Ooh Ahh (GRITS song)

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"Ooh Ahh"
Single by GRITS featuring TobyMac
from the album The Art of Translation
Released2002
Genre Alternative hip hop, Christian hip hop, Southern hip hop
Length3:53
Label Gotee
Songwriter(s) Teron Carter, Stacy Jones, Toby McKeehan, Otto Price, Ric Robbins
Producer(s) Incorporated Elements

"Ooh Ahh" is a single by American Christian hip hop group GRITS featuring TobyMac. It was recorded for their fourth studio album, The Art of Translation . It was produced by Ric "DJ Form" Robbins and Otto Price for Incorporated Elements. The song was written by Ric Robbins, Otto Price, Coffee and Bone of Grits, and TobyMac. It is sometimes referred to as "My Life Be Like" or "My Life Be Like (Ooh Ahh)". A cut from the song is featured on tobyMac's song, "Catchafire (Whoopsi-Daisy)" from his album Welcome to Diverse City . To date, "Ooh Ahh" has been RIAA Digital Certified Gold for over 500,000 downloads and on-demand streams, [1] subsequently going platinum in January 2019. [2]

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Releases

GRITS released the Ooh Ahh EP in 2007. It features the songs "Ooh Ahh", "Ooh Ahh (Liquid Remix)", and "Open Bar". "Ooh Ahh" was released on The Greatest Hits , which was also released in 2007. It was the fifth title from the compilation album. The song was the second track on The Art of Translation, which was released in 2002. In 2014 Capital Kings and John Reuben covered "Ooh Ahh" and it was released in the 20-year anniversary album Gotee Records: 20 Years Brand New [3] and later in the physical version of Fireblazin . [4] It was featured in the 2006 film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift when the main character is viewing his friend's car and on Big Momma's House 2 when Malcom was doing all the chores at the Fuller’s house before he was ready to be fired on nanny job.

EP track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ooh Ahh (My Life Be Like)"3:53
2."Ooh Ahh (The Labrats Mello Remix)" (featuring tobyMac)4:47
3."Ooh Ahh (Liquid Beats Remix)" (featuring tobyMac)3:56
4."Ooh Ahh" (Instrumental)3:57

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [5] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [6] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  2. ↑ GMA (May 21, 2019). "Gotee Records and GRITS Celebrate Platinum Certification". The Gospel Music Association. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ Various artists, Gotee Records: Twenty Years Brand New , retrieved April 11, 2017
  4. ↑ "Capital Kings - Fireblazin". Discogs. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ "British single certifications – Grits – Ooh Ahh". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "American single certifications – Grits – Ooh Ahh". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
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