Editing Yello (section)

==History==
[[File:Yello's Dieter Meier & Boris Blank signing their book.jpg|right|thumb|Yello's Dieter Meier & Boris Blank signing their book 2021 in Zurich]]
The band was formed by [[Boris Blank (musician)|Boris Blank]] (keyboards, sampling, percussion, backing vocals) and [[Carlos Perón]] (tapes) in the late 1970s. [[Dieter Meier]] (vocals, lyrics), a millionaire investor and gambler, was brought in when the two founders realized that they needed a singer. The new band's name, Yello, was chosen as a [[neologism]] based on a comment made by Meier, "a yelled Hello".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.audiusanews.com/newsrelease.do?id=505&mid=67 |title="A Yelled Hello" at the World Premiere of the Audi A5 |website=Audiusanews.com |date=6 March 2007 |access-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214201017/http://www.audiusanews.com/newsrelease.do?id=505&mid=67 |archive-date=14 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Yello's first release was the 1979 single "I.T. Splash". The LP ''[[Solid Pleasure]]'', featuring the original short version of "[[Bostich (song)|Bostich]]" (extended to a hit dance single in 1981), was released in November 1980.<ref name="Larkin"/> Yello's first video was made for the song "Pinball Cha Cha" in 1981; this was included in a 1985 video exhibit at [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yello-mn0000683795/biography |title=Yello Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio, & More |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> In early 1983, just after release of ''[[You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess]]'', Perón left Yello in order to pursue a solo career.

The band's fourth studio album ''[[Stella (album)|Stella]]'' went No.&nbsp;1 in Switzerland in 1985 as the first album ever by a Swiss group to top the Swiss album chart. It also appeared inside the German top&nbsp;10, gaining gold status. The song "[[Oh Yeah (Yello song)|Oh Yeah]]" from the album gained the band worldwide attention the following year, after it prominently appeared in the 1986 film ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/meet-the-righteous-dudes-behind-ferris-buellers-oh-yea-1844162648 |title=Meet Yello, the band behind Ferris Bueller's "Oh Yeah" theme |website=The A.V. Club |date=25 June 2020 |access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> and then a year later in ''[[The Secret of My Success (1987 film)|The Secret of My Success]]''. The song was released shortly after and became the band's only single to chart in the US, reaching No.&nbsp;51,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/yello/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Yello |website=Billboard.com |access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> and their only top-50 hit in Australia, reaching No.&nbsp;9.

In 1988, single "[[The Race (Yello song)|The Race]]" from the album ''[[Flag (Yello album)|Flag]]'' reached No.&nbsp;7 in the UK as their only top-10 hit there.<ref name="Larkin"/> It featured in the film ''[[Nuns on the Run]]''.

In 1995, a tribute remix album ''[[Hands on Yello]]'' was released, featuring remixes by [[Moby]], [[the Orb]], [[Carl Craig]], [[Carl Cox]], [[the Grid]] and [[WestBam]].<ref name="Larkin"/>

In 2005, Yello re-released their early albums ''[[Solid Pleasure]]'', ''[[Claro Que Si]]'', ''[[You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess]]'', ''[[Stella (album)|Stella]]'', ''[[One Second (Yello album)|One Second]]'' and ''[[Flag (Yello album)|Flag]]'',<ref name="Larkin"/> all with bonus tracks, as part of the Yello Remaster Series.

A documentary on Yello, ''Electro Pop Made in Switzerland'', directed by [[Anka Schmid]], premiered at the Riff Raff cinema in [[Zürich]] in September 2005.

Yello was commissioned to produce music for the launch of the [[Audi&nbsp;A5]] at the [[Geneva Motor Show]] in March 2007 and for the Audi&nbsp;A5 advertisement in May 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.audiusanews.com/newsrelease.do?id=531&mid=67 |title=Audi A5 In Verona - A Road Movie Becomes Reality |publisher=Audiusanews.com |access-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214201021/http://www.audiusanews.com/newsrelease.do?id=531&mid=67 |archive-date=14 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>