# Oohgha Chaka, oohgha oohgha...(song filler in thingys) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 26, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685 "2023-03-26T19:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/1 "2023-03-26T19:59:04Z")
‘Hooked on a Feeling’ by the Blue Swede. I had never heard this. I walked in the store with Ivy and it was on the radio they were playing. I thought I was gonna have a seizure. I have laughed so much over this, Ivy told me to “shut-up” There must be more fillers like this. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/2 "2023-03-26T20:01:02Z")
Heck, that was practically an anthem when it came out. _Everybody_ knew that song. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/3 "2023-03-26T20:04:38Z")
I’ve led a sheltered life. 🫣 ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/4 "2023-03-26T20:06:12Z")
A sheltered life on a different planet, apparently. Or in a very different timeline. I would repeat my friends opinion, but I would probably get screamed at for being racist… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/5 "2023-03-26T20:11:00Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’ve led a sheltered life. 🫣 Maybe you’re not quite the right age. It came out in 1974. I was a high school sophomore. Which was the ideal age to chant along with the silly. And to save everybody else having to hunt it up as I just did: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aglG5xAJB30/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gVygTMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBfOLhUwz3i9BaAzGmMqXos9efWlw "Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling 1974") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aglG5xAJB30) Those were some groovy hairstyles and clothes we wore back then. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/6 "2023-03-26T20:13:16Z")
The best song to sing to yourself when you are cycling up a steep hill. (well, at least the ‘Oogha Chaka’ part). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/7 "2023-03-26T20:19:41Z")
The BJ Thomas version I grew up with does not have the Ooga-Chakas. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wqt_iZBvtCo/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCtBuky1JhZcawElaKIthctWmzShg "B. J. Thomas: Hooked on a Feeling (James, 1968) - Lyrics") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqt_iZBvtCo) ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/8 "2023-03-26T20:23:26Z")
Ahhhh…the 70’s, a time of…ummm…odd things in songs. I present to you _Muskat Love_ by Captain and Tennille at includes muskrat love calls; [https://youtu.be/KgCk3bnvO5Y?t=127](https://youtu.be/KgCk3bnvO5Y?t=127) ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/9 "2023-03-26T20:28:25Z")
I hesitate a bit in posting this, as it will c confirm everyone’s idea about Sweden, Swedish music and the Swedish chef, But Beck asked and I have to share. Hey, @Beckdawrek this song has only ‘song filler thingys’ and no lyrics at all. It was released by the group Caramba which never was a group at all. In the real world, it was made by Michael Tretow who was engineer on all of ABBA’s records in the 70’s. He did this as a lark, collecting silly sounds and finally deciding to release it. It was just a joke thing, he never took it seriously, neither did the audience. And yet, it is kinda catchy. Hubba Hubba. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bd2qsC-PuJQ/hqdefault.jpg "Caramba - Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2qsC-PuJQ) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/10 "2023-03-26T20:34:39Z")
That’s going on the play list. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/11 "2023-03-26T20:39:55Z")
How about the yodeling in “Hocus Pocus” by Focus? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Obdv1jghXAE/maxresdefault.jpg "Hocus Pocus") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obdv1jghXAE) ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/12 "2023-03-26T20:54:19Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > “Hocus Pocus” by Focus? Well, we enter a different world alltogether here. That song is like an audio version of a three ring circus, with absolutely everything that is physically possible happening at one point or another. They are to be forgiven for the yodeling – which really is quite daring and at least a little catchy all on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/13 "2023-03-26T20:55:01Z")
Na, na, na, nanana na, nanana na, Hey Jude. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/14 "2023-03-26T20:59:26Z")
My favorite video of Hooked On a Feeling is the fabulous off-the-wall version by The Hoff: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PJQVlVHsFF8/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-A4AC0AKKAgwIABABGGUgXSg5MA8=&rs=AOn4CLCsvBBSLwgXyCnL-t-cTS464fvNvw "David Hasselhoff - Hooked on a Feeling") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQVlVHsFF8) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/15 "2023-03-26T20:59:36Z")
A-wimoweh, a-wimoweh. Had to look that up. Doesn’t sound like what they’re singing. At all. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/16 "2023-03-26T21:01:29Z")
Oh my god! I think that’s the version I heard in the store. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/17 "2023-03-26T21:01:39Z")
Of more recent vintage, I read that the end of Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child Of Mine” was all filler based on a question asked in rehearsal about how to end the song: “Where do we go now?” There are tons of songs with nonsense lyrics out there, of course. Blue Swede’s version of the B.J. Thomas hit was a killer, though. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/18 "2023-03-26T21:07:10Z")
Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” features the filler lyrics, “Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma koo sa,” which my old roommate mis-heard as “I’ve been saved by the sound of mambo sauce.” My wife and I still refer to unintelligible lyrics as “mambo sauce.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1XMvPTFzgVU/maxresdefault.jpg "Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XMvPTFzgVU) Phil Collins’ “Sussidio” is a filler lyric, from when Collins was initially writing the song, that never got replaced by a real word. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lZol5DVI3rs/maxresdefault.jpg "Sussudio") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZol5DVI3rs) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/19 "2023-03-26T21:13:59Z")
I am suddenly feeling ancient. Speaking of song filler-ins, have you ever heard Good morning Starshine [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/whmzEXywq40/maxresdefault.jpg "Oliver - Good Morning Starshine") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whmzEXywq40) “Gliddy glup gloopy Nibby nabby noopy la la la lo lo Sabba sibby sabba Nooby abba nabba le le lo lo Tooby ooby walla nooby abba nabba” ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/20 "2023-03-26T21:17:40Z")
This is most odd. This morning my wife woke me up by playing the Blue Swede song on the kitchen speakers. We’d never discussed the tune before. Within the next hour we’d listened to the BJ Thomas ‘sitar’ version and researched the song’s release sequence — a Jamaican group released a version with the Oogga Chukkas about a year after Thomas, and two years before Blue Swede. Then we watched a [Wonderful Cover Version From 1997 By David Hasselhoff.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=avnMQNKePPE&list=RDavnMQNKePPE&start_radio=1) It was so great we texted the story of our audio morning to two other couples. One of those people has been in a physical and emotional health funk for months. Her partner texted my wife saying the infirm woman was cruising the house singing Oogga Chuckka! Then I open SDMB and see this thread. My wife says she remembers no trigger event; she just thought of the song and typed it into the Youtube search engine this a.m. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685.md?page=2)