Name That Tune – Cameo – Word Up

Name That Tune traveled back to 1986 this morning with the title track from Cameo’s album “Word Up” and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The video features actor Levar Burton as a police detective trying to arrest the band. “Word Up!” won Cameo the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single and features a reference to the opening notes of the theme to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.