The Yippee EP is the second extended play recorded by American indie rock band Never Shout Never. It was released on July 29, 2008, via Loveway Records. The EP has sold 46,000 copies in the US as of February 2010. A Japanese edition of the EP containing two bonus tracks, "Uraltalk" and "30 Days", was released on December 17, 2008, via Kurofune Records.
Background and recording The EP was written and produced by Christofer Drew. On June 2, 2008, Never Shout Never announced that recording for The Yippee EP was finished, and was expected to be released in late July. It was released on July 29, 2008. The EP comprises four tracks, with songs written about love such as "Big City Dreams" and "Dare4distance". Musically, the EP features the pop-sounding "Heregoesnothin" and the experimental "Smelyalata", blending folk pop and dance pop. In support of the EP, Never Shout Never embarked on a US tour with Jamestown Story, Owl City and Handshakes and Highfives from July to August.
Release "Big City Dreams" was released on July 18, 2008. It was the first single released from the EP, where he performed it live on MTV TRL on July 31. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart. The music video for "Big City Dreams" was directed by Isaac Ravishankara. The second single "30 Days" was released on June 30, 2009, via his MySpace page. It was released through digital music services on July 3. The song peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Holiday Digital Song Sales chart. "Smelyalata" was released as a free download in 2011.
Commercial performance The Yippee EP peaked at number one in Canada, and spent 63 weeks on the chart.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from album's liner notes.
Christofer Drew Ingle – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, ukulele, drums Kevin Gates – mixing, mastering
Charts +Chart performance for The Yippee EP Chart (2009) Peak position Canadian Albums Sales (Nielsen) 1 US Singles Sales (Nielsen) 1
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions USHolDig. USHot "Big City Dreams" 2008 — 1 "30 Days" 2009 29 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Release history +Release dates and formats for The Yippee EP Region Date Format Label United States July 29, 2008 CD Loveway Records Japan December 17, 2008 Kurofune Records Various July 3, 2009 Digital download Loveway Records
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