The closing lines about Little Miss Muffet were actually an ad-lib by singer Penny Ford when recording the song. Ford was unhappy with her vocal performance in the previous part of the track so began messing around so that recording wouldn’t be used. However, the producers loved it and kept Ford’s ad-lib in the track. The Little Miss Muffet lines are loosely based on lyrics from the George Clinton track Let’s Take it to the Stage.
"Ooops Up" peaked at number-one in Greece and it reached number two in Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and West Germany. It also entered the top 10 in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. In the latter country, the single peaked at number five during its third week on the UK Singles Chart, on 24 June 1990. It stayed at that position for two weeks. Outside Europe, "Ooops Up" reached number one on the RPM Dance chart in Canada, number four in Australia, number five in Zimbabwe, number eight in New Zealand and number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100. On the Billboard Dance Club Play chart, it peaked at number four. The song was awarded with a gold record in Australia, Austria, Sweden and the US and a silver record in the United Kingdom.
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