O.P.P. (song): Difference between revisions

| name = O.P.P.

| cover = Naughty by Nature single cover O.P.P.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = [[Naughty by Nature]]

| album = [[Naughty by Nature (album)|Naughty by Nature]]

| B-side = The Wickedest Man Alive

| released = August 24, 1991

| recorded = 1991

| studio = Unique Recording Studios <br /> {{small|([[New York City|New York, New York]], U.S.US)}}

| venue =

| genre = [[Golden age hip hop]]

| length = 4:31 (album version)<br> 6:41 (Ultamix= remix)

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| next_yearprev_year = 19921989

"'''O.P.P.'''" is a song by American rap[[hip hop group]] [[Naughty by Nature]]. It was, released in August 1991 by [[Tommy Boy Records|Tommy Boy]] as the lead single from theirthe group's self-titled second album, ''[[Naughty by Nature (album)|Naughty by Nature]]'' (1991). The songIt was one of the first [[Rap music|rap]] songs to become a [[Pop music|pop]] hit when it reached No. 6 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and No. 35 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. Rodd Houston and [[Marcus Raboy]] directed the music video for the song. Its declaration, "Down wit' O.P.P.", was a popular catchphrase in the US in the early 1990s.

The song was a hugely successful single; ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine named it one of the greatest singles of the 1990s, offering a brief verdict with the [[rhetorical question]], "Ever wonder where [[Sean Combs|Puffy]] came from?"<ref name="spin">{{cite web |last1=Weingarten |first1=Christopher R. |title=Naughty By Nature Look Back on 20 Years of 'O.P.P.' |url=https://www.spin.com/2011/12/naughty-nature-look-back-20-years-opp/ |website=Spin |date=December 7, 2011 |access-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612113540/http://www.spin.com/2011/12/naughty-nature-look-back-20-years-opp/ |archive-date=June 12, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> It also made some media outlets' lists of one of the best rap songs of all time: including ''[[The Source]]'',<ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm]|title = Rocklist.net...The Source 100 Best Rap Albums & Singles}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2018}} [[VH1]] (No. 22),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Amrit |title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs |url=https://www.stereogum.com/24391/vh1s_100_greatest_hiphop_songs-2/franchises/list/ |website=[[Stereogum]] |date=September 29, 2008 |access-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815095725/https://www.stereogum.com/24391/vh1s_100_greatest_hiphop_songs-2/franchises/list/ |archive-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (No. 80).<ref>{{cite magazine |title=100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-all-time-105784/ltrimm-cars-with-the-boom-106252/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 2, 2017 |access-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815092532/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-all-time-105784/ltrimm-cars-with-the-boom-106252/ |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The song was also ranked No. 20 onin VH1's "40 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of the '90s." in 2012<ref>{{cite web |last1=Runtagh |first1=Jordan |title=40 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of the '90s (COMPLETE LIST) |url=httphttps://www.vh1.com/news/827rdd428/vh1-40-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-the-90s-complete-list/ |website=VH1 |date=December 19, 2012 |access-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815100112/http://www.vh1.com/news/827/vh1-40-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-the-90s-complete-list/ |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and No. 96 in ''Billboard'' magazine's "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time" in 2023.<ref name="billboard500bestpopsongs">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/96-naughty-by-nature-o-p-p-2/|title=The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 19, 2023|access-date=October 20, 2023}}</ref>

The song samples Melvin Bliss' "[[Synthetic Substitution]]" and [[The Jackson 5]]'s "[[ABC (The Jackson 5 song)|ABC]]". Its lyrics concern sexual infidelity, with "O.P.P." standing for "other people's pussy" and "other people's penis". [[Treach]] told in an interview with ''[[New York Times]]'', "'O.P.P.' is about crazy messing with other people's girls. Everybody knows about that, girls messing, guys messing, you know the bit. It goes on, so everybody could relate, the fellas and the girls, and it's got a hook for the party and everybody can crazy groove to it."<ref name="newyorktimes">Watrous, Peter (August 14, 1991). "The Pop Life". ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref>

Jesse Ducker from Albumism wrote, "It’s one ofUpon the mostsingle light-hearted songs about infidelity this side of [[Clarence Carter]]’s “[[Back Door Santa]]”release, as [[Treach]] gleefully lists the virtues of engaging in sexual congress with someone else’s girl."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albumism.com/features/naughty-by-nature-eponymous-second-album-naughty-by-nature-turns-30-anniversary-retrospective|publisher=Albumism|date=August 31, 2021|first=Jesse|last=Ducker|title=Naughty By Nature's Eponymous Second Album 'Naughty By Nature' Turns 30 — Anniversary Retrospective|accessdate=October 3, 2021}}</ref> Stanton Swihart from [[AllMusic]] said it's "a song that somehow managed the trick of being both audaciously catchy and subversively coy at the same time." He added, "Its irrepressible appeal was so widespread, in fact, that it played just as well to the hardcore heads in the hood as it did to the [[hip-hop]] dabblers in the suburbs."<ref>{{cite web|first= Stanton |last= Swihart |title= Naughty by Nature – ''Naughty by Nature'' |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= November 4, 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/naughty-by-nature-mw0000272277}}</ref> [[Larry Flick]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' notedremarked that here, the [[Naughty by Nature|act]] "drops samples of the [[The Jackson 5|Jackson Five]]'s "[[ABC (The Jackson 5 song)|ABC]]" onto "a rousing hip-hop beat-base. Anthemic rhymes are icing on the cake. Have a taste."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Single Reviews |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= July 13, 1991 |page= 77 |access-date= October 23, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB1991.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}}</ref> James Bernard from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' described it as "a sly, body-rocking tune with a melodic [[pop music|pop]] hook and plenty of cute double entendres".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Bernard |title= Naughty by Nature |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] |date= October 4, 1991 |access-date= November 11, 2020 |url= https://ew.com/article/1991/10/04/naughty-nature/}}</ref> Dennis Hunt from ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' viewed it as a "lively, lewd hit single", "which is cleverly constructed on the framework of the Jackson 5’s bubble-gum soul classic".<ref>{{cite news|first=Dennis|last=Hunt|title=In Brief|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 29, 1991|page=|accessdate=January 22, 2023|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-29-ca-4484-story.html}}</ref> [[David Bennun]] from ''[[Melody Maker]]'' called it "a genitally-fixated rap on the joys of infidelity".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Bennun|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52484658290/|title=Albums|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=November 9, 1991|page=33|access-date=May 2, 2023|author-link=David Bennun}}</ref> A reviewer from ''[[Music & Media]]'' commented,felt "It's further proof of the new direction in [[rap music|rap]] heading more towards a normal pop song. The combination of the piano hook and the female backup makes this funky rhyme memorable."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= New Releases Singles |magazine= [[Music & Media]] |date= October 5, 1991 |page= 10 |access-date= October 20, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-10-05.pdf}}</ref>

A [[music video]] was produced to promote the single, directed by Rodd Houston and [[Marcus Raboy]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7100596/ |title= Naughty by Nature: O.P.P. |publisher= [[IMDb]] |date= |access-date= October 3, 2021}}</ref> It begins with a man removing his wedding ring and dropping it. The group raps at a club behind a fence and people dance behind them. The video was later publishedmade available on [[TommyNaughty Boyby Records]]Nature's official [[YouTube]] channel in January2010, 2018.and Ithad has amassedgenerated more than 1119 million views as of FebruaryJanuary 20222023.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idx3GSL2KWs |title= Naughty by Nature - O.P.P. (Official Music Video) |publisher= [[YouTube]] |date= January 31, 2018 |access-date= October 3, 2021}}</ref>

# "O.P.P." (Vocalvocal)

# "Wickedest Man Alive" (Vocalvocal)

# "O.P.P." (Sunny Days Remixremix)

# "Wickedest Man Alive" (Instrumentalinstrumental)

# "O.P.P." (Instrumentalinstrumental)

* "O.P.P." (Albumalbum Versionversion)

* "O.P.P." (Vocalvocal)

* "O.P.P." (Instrumentalinstrumental)

* "O.P.P." (Sunny Days Remixremix)

!Chart (1991-92)

!Peak<br />position

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{{singlechartsingle chart|Germany|25|artist=Naughty By Nature|song=O.P.P.|songid=2361|access-date=May 28, 2019|rowheader=true}}

{{singlechartsingle chart|Dutch40|27|artist=Naughty By Nature|song=O.P.P.|rowheader=true}}

{{singlechartsingle chart|Dutch100|20|artist=Naughty By Nature|song=O.P.P.|rowheader=true}}

{{singlechartsingle chart|New Zealand|11|artist=Naughty By Nature|song=O.P.P.|rowheader=true}}

{{singlechartsingle chart|SwissSwitzerland|6|artist=Naughty By Nature|song=O.P.P.|rowheader=true}}

{{singlechartsingle chart|Billboardhot100|6|artist=Naughty by Nature|rowheader=true}}

{{singlechartsingle chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|7|artist=Naughty by Nature|rowheader=true}}

{{singlechartsingle chart|BillboardrandbhiphopBillboarddancesales|51|artist=Naughty by Nature|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 13, 2023}}

{{singlechartsingle chart|BillboardrapsongsBillboardrandbhiphop|15|artist=Naughty by Nature|rowheader=true}}

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!alignscope="leftcol"|Chart (1991)

!alignscope="centercol"|Position

|align!scope="leftrow"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 21, 1991 |title=1991 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles |page=YE-14 |magazine=Billboard |volume=103 |issue=51 |last1=Nielsen Business Media |first1=Inc }}</ref>

|align!scope="leftrow"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/?chart=3881|title=End of Year Charts 1992|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=December 3, 2017}}</ref>

The song has been used as a soundtrack to various films as well as television series, including the TV sitcoms ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' and ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'', and the films ''[[La Haine]]'', ''[[Jarhead (film)|Jarhead]]'', and ''[[Up in the Air (2009 film)|Up in the Air]]''. In the film ''[[Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit]]'', the song was parodied as 'Down With G.O.D'. In the video game ''[[Minecraft]]'', the phrase "Down with O.P.P.!" was used as a splash text which appeared on the game's menu screen. The splash was added on February 7, 2010 in Java Edition version Indev 20100207-1 but was later removed in version 1.16 Release Candidate 1 on June 18, 2020. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-18|title=Minecraft 1.16 Release Candidate|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-1-16-release-candidate|access-date=2021-04-02|website=Minecraft.net|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=And software sound is now gone|url=https://notch.tumblr.com/post/375896290/and-software-sound-is-now-gone|access-date=2021-04-02|website=The Word of Notch}}</ref>