Ooops Up

AllMusic editor Andrew Hamilton noted that the song is a "remake/takeoff" of the Gap Band's nonsensical funk riff "Oops Upside Your Head".{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=Hamilton|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/world-power-mw0000314697|title=Snap! - World Power|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=16 February 2020}} Bill Coleman from Billboard commented, "Sizzling hip-hop jam should help act maintain "the power" over club and radio jocks."{{cite magazine|first= Bill |last= Coleman |title= Single Reviews |magazine= Billboard |date= 4 August 1990 |page= 71 |access-date= 28 October 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB1990.pdf}} Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report wrote that "reaching into The Gap Band songbook, this powerhouse outfit comes up with the perfect remake, giving it a glowing nineties treatment."{{cite magazine|first= Dave |last= Sholin |title= Gavin Picks > Singles |magazine= Gavin Report |issue= 1821 |date= 24 August 1990 |page= 48 |access-date= 17 April 2018 |url= http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Gavin-Report/90/90/Gavin-1990-08-24.pdf}} Push from Melody Maker remarked that the song "was an attempt at something a little different" than sticking around with the same formula as "The Power".{{cite magazine|author=Push|title=Albums|magazine=Melody Maker|date=25 January 1992|page=28|access-date=22 February 2023|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52544485857/}} Another editor, Andrew Smith, called it "juddery funk".{{cite magazine|first=Andrew|last=Smith|magazine=Melody Maker|title=Albums|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52099567150/|date=5 May 1990|access-date=24 February 2023}}

David Giles from Music Week felt it has "a shuffling rhythm distinctive enough to earn them another big success."{{cite magazine|first= David |last= Giles |title= Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 16 June 1990 |page= 21 |access-date= 30 October 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1990/MW-1990-06-16.pdf}} Gene Sandbloom from The Network Forty described it as a "powerful bass busting track combining rap and song. Already one of the most danced to songs in the country."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Network-40/90/Network-40-1990-08-24.pdf|first=Gene|last=Sandbloom|title=Top 40: Music Meeting|magazine=The Network Forty|date=24 August 1990|page=25|access-date=22 February 2018}} A reviewer from Newcastle Evening Chronicle named "Ooops Up" one of the best songs of the World Power album."Snap: World Power". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. 12 June 1990. page 14. Tom Doyle from Smash Hits declared it as "one of the best attempts" in matching the brilliance of their debut, "The Power". He called it "a sort of cover of the Gap Band's "Ooops Upside Your Head" mixed with a dodgy reinterpretation of "Little Miss Muffet"."{{cite magazine|first= Tom |last= Doyle |url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/37571267162/in/album-72157687797340483/ |title= Review: LPs |magazine= Smash Hits |issue= 299 |page= 55 |date= 16 May 1990 |access-date= 15 October 2020}}

The closing lines about Little Miss Muffet were actually an ad-lib by singer Penny Ford when recording the song. Ford was unhappy with her vocal performance in the previous part of the track so began messing around so that recording wouldn’t be used. However, the producers loved it and kept Ford’s ad-lib in the track. The Little Miss Muffet lines are loosely based on lyrics from the George Clinton track Let’s Take it to the Stage.

"Ooops Up" peaked at number-one in Greece and it reached number two in Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and West Germany. It also entered the top 10 in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. In the latter country, the single peaked at number five during its third week on the UK Singles Chart, on 24 June 1990. It stayed at that position for two weeks. Outside Europe, "Ooops Up" reached number one on the RPM Dance chart in Canada, number four in Australia, number five in Zimbabwe, number eight in New Zealand and number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100. On the Billboard Dance Club Play chart, it peaked at number four. The song was awarded with a gold record in Australia, Austria, Sweden and the US and a silver record in the United Kingdom.

The accompanying music video for "Ooops Up" was directed by Liam Kan{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10122734/?ref_=kw_li_tt|title=Snap!: Ooops Up (1990)|publisher=IMDb|access-date=21 October 2019}} and is in both black-and-white and colours. He would also direct the video for the group's next song, "Cult of Snap".

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• 12-inch maxi

1. "Ooops Up" (Vocal) – 6:17
2. "Ooops Up" (Other Mix) – 6:40
3. "Ooops Up" (Instrumental) – 5:33

• 7-inch single

1. "Ooops Up" (Vocal Edit) – 3:57
2. "Ooops Up" (Instrumental Edit) – 3:57

• CD single

1. "Ooops Up" (Edit) – 3:59
2. "Ooops Up" (Vocal Version) – 6:17
3. "Ooops Up" (Other Mix) – 6:40

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• CD maxi version

1. "Ooops Up" (Vocal Edit) – 3:57
2. "Ooops Up" (Vocal 12-inch Mix) – 6:17
3. "Ooops Up" (Other Mix) – 6:40

• 2003 version (Snap feat. NG3)

1. "Ooops Up!" (Radio Edit) – 3:20
2. "Ooops Up!" (Extended Club Mix) – 4:03
3. "Ooops Up!" (Oops Up 90) – 4:00

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