# 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:** 4
**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 27, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/61 "2023-03-27T03:16:50Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xqTBlft8gQA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGD4gVyhyMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCUNiMh7RefwmNETKfWvcW8J7DJsw "Trio Da Da Da Official Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqTBlft8gQA) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/68ugkg9RePc/hqdefault.jpg "Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) [Gabry Ponte Ice Pop Mix] (Original Video with subtitles)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc) Can anything better this though? I mean it’s not just chaka it’s Chacaron [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MlW7T0SUH0E/maxresdefault.jpg "El Chombo - Chacarron (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlW7T0SUH0E) ---
**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 27, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/62 "2023-03-27T03:24:57Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > The idea of the song then was that it was supposedly using the phonetic patterns of American English while still being just gibberish: In other words, ABBA. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/63 "2023-03-27T03:51:57Z")
The end of “Rag Doll” has scat. Watching Steve Tyler do scat is … interesting. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/64 "2023-03-27T04:36:50Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > My favorite video of Hooked On a Feeling is the fabulous off-the-wall version by The Hoff: > > [https://youtu.be/PJQVlVHsFF8](https://youtu.be/PJQVlVHsFF8) Plus, the literal video version. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vtdT-MWjyFk/hqdefault.jpg "Hooked On A Feeling Literal Video Version") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtdT-MWjyFk) ---
**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 27, 2023, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/65 "2023-03-27T08:15:43Z")
I can’t believe this hasn’t been mentioned yet – including by me – but how about Bill Withers’ 26 "I know"s in a row, a whole verse of “Ain’t No Sunshine”? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/66 "2023-03-27T08:42:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > A sheltered life on a different planet, apparently. The Guardians of the Galaxy franchise would have us believe it has been carried outside the solar system, so a very obscure, backwater planet. Like Earth, only different. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Does ‘ingadda da vita’ count? > Or does that mean something. > > (I’m sure I misspelled that) The musicians were drunk. Very, very drunk. It’s supposed to be “In the garden of Eden”. Apparently the muddled version turned out better than the sober one. And… ninja’d. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/67 "2023-03-27T09:26:17Z")
The song [Marty Feldman Eyes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-ZK-lxws4&t=101s), a parody of Bette Davis Eyes, contains _Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga_ in a couple places. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/68 "2023-03-27T09:56:54Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The BJ Thomas version I grew up with does not have the Ooga-Chakas. True. But [Jonathan King’s version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNLo7OzNd_Q) does, and it came about before Blue Swede’s version. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/69 "2023-03-27T10:34:44Z")
According to Wikipedia, BJ Thomas’ version was the first, in 1968. A Jamaican reggae band called the Twinkle Brothers [covered it in 1971](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Easkvd-bOo), and introduced the “oogah-chaka”. British singer Jonathan King covered it in 1971, and copied the “oogah-chaka”. Swedish band Blue Suede covered in in 1974. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/70 "2023-03-27T12:18:53Z")
Must make honorable mention of the closing-credits theme for _WKRP in Cincinatti_ ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/71 "2023-03-27T12:26:58Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > In other words, ABBA. 😉 Actually it was the opposite of ABBA. The singers in ABBA perhaps didn’t speak English very well. Their songs had real English words and sentences in them. Perhaps not very deep meanings, but real ones. They thus sang English with a strong Swedish accent. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/72 "2023-03-27T12:29:51Z")
How about Ministry’s “Jesus Built My Hotrod”? Now excuse as I dingadingdang my dangalonglinglong. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GXCh9OhDiCI/maxresdefault.jpg "Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod (Official Music Video) | Warner Vault") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCh9OhDiCI) ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/73 "2023-03-27T12:55:47Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > In other words, ABBA. 😉 > > Actually it was the opposite of ABBA. The singers in ABBA perhaps didn’t speak English very well. Their songs had real English words and sentences in them. Perhaps not very deep meanings, but real ones. They thus sang English with a strong Swedish accent. Agreed. I should have said something closer to “sorta like ABBA inside out.” As I understood it, back in the early days of their rise to popularity they spoke no English at all. So _to them_ they were singing gibberish phonetically, even though _to us_ it sounded like Swedish-accented English delivering typical pop lyrics. I recently saw a video interview with all four of them talking about the virtual ABBA revival tour going on now-ish. In the interview they all spoke English skillfully. I can’t say whether they got better at English over the ~50 years since, whether the story from their early days was just puffery to increase their perceived exoticness, or whether I’ve just been confused all these years. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/74 "2023-03-27T13:42:16Z")
Hooked on a Feeling (Blue Swede) was one of my favorite songs as a kid. It was years and years before I realized it was Blue SWEDE and not Blue SUEDE! ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/75 "2023-03-27T13:58:58Z")
Can we have a subcategory for “shortest song fillers” as well? If so, I nominate ELO’s “Don’t Bring me Down.” One nonsense word made up by Lynne, who now often goes with the flow and sings it as “Bruce.” ---
**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 27, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/76 "2023-03-27T17:22:47Z")
Another oldie that deserves acknowledgment: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vlkwjqYRLwY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Hut-Sut Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlkwjqYRLwY) My favorite riff on it is from the animated TV version of “Horton Hears a Who”, where the elephant is bounding along in the jungle, singing “Hut Sut, val sind on a rinerah, Hut Sut val and so on, so forth” and after a couple iterations of that, breaks the third wall to look at the audience: “well, I keep forgetting the words”. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/77 "2023-03-27T18:14:57Z")
All of this raises the question, Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp-Bomp-Bomp? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aumW5e28xic/maxresdefault.jpg "Who Put The Bomp?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aumW5e28xic) Who was that man? Whoever he was, I’d like to shake his hand. ---
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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/79 "2023-03-27T18:27:23Z")
Lisa Gerard from Dead Can Dance should be here. No actual words in this song, which is still utterly lovely: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/igMzAecAGto/maxresdefault.jpg "Ariadne (Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igMzAecAGto) This song is just four minutes of “Hey, hey, na, na.” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mLhP4UIfMLo/hqdefault.jpg "Dead Can Dance - Chant of the Paladin") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLhP4UIfMLo) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/80 "2023-03-27T18:35:39Z")
Ooga chucka ooga chucka sounded like a great opening to a song. We would hear it on an AM radio and start bopping to the beat… and then it turned into some stupid love song. Then we’d turn down the sound and wait for Cover of the Rolling Stone to come along so we could join in and sing that one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685.md?page=5)