SOLVED WHAT IS THIS SONG?? ooh de la, ooh de la USA ...

I can never find this song on google for obvious reasons as the only lyrics i can remember are the chorus, and even they are bizarre - but i remember it being a decent tune! SOMEBODY MUST KNOW IT please!!!!!!! (Please bear in mind the ''ooh de la'' may have been something else entirely although this is what i remember it sounding like as a little kid in 80's)

chorus went something like below .......

oooh de la
oooh de la
oooh de la
oooh de la
oooh de la
oooh de la hay

oooh de la
oooh de la
oooh de la
oooh de la
oooh de la U.S.A.

OK.... male, female, both?

Genre: Pop, rock, ballad ?

Any more info you can give with 'ooooh de la' to go on will definitely help

Thanks

I'll be damned if it does turn out to be Mike Oldfield's "Lost In France" at the end of the day
Heck, really, it'd be too bizarre to believe it.

Hahaha

Originally Posted by pianoman74

I'll be damned if it does turn out to be Mike Oldfield's "Lost In France" at the end of the day
Heck, really, it'd be too bizarre to believe it.

I didn't find Mike Oldfield's version but I found Bonnie Tyler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM81i...eature=related

And I think you can be right

Ah yes Bonnie.
I'm getting old...thanks for the memory refreshment :P

TO FRANCE is by Mike Oldfield.
I always tend to confuse them. LOL.

Hi, Many Many thanks for your responses and input on this, but no this is not the song, it was a male vocal, pretty sure it has never been covered, I'd say it was mid 80's possibly a bit earlier early 80's or so, but it was definitely a pop song of it's time, i just wish i cud remember the rest of it, but the chorus lyrics what i described earlier are pretty much spot on how it went, judging by that i'm thinking it was a song something about the USA possibly??

Ooh La La In L.A. - Slade (1987)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GYGa3Nip3M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI3ELrs9GCA - Live

Lyrics:

Whiplash in the dead of night,
Down on Sunset dynamite,
Blinding lights on the Marquee shining bright.

There's George on his knees again,
On the town with Miss Zimmerman,
Alert the media and then my friend.

Ooh la la in L.A., Ooh la la in the U.S.A.
One night stands with a one night band is this
Ooh la la in L.A., Ooh la la in the U.S.A.
Making out every turned on a hit and miss.

You see the food and you feel the force,
B.L.T. and there ain't no sauce,
You get enough to feed a horse that's true.

Down at Barney's playing pool,
Minnesota Fats is ulta cool,
A load of balls make you look a fool then you.

Ooh la la in L.A., Ooh la la in the U.S.A.
One night stands with a one night band is this
Ooh la la in L.A., Ooh la la in the U.S.A.
Making out every turned on a hit and miss.

Runaway on the radio,
A power play every hour or so,
A never ending red eyed T.V. show.

Ooh la la in L.A., Ooh la la in the U.S.A.
One night stands with a one night band is this
Ooh la la in L.A., Ooh la la in the U.S.A.
Making out every turned on a hit and miss.

It's in the dead of night, And it's a dynamite,
The blinding lights are shining brighter and brighter.
He's on his knees again,
Alert the media my friend.

Ooh la la in L.A., Ooh la la in the U.S.A.
One night stands with a one night band is this
Ooh la la in L.A., Ooh la la in the U.S.A.
Making out every turned on a hit and miss.

Nope it isnt slade, thanks for that though, i enjoyed it, .... im still looking for this song lol

is it from the movie Heartbreakers?

Originally Posted by babym0use

is it from the movie Heartbreakers?

Hey thanks for trying , no, it isnt in that movie (theone with jennifer love hewitt 2001), are you thinking of the song... infinity..... nope the one im thinking of its pop/rock , its a really good tune, still cant find it! lol

Zinxhirt feat Keepman - nasty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94c_IAYm5Ss

doo doo doo da da da - police?

Dela by Johnny Clegg
Chorus:
"I think I know why the dog howls at the moon.
I think I know why the dog howls at the moon.

I sing dela, dela ngyanya dela when I'm with you,
dela, sondela mama sondela, I burn for you.

I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle,
I've been waiting day and night, day and night.
I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption,
I've been wating day and night, I burn for you."

Love this song Hope this is it!

Thanks everyone - found out what this was a few weeks ago, a song called 'For America' from 1986 by a band called Redbox , here's the link, enjoy lol !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgmEA...ure=plpp_video

deviate to contemplate
this audio visual opiate
one hundred years from now
title fights and human rights
we're satellites - you're parasites
hey yah ya!
now I've got to tell you
that I've been down
down so low that I bit the ground
let's hear it from the heart of America
ya da dee yeh - yeh ee oh
in America
urelei USA
for America

where's the peace and understanding?
go drum go dance sound on sound
all this peace and understanding
go drum go dance round and round
in America yeeooo ay da yeeooo ah

a pocket full of posies
and cheap scented roses
every house should have it's hat on
so in and out and round and round,
up and down and lost and found
hey ah ha!

magazines and gasoline
and made-in-Taiwan western scenes
will you hear us in the heart of America?
ya da dee yeh - yeh ee oh
in America
urelei USA
for America

where's the peace and understanding?
go drum go dance sound on sound
all this peace and understanding
go drum go dance round and round
in America yeeooo ay da yeeooo ah

na na ne na ne na na
all this peace and understanding

where's the peace and understanding?
go drum go dance sound on sound
all this peace and understanding
go drum go dance round and round
in America yeeooo ay da yeeooo ah

all this peace and understanding

Glad you found it, and thanks for letting us know


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