"Nu Nu" | ||||
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Single by Lidell Townsell | ||||
from the album Harmony | ||||
Released | 1992 | |||
Genre | House | |||
Label | Mercury/ PolyGram Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lidell Townsell, K. Fingers (Craig Simpkins), Hula (Lamar Hula Mahone), Silk E (Keith Mayberry), b. Coleman [1] [2] | |||
Lidell Townsell singles chronology | ||||
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"Nu Nu" is the second single of Chicago house-musc artist Lidell Townsell, which featured duo M.T.F. The song was released from his 1992 Mercury/ PolyGram Records album release Harmony. Recorded at the Playroom Recording Studio in Chicago Heights, IL by Recording Engineer Jerome Mark Mikulich
"Nu Nu" reached #1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Maxi Singles chart and #2 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. It was #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #44 on the US Hot Hip-Hop & R&B Singles. [3]
New York's hip hop/ electronica group FannyPack covered the song, renaming it "Nu Nu (Yeah Yeah)," in 2005. [4] The Double J & Haze Extended Mix of this version appeared on the soundtrack of the 2006 film " Stick It" [5] and on the soundtrack of the 2009 film " Fired Up!" [6]
This version was used in promos by American television network NBC on its weeknight talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon during 2010.
The 2014 song “ Mmm Yeah,” sung by Austin Mahone and featuring Pitbull, heavily samples the lyrics and verses from “Nu Nu” and most notably samples the chorus.