Yolanda Be Cool is an Australian band made up of the duo Sylvester Martinez ( Spanish Descent ) and Johnson Peterson ( English Descent ) . They joined forces with Australian producer DCUP (real name Duncan MacLennan) to release an international hit single "We No Speak Americano" on the indie Australian label Sweat It Out they founded, sampling on a 1956 hit "Tu vuò fà l'americano" by Renato Carosone and written by Caroson and Nicola "Nisa" Salerno.
"We No Speak Americano" topped the Danish, Dutch and Swedish charts so far, and reached the Top 5 in Australia, Belgium, Spain, Norway and the UK. It was also a chart hit in Italy, New Zealand and several other countries.
Prior to the hit, they had collaborated with DCUP when he remixed their hit "Afro Nuts" in 2009.
The band's name is a reference to a scene in the movie Pulp Fiction, where Samuel Jackson's character, Jules Winnfield, tells Yolanda, a coffee-shop robber, to be cool.
"We No Speak Americano" topped the Danish, Dutch and Swedish charts so far, and reached the Top 5 in Australia, Belgium, Spain, Norway and the UK. It was also a chart hit in Italy, New Zealand and several other countries.
Prior to the hit, they had collaborated with DCUP when he remixed their hit "Afro Nuts" in 2009.
The band's name is a reference to a scene in the movie Pulp Fiction, where Samuel Jackson's character, Jules Winnfield, tells Yolanda, a coffee-shop robber, to be cool.
