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A musical variant of [[Verbal Tic]]. See also [[Scatting]].
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* [[James Brown]] may very well be the Most Triumphant Example of this trope. He was famous for going "ow!". He was also famous for variations of "Hunh!", "Heh!", "Whoa", "Ooh", and (as noted in the page quote), "Hey!"
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* [[Tom Waits]]' screaming.
* The Used's Bert McCracken often makes "mm"s "pow"s and "chk-chkow"s, some of which are reminiscent of Michael Jackson.
* Eddie Vedder of [[
* [[The Cure]]'s Robert Smith seems particulary fond of making meowing noises in a number of their songs, mostly the upbeat tracks such as 'Lovecats' and 'Mint Car'.
* Dave Chappelle immortalized [[Lil Jon]]'s "YAA-EE-AAH!" "OKAY!" and "WHAT!"
* [[DMX]] makes frequent use of growls, barking, "uh!", and "come on!" in his songs.
* [[Eminem]] also makes a habit of this trope, albeit it's usually the "Bow Wow Wow" thing.
* [[
* [[Little Richard]] loves his "Whooooooh!"s and "Ah Hoooooooo!"s.
* The early [[The Beatles]] were fond of "Whoo!", in imitation of Little Richard.
* [[Aimee Mann]] is fond of tossing the word "baby" into her songs at random.
* [[
* [[Metallica
* Japan's ridiculous debut album Adolescent Sex has David Sylvian saying "whoa babe" and "dancing" a lot.
* [[Regina Spektor]] goes "tsk-tsk" to the beat of the music a lot. It's often accompanied by snapping.
* It seems sometimes that [[Will Smith]] can't begin a song without a "Whooooo!", "Uhn!", or "Ha ha!". For that matter, he doesn't seem able to end a song without one, either.
* [[
* Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing almost always pronounces an additional vowel at the ends of words which end stanzas. It's rather unusual at first, but eventually, you can't imagine Soul Coughing music without it. "When you were languishing in rooms I build to file you in-ah, and when the wind set down in funnel-form and pulled you in-ah."
* Wynonna Judd uses a lot of "Uhn" in her songs, and sometimes actually ''hisses" in her songs. No, really, she hisses. Like a snake.
* The Misfits have been fond of various "Whoa's" and "Oh's" in all incarnations.
* Roy Orbison's signature cat growl. "Rrawrr!" In the liner notes for a song in which it was sampled, it was referred to as "the Mercy growl". Guess his other (less frequently used) tic.
* Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes threw a lot of "So sexy"'s in random places on the ''Cruel as Schoolchildren'' album.
* Boyz II Men had a sound that can only be described as "Meeeeeeeyoooooo".
* Immature had "Yeyeh".
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** Keith Jarrett fits too, with added grunting.
* Jazz musician Phil Harris had a habit of tossing in the occasional "Oh", "Hey", "Tell me" and "Yeah, man" on every song he sang. He would also make sounds that mimicked the music that was backing him (like going "ba-pa-pa-ba-dah" to accompany a trumpet flourish).
* Mark E. Smith of [[The Fall (
** British comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer labelled this ''The Club Singer Style'' after inept singers in [[Phoenix Nights Northern|working mens' clubs]], and took it to a particularly incoherent extreme on their [[Shooting Stars]] spoof game show.
* Redman always starts his songs (or at least his own verse when rapping on someone else's track) with one or more "Yo's".
* Legendary actor/singer Benjamin "Scatman" Crothers got his nickname("Scatman") ''because'' of this trope. He'd toss in nonsense sounds and "Hey, man"s into every song he sang. As with Phil Harris, a lot of the sounds he made duplicated the music being played behind his vocals, a technique known in jazz as "[[Scatting]]".
* The Kaiser Chiefs seem to like going, "Wooooaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!"
* [[
* [[Ronnie James Dio]] was fond of "Lookout!"
* Till Lindemann of German band [[
* Matisyahu never fails to drop a "Yaiyo!" or "Yiggi yiggi yo!" or two into his songs.
* Steven Tyler of [[
* Less so in later years, but on [[System of a Down]]'s first album, Serj Tankian was notorious for this. The song [[D Devil]] is a good example.
* Michael Stipe would often go 'ho''ooh' or 'whoa' in the early [[REM|R.E.M.]] songs, for instance in "Harborcoat" and "Just A Touch". He would often stretch these noises over the melody for harmony purposes. Another one, which he still does, is shout some of the words in a particular line rather than sing them (for instance in "Just A Touch" and "Discoverer").
* New artist Awolnation (a.k.a Aaron Bruno) enjoys randomly screaming "Yeah!" or "Hey!" between verses, the beginning of the song 'Soul Wars' being a prime example.
* Stray From The Path's Drew York does this a lot with "Bleagh".
* David Draiman of [[
* [[Christina Aguilera]] throws Woo Hoo's, Hoo woow's, aha's and WOOOH into her tracks!
* [[Billy Idol]] is rather fond of "ow!"
* [[Lady Gaga]] likes stuttering syllables in whatever phrase is the hook - "puh-puh-puh-poker face", "stop telephoning me-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh", "Judas, Juda-ah-ah!", "Muh-muh-muh-marry the night"...
* [[
* Brazilian singer Samuel Rosa, from the band Skank, is an expert in [[Scatting]]. His most repeated one is "Ehhhhh!".
* In the case of [[Evanescence]] Amy Lee uses AH AH AH rather a lot on their 2011 album.
* [[Imogen Heap]] was rather fond of "Da da ooooom" in her early years. It seems to have carried on in the [[Frou Frou]] cover of [[Holding Out for
* [[Van Halen|David Lee Roth]] has many, including "OH YEEEAAAH" and "woo!".
* [[Say Anything]]'s lead singer Max Bemis tends to use "woah!" as a
* Shaggy: "Shut it!"
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