# unknown funny old song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-funny-old-song/764642>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 1, 2016, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-funny-old-song/764642 "2016-09-01T11:03:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![catweasel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@catweasel1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catweasel1)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-funny-old-song/764642/1 "2016-09-01T11:03:22Z")

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It is a bit like this:

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XLcZ_wtzoSs/hqdefault.jpg "Nolans - Gotta Pull Myself Together") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLcZ_wtzoSs)

I heard the second half of this song on the radio in the end I could hear “the girl can’t help it” and la la la la… but it heaps of complicated lyrics. There was a girl or girls singing and it sounded like late 70s/ early 80s.

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**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-funny-old-song/764642/2 "2016-09-01T15:48:29Z")

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> [@catweasel1](#):
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> “the girl can’t help it”

Do you remember the scene at the end of _Spies Like Us_ where Dan Akroyd and Chevy Chase are playing Trivial Pursuit against the Russians?

> [@Spies Like Us](#):
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> **Millbarge:** What Little Richard song was the title of a 1950’s movie starring Jayne Mansfield?  
> **Russian #1:** “Good Golly, Miss Molly?”  
> **Russian #2:** “Great Balls of Fire?”  
> **Millbarge:** Wrong! It was “The Girl Can’t Help It!” You lose …  
> **Sexy Russian:** Eastern Europe!  
> **Millbarge:** Eastern Europe!

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**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:** [September 1, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-funny-old-song/764642/3 "2016-09-01T17:09:37Z")

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[Lyrics to “The Girl Can’t Help It”](https://play.google.com/music/preview/Tgzb77wztk2qeqo2fphgm22nq5u?lyrics=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics&u=0#)

British rockers Smokie released [a similar tune](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Al8bg1rji4) in '78.

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**Author:** ![catweasel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@catweasel1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catweasel1)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-funny-old-song/764642/4 "2016-09-01T17:18:35Z")

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That’s not it. The song is not that repetitive except for in the end it goes “la la la la la…”. The correct lyrics would show “la la la…” at the end.

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**Author:** ![catweasel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@catweasel1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catweasel1)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-funny-old-song/764642/5 "2016-09-01T17:30:20Z")

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Nevermind I found it by including “la la la” in the search.

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7z3FS71Tgzw/hqdefault.jpg "Carole Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today (1977)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z3FS71Tgzw)