# songs with "la la la" in them **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896 "2001-12-04T20:10:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/61 "2001-12-06T12:22:09Z")
Oh, all right. The Residents have a song called “La La” on _The Commercial Album_. It’s very short (as are all the tracks thereon) and the lyrics are all “la la (etc.)”. As for _Jersey Girl_ as previously mentioned, Holly Cole has a good version of it on her _Temptation_ CD. And of course there’s the Teletubbies theme – “Tinky Winky! Dipsy! **La La**! Po!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/62 "2001-12-06T12:31:18Z")
_La la Means I Love You_, Todd Rundgren’s version. _I la la la love you_ by Pat Travers. Great fucking song. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/63 "2001-12-06T15:51:25Z")
Heywood Banks (I think) has a funny song called “Dead Guys”: "I am older than a lot of famous dead guys, A lot of famous dead guys Didn’t live as long as me… La la la la la-la-la la la la lahhhh…" ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/64 "2001-12-06T15:59:07Z")
…there’s “Largo al factotum” from _The Barber of Seville_ (although some of the passages are actually “La ran la”). ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/65 "2001-12-06T16:19:29Z")
_A Long December_ by Counting Crows _Mister Jones_ by Counting Crows (the opening part…which is pretty much just like _Brown-Eyed Girl_) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/66 "2001-12-06T16:36:03Z")
I only vaguely remember the Banana Splits, but I did grow up watching Sesame Street. With all the Muppet fans around here, why is it that I’m the first one to mention [Sing](http://home.istar.ca/~townsend/pop_standards/sing_lyrics.htm)? Some versions of Joe South’s [Games People Play](http://www3.clearlight.com/~acsa/introjs.htm?/~acsa/songfile/GAMESPEO.HTM) has “And you don’t give a la duh da duh da.” instead of “And you don’t give a damn.” It appears [Dolly](http://digilander.iol.it/lerenti/lyrics/full/p/parton_dolly/dolly220.html) recorded a version missing that part of the verse but has additional la-las in the chorus. ---
**Author:** ![Santino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@Santino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santino)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/67 "2001-12-06T16:39:05Z")
How about “Song for a Future Generation” by the B-52’s, its got a whole verse of la la lalala. And now its stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/68 "2001-12-06T18:03:07Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* \*\* > [@](#): > > Or you could go with _La Bamba_ by Richie Valens. Los Lobos also did a good cover and Weird Al Yankovic did a parody called _Lasagna_._Thunder Island_? \*\* Ohhh…there go those 50 points again! Only the Weird Al parody has the phrase “La la la” in it…the original lyrics are in Spanish and go something like “Para bailar la Bamba, Para bailar la Bamba Se necisita una poco de gracia…” No multiple "la"s in a row in the entire song. ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/69 "2001-12-06T21:32:53Z")
**The Smiths** - Sheila Take a Bow ---
**Author:** ![Umbriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de053/32.png) [@Umbriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/70 "2001-12-06T22:03:45Z")
**Vision Thing** by The Sisters of Mercy Another batch of “agressive” sha-la-la-las tucked back between the closing choruses. ---
**Author:** ![Umbriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de053/32.png) [@Umbriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/71 "2001-12-06T22:10:45Z")
**Vision Thing** by The Sisters of Mercy Another batch of “agressive” sha-la-la-las tucked back between the closing choruses. ---
**Author:** ![orr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@orr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orr)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/72 "2001-12-07T00:32:16Z")
“Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/73 "2001-12-07T01:48:04Z")
Does “Doe, a deer” from _The Sound of Music_ count? “La, a note to follow sew” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/74 "2001-12-07T03:06:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by warmgun \* > \*\*"It’s not the way you kiss that tears me apart, > (la la la la la) > It’s not the … > > Sorry, thats all I know. Motown? \*\* Many many lonely nights go by, I sit at home alone and I cry over you. What can I do. Don’t want no one else cause “Baby It’s you” by the Shirelles, also redone by the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/75 "2001-12-07T04:29:03Z")
**She’s a Rainbow** by the Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![k.os](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@k.os](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k.os)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896/76 "2001-12-07T05:17:46Z")
There’s a lot of **Bérurier Noir** songs with la la la in them. One example is [Vivre libre ou mourir](http://www.multimania.com/luke2/hard/beru_concerto.html#vivr). I must warn you that some of their lyrics can be pretty gruesome. Great music, though! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-la-la-la-in-them/96896.md?page=3)