic sublime

chronic sublime — Mon, 15 May 2006 04:07:45 -0800

Ha ha, too quick. Ciaron got in with my answer, which immediately got stuck in my head looking at the question.

FWIW, the line directly after "whoo whoo": "is the disco call". There's a late 80s point of reference for you.

By: michaelkuznet

michaelkuznet — Mon, 15 May 2006 06:47:10 -0800

Whoop there it is?

By: Robert Angelo

Robert Angelo — Mon, 15 May 2006 08:02:54 -0800

Get Off by Foxy. I remember hearing this on the radio constantly in the late 70s...

By: kittyprecious

kittyprecious — Mon, 15 May 2006 11:40:56 -0800

Jay-Z, "Can I Get A..."

By: mattoly

mattoly — Mon, 15 May 2006 12:10:48 -0800

I believe you're referring to the "woot-woot! (chicka chicka) woot-woot!" you hear, high-pitched. I goes well in clubs. It does indeed have a name, it's a "Disco Call". It's actually a type of call and response, a Marco Polo-type fun thing that you could have back in the day. One group would shout "woot-woot!" in time to the music (say, on the upbeat). Another group (usually across the dancefloor) would respond with "woot-woot!" on the downbeat. The DJs of the era would play to this, it was fun.Now-a-days it's likely to get a drink thrown on your face, I'm sorry to say. But once in awhile, if the mood of the party people is tops, you can pull a Disco Call without looking like a tool.

By: bradn

bradn — Mon, 15 May 2006 13:17:24 -0800

Here's the name: annoying.