Hip Hip Hooray (song) explained

Hip Hip Hooray
Cover:	SneakySoundSystem-HipHipHooray.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Sneaky Sound System
Album:	Sneaky Sound System
Recorded:	July 2004
Studio:	Whack on Warners, Bondi
Label:	Whack
Next Title:	Tease Me
Next Year:	2005

"Hip Hip Hooray" is the first single by Australian dance group Sneaky Sound System, it was released on 15 November 2004 well ahead of their self-titled debut studio album, Sneaky Sound System (August 2006). Founding mainstay, Black Angus (Angus McDonald) wrote the track,^[1] and contributed guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums and lead vocals.^[2] It appeared on the ARIA Singles Chart Top 100.^[3]

Personnel

• Black Angus – bass, drums, guitars, keys, mixed by, producer, rework by (track 3), vocals, writer
• Miss Annie – backup vocals
• Pip Edwards – backup vocals
• Michael K – Design
• Ken Cloud – additional production (track 2)
• Dolso – bass, drums, engineer, guitars, keys, mixed by, producer, rework by (track 3)
• MC Double D – backup vocals
• Pocket – additional production (track 2)

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart^[4]	78
Australian Heatseekers Chart^[5]	3

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Catalogue
Australia	15 November 2004	CD	Whack	WHACK01	^[6]
Various		Digital download		—	^[7]

External links

• "Hip Hip Hooray" CD single on Waterfront Records

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . 'Hip Hip Hooray' at APRA search engine . 9 October 2012 .
2. Sneaky Sound System . Sneaky Sound System (2006 album) . Sneaky Sound System . 2006 . CD . . WHACK04 .
3. News: Kellaghan . Ronan . 28 March 2005 . The ARIA Report . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050419140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050420-0000/issue787.pdf . dead . 2005-04-19 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 787 . 4 . 9 October 2012 . Note: A free, open-source original online document for this reference does not exist. In this case, the original is from Pandora Archive and was preserved there on 20 April 2005.
4. Web site: The ARIA Report: Issue No: 781 (Week Commencing: 14th February 2005). https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050220-0000/issue781.pdf. dead. 2005-02-19. 17 September 2017. 4. PDF.
5. Web site: The ARIA Report: Issue #787 (Week Commencing 28 March 2005). https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050419140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050420-0000/issue787.pdf. dead. 2005-04-19. 17 September 2017. 18. PDF.
6. Web site: Hip Hip Hooray. Waterfront Records. 17 September 2017.
7. iTunes EP:
   • Australia: Web site: Hip Hip Hooray – EP. iTunes Store. Apple Inc.. 16 September 2017.
   • Canada: Web site: Hip Hip Hooray – EP. iTunes Store. Apple Inc.. 16 September 2017.
   • Great Britain: Web site: Hip Hip Hooray – EP. iTunes Store. Apple Inc.. 16 September 2017.
   • New Zealand: Web site: Hip Hip Hooray – EP. iTunes Store. Apple Inc.. 16 September 2017.
   • United States: Web site: Hip Hip Hooray – EP. iTunes Store. Apple Inc.. 16 September 2017.