Uh La La La
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| Single by Alexia | ||||
| from the album Fan Club (original version) The Party (Almighty edit) |
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| Released | June 16, 1997 | |||
| Format | CD, 12" Vinyl | |||
| Genre | Europop | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | DWA Records, Sony Music | |||
| Writer(s) | Roberto Zanetti & Alessia Aquilani | |||
| Producer | Roberto Zanetti | |||
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"Uh La La La" is the title of a song recorded by the Italian singer Alexia released in 1997[1] featuring additional vocals by an uncredited male rapper. It was Alexia's fourth successive Number One in the Italian charts[2] and was her international breakout hit. This was her last single to be released by different labels in different territories as after this all her releases would be by Sony Music. This was the second and last single to feature radio jingles on the CD. After its success in Europe, the song was remixed for a UK release the following year, which also saw release in Australia.
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[edit] Release
The song was released in Italy on CD and 12" (coded DWA 97.02), with releases in other European countries following. As before (and for the final time) the German edition would be released by ZYX, the Spanish release by Blanco Y Negro, the French release by Panic (a subsidiary of Polygram and the Finnish release by K-Tel. A full set of releases were commissioned for Europe by Sony Music, once again on their Dancepool label; a Maxi CD, 2 track CD and 12" release (Sony code 664517). Two remix releases followed; one entitled 'remix' and a doublepack of remixes by Fathers Of Sound. The Fathers Of Sound remixes would contain vocals and lyrics that were not on the original version.
After officially signing to Sony for all future releases, plans were made to properly launch Alexia's career outside of Europ. In 1998, Almighty were commissioned to provide a remix and edit for the UK market (Sony Code 665567), in order to launch her career. The remix was also used for the Australian release later that year (Sony Code 665766). In 1999, the track was released in America under the Epidrome label.
Due to its popularity, the Almighty edit would be released on all versions of Alexia's second album The Party.
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[3] | 17 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] | 6 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] | 34 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] | 2 |
| France (SNEP)[3] | 13 |
| Germany (Media Control Charts)[4] | 30 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[5] | 5 |
| Italy (FIMI)[6] | 5 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] | 15 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ)[3] | 30 |
| Spain (AFYVE)[8] | 1 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3] | 5 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[3] | 16 |
| United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[9] | 10 |
[edit] Cover versions
[edit] Blog 27
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| from the album LOL | ||||||
| B-side | "I Want What I Want" | |||||
| Released | 2006 | |||||
| Recorded | Göteborg, Sweden 2005 | |||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||
| Label | Kontor Rec | |||||
| Writer(s) | Robyx Aquilani | |||||
| Producer | Random | |||||
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"Uh la la la" was covered by the pop music group, Blog 27, for their 2006 album, LOL, and was released as their debut single.
This song was one of the most popular ring tones in Germany (#9 in Germany RingTone Chart), Austria, Poland, Ukraine and Italy. Italian automaker Fiat chose this single as the soundtrack for their summer television promotional campaign, "Operazione Five" in Italy.
The Blog 27 cover had its commercial release in
- Poland
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
- France
- Italy
- Japan
- Hungary
[edit] Track listing
Maxi CD
- Uh La La La (Short Edit)
- Uh La La La (Extended Version)
- Uh La La La (Karaoke Version)
- I Want What I Want
2-track
- Uh La La La (Short Edit)
- I Want What I Want
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (2005/2006) | Peak position |
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| German Singles Chart | 17 |
| Hungarian Viva Chart Show | 12 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 23 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 36 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 36 [1] |
| Japan - Oricon Airplay Chart | 18 |
| J-Wave Tokio Hot 100 | 48 |
| Billboard European Hot 100 Singles | 72 |
| End Year Chart (2006) | Peak |
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| Germany | 137 |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Alexia-Uh-La-La-La-Remixes/master/40600
- ^ http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexia#Classifica_Singoli%7CAlexia- Italian wikipedia
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Uh La La La", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ Italian Single Chart Hit parade Italia (Retrieved May 30, 2008)
- ^ "Single top 100 over 1994" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201997.pdf. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 8480486392.
- ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
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