Yay Yay

"Yay Yay"
Single by Schoolboy Q
Released	April 16, 2013
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2013
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:31
Label	Top Dawg, Interscope
Writer(s)	Quincy Hanley
Producer(s)	Boi1da, The Maven Boys (co.)
Schoolboy Q singles chronology
"Hands on the Wheel" (2012) "Yay Yay" (2013) "Collard Greens" (2013)

"Yay Yay" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Schoolboy Q, released on April 16, 2013 as the first song in promotion of his major-label debut album, Oxymoron (2014). The song charted at #49 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in January 2014 after being put up with the album's pre-order. It was ultimately included as an iTunes exclusive bonus track on the digital deluxe edition of the album.

Background

Schoolboy Q first premiered the song on March 22, 2013. It was produced by Canadian record producers Boi-1da and The Maven Boys. The song was described by Schoolboy Q as a "coming of age drug tale."^[1][2] On April 16, 2013 "Yay Yay" was released as a digital download as the album's first single.^[3] In a March interview with Vibe, after the interviewer referred to the song as the album's first single, Schoolboy Q stated "["Yay Yay"] is not a single, but it's a record we put out there."^[4] It was conclusively deemed a buzz single.^[4] In April, Schoolboy Q announced that an official remix of the song would be released featuring American rapper Young Jeezy.^[5] However, in August 2013, he would later tell MTV that the remix had not come together and would not be released.^[6]

Chart Performance

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