[Oh Yeah] -- Forty years ago this week, the Swiss-based electronic group, Yello, released their fourth studio album, Stella. Now a duo after the departure of one of the band's founding members, Yello moved away from experimental electronica and embraced a more synth-pop approach. Stella became the first album ever by a Swiss group to hit the #1 position of the Swiss album chart (Schweizer Hitparade). Not only that, this album helped Yello gain international success: Stella reached #92 on the UK Albums chart as well as peaking within the top 30 of three European charts. That chart success was made possible after Yello's single, "Oh Yeah," earned worldwide attention due to being featured two seminal 1980s films: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) and The Secret of My Success (1987).
"Oh Yeah" is the one song you know by this band, right? Hopefully, you remember it from those aforementioned movies and not that Miebo eye drops commercial.
Flashback: Stella (January 29, 1985)
And that's all till next week. Dedicated 80s-philes can find more flashbacks in the Prophet or Madman archives or via Bookended's 80s Flashback tag. As always, your comments are welcome on today's, or any other, flashback post. And if you like what I'm doing here, please share the link with your friends. If, however, you don't like the flashback, feel free to share it with your enemies.
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