The acoustic guitar version of Dave Matthews’ “Tripping Billies,” which can be found on Live at Luther College, and I think I’ll remember some others once I’m awake…
Theme song from Mystery Science Theater 3000. Apparently, there were 6 different sets of lyrics, but 5 of the 6 have "la la la"s in them.
Bah. Ya beat me.
BNL, Green Christmas
There’s a 60s song with the only part I remember goes a la la live for today … .
And doesn’t incense and peppermints has a la la la slow part of the song?
The Offspring’s “Self-Esteem” starts off with possibly the most aggresive "la la"s I’ve ever heard.
Good one! That’s the Grass Roots song Live For Today.
Another one I’m surprised hasn’t been mentioned … Cat Stevens’ Wild World.
Hey, I just noticed that two songs listed so far, Kyle Quit the Band by Tenacious D, and Going to California by Led Zeppelin have identical "la la la la"s. It’s fun to find one band referencing another.
I’m sorry, we’re going to have to deduct your points for this one as you didn’t actually name the song.
[sub]The Tra La La Song, by the way.**
I know it’s kind of old school, but you all forgot the theme to “The Smurfs”.
How 'bout Christmas Morning (I think) by the Who. At least in the theatrical version and maybe in the original Who version there are las all over the place:
Did you ever see the faces of the children they get so excited?
[sub]la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la[/sub]
Waking up on Christmas morning hours before the morning sun’s ignited.
[sub]la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la[/sub]
etc etc etc…
Fu-Gee-La by the Fugees.
The hook was borrowed from the “la-la” song by Teena Marie, “Ooh La La La”. That’s a two-fer!
“Zombie Zoo” from Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever has a few la-la-las.
“The Element Within Her” by Elvis Costello (off of his "Punch the Clock lp) works the “La’s” extensively in the chorus.
“Magic” by Ben Folds Five.
R.E.M.'s “Revolution” has a ton of la’s in the chorus.
It’s not an album track, so you may not have heard of it. I think it shows up on the Batman and Robin soundtrack. There’s also a live version on R.E.M.'s “Road Movie” concert film.
“La la la la la la la la
Revolution (the future never happened)…”
The original theme song from the MTV series “Daria” had lots of la la la’s in it. The group’s name is Splendora and the song is called “You’re Standing On My Neck.”
La la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la
La
La lune est libre je croix… From Lo Boob Oscillator by Stereolab
"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?
Anything by Giovanni Gastoldi.
What? You didn’t specify recent songs…