# 'Hey laaaah...' Chorus: Song/Artist name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406 "2013-07-13T16:33:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/1 "2013-07-13T16:33:36Z")
I was listening to the radio on my way home from work (channel surfing) and heard a song that I can only remember part of (the chorus). Here’s what I remember: 1. Its a current song. 2. The singer is male. 3. It’s nice and laid-back. 4. The chorus goes something like a slow "Hey lah… hey lah, lah… It’s stuck in my head and I’d like to find it. Can’t remember the radio station to look up a playlist and many old songs are turning up in my google and YT search for “Hey lah.” Does this song ring a bell for anyone? Please share if you know the artist/song name. Bonus points for anyone who gets this in the next 15 minutes. Appreciatively, LH ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/2 "2013-07-13T16:41:10Z")
Is it Hey Ya by Outkast? ---
**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/3 "2013-07-13T16:43:21Z")
I was also thinking ‘Hey Ya’ by Outkast, but that song is ancient. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fFr_ARmnlk0/hqdefault.jpg "Outkast - Hey Ya !") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFr_ARmnlk0) ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/4 "2013-07-13T16:45:14Z")
Troppus, Yes! Wow, I guess it’s not new… it’s 10 years old. Thanks so much!!! LH ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/5 "2013-07-13T16:46:17Z")
Thanks, both of you! ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/6 "2013-07-13T17:01:02Z")
> [@LegendHasit](#): > > Yes! Wow, I guess it’s not new… it’s 10 years old. I’m glad you found the song, although I’m surprised you managed to miss it 10 years ago. I remember it was such a big hit that there were people complaining here on the SDMB about how they couldn’t escape it! I was living in Asia at the time, and was in a fast food restaurant one day when “Hey Ya” came on the sound system. I’d never heard it before (this was before [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw)), but almost immediately thought “Wow, this must be the song people keep complaining about on the SDMB!” It actually made me really happy to feel like I wasn’t totally out of touch with current American pop culture even though I was so far away. I thought, and still think, it’s a pretty good song, although I might feel otherwise if I had heard it everywhere I went for months. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/7 "2013-07-13T17:30:18Z")
My own experience with first hearing that song leaves me astonished that anyone could remember the “hey ya” part but not the “shake it like a Polaroid picture” part. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/8 "2013-07-13T17:32:55Z")
[The ONLY way to enjoy this song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sKrwsHweGc) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/9 "2013-07-13T17:52:59Z")
Could it be “Rio” by Duran Duran? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/10 "2013-07-13T19:11:45Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > [The ONLY way to enjoy this song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sKrwsHweGc) I thought this was going to be the acoustic version. I’d link to it but I’m on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/11 "2013-07-13T19:15:50Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I thought this was going to be the acoustic version. I’d link to it but I’m on my phone. It’s my favorite, too: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c745E7T\_Wvg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c745E7T_Wvg) ---
**Author:** ![lawbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/12 "2013-07-13T19:22:45Z")
> [@LegendHasit](#): > > 1. Its a current song. > 2. The chorus goes something like a slow "Hey lah… hey lah, lah… Maybe a remake/cover of the Beatles Hello-Goodbye: …Hela heba helloa (Cha cha), hela… ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/13 "2013-07-13T19:33:25Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Could it be “Rio” by Duran Duran? I was thinking “Reap the Wild Wind.” ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/14 "2013-07-13T19:49:54Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > It’s my favorite, too: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c745E7T\_Wvg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c745E7T_Wvg) Holy crap. What a voice. I love, love, love a good cover. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/15 "2013-07-13T20:01:32Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Holy crap. What a voice. I love, love, love a good cover. Ha, me too. We should start a covers-only thread. Ryan Adams version of Wonderwall makes me pretty happy. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVxRvNfFLg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVxRvNfFLg) /hijack ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/16 "2013-07-13T20:32:17Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > Ha, me too. We should start a covers-only thread. Ryan Adams version of Wonderwall makes me pretty happy. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVxRvNfFLg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVxRvNfFLg) /hijack Noah’s cover of [“Sexy and I Know It”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsvlsuLau5c) ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/17 "2013-07-13T20:39:22Z")
This is the first version I was familiar with, and how I’ll always hear it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v3k2Za9BHXE/hqdefault.jpg "Hey ya (patriots)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3k2Za9BHXE) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/18 "2013-07-13T20:47:14Z")
[The New Standards also do a great acoustic cover of “Hey Ya.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iu_vzwR9Tk) ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/19 "2013-07-13T21:43:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Noah’s cover of [“Sexy and I Know It”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsvlsuLau5c) Ha! Awesome. Try an a capella version of Lady GaGa’s Poker Face just for fun: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5czKqT05A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5czKqT05A) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406/20 "2013-07-13T22:10:16Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Holy crap. What a voice. I love, love, love a good cover. Me too. [This cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll7VHzFJ4cc) of the Hollies “Air That I Breathe” by Simply Red, for example. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-laaaah-chorus-song-artist-name/663406.md?page=2)