# 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:** 2
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/21 "2023-03-26T21:39:41Z")
We had ‘woo’ up in here!! It cheered me up! Tell your wife Thanks! ---
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/22 "2023-03-26T21:44:39Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TYgOlqinH7A/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGggaChoMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAhleiuDgPmJhqOLAItUbCYt1YdPA "Witch Doctor - Ooh Eeh Ooh Ah Aah Ting Tang Walla Walla Bing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYgOlqinH7A) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/23 "2023-03-26T21:53:59Z")
Mah Na Mah Na. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D2AnF7Qwc5s?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDD2AnF7Qwc5s The weird part is, the song was written for a soft-core titillation movie, [_Sweden: Heaven and Hell._](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden:_Heaven_and_Hell) This clip stops before anything too interesting happens but I’m making it > **two-click anyway.** > > ([Mah Nà Mah Nà - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoheVioD3Bg)) ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/24 "2023-03-26T22:26:26Z")
Some that come to mind: [Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beINamVRGy4) [Crosby, Stills & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes](https://youtu.be/ZGT0P0XJRFM?t=391) (starts at 6:31) [Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side](https://youtu.be/oG6fayQBm9w?t=75) (starts at 1:15) [Scatman John - Scatman (ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy8kmNEo1i8) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/25 "2023-03-26T22:26:40Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > > [@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. If you think the studio version is wild, check out the live version where fhey had to fit a 7-minute song into 4 minutes of TV time and decided that, instead of trimming it down, they’d just do it twice as fast. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/g4ouPGGLI6Q/hqdefault.jpg "Focus - Hocus Pocus Live '73") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/26 "2023-03-26T22:44:52Z")
I’m afraid to click on that for fear of some injury. I’m serious. ---
**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, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/27 "2023-03-26T22:48:39Z")
> [@Tabco](#): > > [Crosby, Stills & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes](https://youtu.be/ZGT0P0XJRFM?t=391) (starts at 6:31) Underneath the “Doo doo doo doo doos,” there are actually lyrics in Spanish, though they’re difficult to make out. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/28 "2023-03-26T22:49:34Z")
It’s not really all that fast. Probably a better tempo than the original to tell the truth, but God I hate that song/ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/29 "2023-03-26T22:52:51Z")
How about “Ahab, the Arab,” by Ray Stevens? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZNigDOHz4j0/hqdefault.jpg "Ray Stevens - Ahab the Arab") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNigDOHz4j0) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/30 "2023-03-26T23:01:43Z")
Tell me Somethin’ Good deserves a mention here, I think. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p_vWMqirjhI/hqdefault.jpg "Chaka Khan and Rufus | Tell me something Good") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_vWMqirjhI) ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/31 "2023-03-26T23:08:26Z")
I saw Focus in concert. They played a very long version of “Hocus Pocus.” The line for the women’s bathroom was so long, I missed most of the rest of the concert. ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/32 "2023-03-27T00:02:24Z")
_Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha_ _Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha_ _Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha_ Yes - “Sound Chaser” ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/33 "2023-03-27T00:13:21Z")
Moved to Cafe Society (from MPSIMS). ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/34 "2023-03-27T00:17:19Z")
Oo-ee, oo-ah-ah, ting-tang, walla-walla bing-bang. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/a9iDzRnpj3U/maxresdefault.jpg "Witch Doctor") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9iDzRnpj3U) ETA: Missed that it was already posted. Apologies. ---
**Author:** ![knavette57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knavette57/32/3871_2.png) [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/35 "2023-03-27T00:29:57Z")
I, too, was a high school soph, and there were some odd pop songs being done around that time. However, the 50s, with their doo wops and sham a lams (I am not getting these right, sorry), topped anything done before or since. Did I like this song? It was good dance music, for a 16 year old in a very short skirt and long hair (you could really move with it). ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/36 "2023-03-27T00:39:29Z")
Cab Calloway, the “Hi-de-ho” man: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8mq4UT4VnbE/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGMgYyhjMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAyGO_aNL_vg8aR0aFjKu9yh4dWLw "Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mq4UT4VnbE) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/37 "2023-03-27T00:52:52Z")
Youngsters! Until you’ve heard Sinatra do it, you don’t know how it’s done. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BTOeRwIUnG0/maxresdefault.jpg "Strangers In The Night") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTOeRwIUnG0) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/38 "2023-03-27T00:57:34Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Na, na, na, nanana na, nanana na, Hey Jude. Alternatively, “Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye” by Steam. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IoyvvEWHodk/maxresdefault.jpg "Na Na Na Na Hey Hey-ey Goodbye") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoyvvEWHodk) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/39 "2023-03-27T01:05:06Z")
To do is to be — Socrates To be is to do — Sartre Do be do be do — Sinatra ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/40 "2023-03-27T01:08:11Z")
Bom ba ba bom ba bom ba bom bom ba ba bom ba ba bom ba dang a dang a ding a dong ding blue moon… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v0fy1HeJv80/maxresdefault.jpg "The Marcels - Blue Moon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0fy1HeJv80) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685.md?page=3)