# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/121 "2023-04-18T23:17:45Z")
Here’s one, by ZAZ (Isabelle Geffroy), with both scat singing and the nonsense phrase “papalapapapala” (or so the lyrics sites claim, I think the p’s sound more like f’s) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qIMGuSZbmFI/maxresdefault.jpg "ZAZ - Je veux (Live)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIMGuSZbmFI) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/122 "2023-04-18T23:24:11Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > getting annoying discourse embedding error again, when trying to edit Yeah- youtube embedding is broken. There are some tricks that help here, but forget about editing after posting. > [@Have links to YouTube been disabled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958): > > I just tried posting a couple of YouTube links in and got the message An error occurred: Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post. What’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/123 "2023-04-18T23:32:36Z")
> [@Charlie\_Tan](#): > > Chacaron If they ever do a remake of _Young Frankenstein,_ this could replace “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/124 "2023-04-19T08:22:35Z")
And they swam swam swam swam right over the dam: [THREE LITTLE FISHIES ~ The Smoothies (1939) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/541HKD8alfg) Slim Gaillard was a weird guy: [1946 Slim Gaillard Trio - Cement Mixer (Put-Ti-Put-Ti) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/46goi51dHY0) Nat ‘King’ Cole, the gourmet: [1945 Nat King Cole (Trio) - The Frim Fram Sauce - YouTube](https://youtu.be/5OHyVqmwTH8) ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/125 "2023-04-20T05:06:52Z")
Is it filler? The idea is the guy gets tongue tied whenever he sees her. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/126 "2023-04-20T18:23:59Z")
Mama say, mama sa mama coosa! (Michael Jackson’s **Wanna be Starting Something** ) ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/127 "2023-04-21T15:56:41Z")
And the source of Mama say,… for Wanna be Starting Something - Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango . I was trying to paste a link but I was doing something wrong. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685/128 "2023-04-28T15:38:49Z")
Dom dom dom dom dom Dom be dooby Dom dom dom dom dom Dom be dooby Dom dom dom dom dom Dom be dooby dom Whoa whoa whoa whoa [Come and Go With Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1eU_lDQaVM) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685.md?page=6)