# Cem Karaca — Yuh Yuh

Cem Karaca’s Yuh Yuh (1977) is No. 3 in our Anadolu Rock ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1977
- **On one list:** Anadolu Rock
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Artist:** [Cem Karaca](https://waxonia.com/artist/cem-karaca/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/cem-karaca--yuh-yuh/

## What we say

### No. 3 in [Anadolu Rock](https://waxonia.com/genre/anadolu-rock/)

Karaca sang about workers, migration and hunger until the 1980 coup made Turkey too dangerous for him and he left. The voice is enormous and entirely unornamented.

## Analysis

11 sections, the first drop of 5 at 0:14, 5% of the way in.

- **Tempo:** 99.4 BPM — holds throughout
- **Key:** B minor
- **Dynamic range:** 9.3 dB — moderate range, typical of a modern master
- **Length:** 5:11

- `0:00` A · **intro**, instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: other
- `0:14` B · **steady** (bar 6), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: other
- `0:50` C · **peak** (bar 21), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `1:21` D · **breakdown** (bar 34), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: other
- `1:39` C · **peak** (bar 41), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `2:14` D · **breakdown** (bar 56), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: other
- `2:29` C · **lift** (bar 62), sung — a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `3:05` D · **breakdown** (bar 77), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: other
- `3:21` C · **peak** (bar 83), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `3:56` D · **breakdown** (bar 98), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: other
- `4:13` C · **steady** (bar 105), sung — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: bass, vocals

**Drops** at 0:14 (bar 6), 1:37 (bar 41), 2:29 (bar 62), 3:20 (bar 83), 4:12 (bar 105). A drop is a moment, not a stretch.

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Cem%20Karaca%20Yuh%20Yuh) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=wcEQOzqGLkE)

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