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Celebrity Jeopardy contestants miss Usher's hit song 'Yeah!' in hilarious round

In the season 3 premiere of Celebrity Jeopardy, all three contestants missed the chance to identify Usher's iconic 2004 hit "Yeah!" during the Triple Jeopardy round.

In the "2004, What a Year!" category, Max Greenfield, Camilla Luddington, and W. Kamau Bell were given the prompt: "We got so caught up in this Usher song that it spent 12 weeks at the top of the charts."

Greenfield was the first to buzz in, incorrectly answering with "What is 'Caught Up'?"—which cost him $1,500. While "Caught Up" is indeed an Usher song, it was released in 2005 and didn’t fit the time frame of the clue.

Luddington followed with "What is 'All Caught Up?'"—a wrong answer that earned her the same penalty of $1,500. The phrase doesn’t refer to any Usher song.

Bell, on the other hand, chose to let the timer run out rather than guess. His decision spared him from losing money, and he humorously remarked, "Feels so awkward to be the Black guy who doesn't know the Usher song. I was listening to Rage Against the Machine at the time, sorry everybody."

"Yeah!" was released in January 2004, and the track became one of Usher's biggest hits, remaining on the Billboard Hot 100 for 45 weeks. It ultimately secured its place as the second-biggest song of the decade, trailing only Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together." Featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon, "Yeah!" remains Usher's career-defining anthem.

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