Yah Mo B There
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Yah Mo B There" is an R&B single by James Ingram and Michael McDonald. It was written by Ingram, McDonald, Rod Temperton, and producer Quincy Jones. The song originally appeared on Ingram's 1983 album It's Your Night, released on Jones' Qwest Records label. It has subsequently appeared on several of Ingram and McDonald's greatest hits albums as well as various 1980s compilation albums. The meaning of the phrase Yah Mo B There is probably "God Will Be There."[1]
"Yah Mo B There" was released as a single in late 1983, peaking at #19 on the U.S. charts in 1984. The performance earned the duo a 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It was one of a series of very successful duets involving Ingram.
[edit] Pop culture references
The song was famously referred to in the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin. The main characters work in an electronics store in which a Michael McDonald concert DVD has constantly been playing on the TVs for two years. A salesman, David (played by Paul Rudd), has developed an intense hatred for the DVD and tells the manager "I would rather listen to Fran Drescher for eight hours than have to listen to Michael McDonald. Nothing against him, but if I hear 'Yah Mo B There' one more time, I'm going to 'yah mo burn' this place to the ground!" Ironically, the song is not actually on the DVD.
 |
This R&B/soul music song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
[edit] Notes
- ^ According to the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Myth’s article "Yahweh," yah is short in Hebrew for Yahweh—"God."
 |
This article is uncategorized. Please help improve this article by adding it to one or more categories, in addition to a stub category. (how?) Please remove this tag after categorizing, but not before. This article has been tagged since March 2007. |
