Number One Hits

Creating an organic number one hit in the modern era has proven to be extremely unlikely, but 10 years ago Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP achieved the feat on a profound scale.  In a new video uploaded by Sol State, a YouTube channel dedicated to revealing production secrets and untold stories from the world’s most impactful producers, DCUP gave his firsthand account of how “We No Speak Americano” went from humble beginnings to mainstream hit. “We were aiming for an underground club track,” DCUP recalls of their studio session. “On the last day one of the two Yolanda guys asked me ‘Is there anything different we can do in the last breakdown?'” That simple question led DCUP to go sample hunting, where he discovered a saxophone sound that w...