La La La

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"La La La" is a Spanish language song performed by Massiel. The song won the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest, representing Spain.

It was the first of Spain's two wins in the Contest so far. The song was composed by Ramon Arcusa and Manuel de la Calva, otherwise known as the singing duo called Dúo Dinámico.

The song itself is controversial for a number of reasons. To begin with, it is the first Contest winner with a nonsense title, although it would definitely not be the last. Secondly, the original performer for the song (Joan Manuel Serrat) wanted to sing in Catalan, which the Franco government would not allow, hence the selection of Massiel to perform the song (Catalan would not be heard in the Contest until the 2004 debut performance of Andorra).

Thirdly, it is often thought of as a weak entry, particularly by fans of Cliff Richard, who had represented the United Kingdom (hosting the Contest that year) with "Congratulations". Richard is often quoted as saying that, after Massiel was declared the winner, "I went over to her and shook her warmly by the neck". While there is some dispute over whether or not Richard said those exact words - and whether or not he simply mis-spoke if he did - he appears to have adopted the quote, using it in part of a taped testimonial at the Congratulations special in late 2005. His song, of course, provided the name for the special, as well as being named one of the 14 greatest entries in Contest history.

Lyrically, the song is a very positive number. Massiel sings about things she is thankful for, such as being given life and walking through the world.

The song was controversially succeeded in 1969 as Contest winner by four songs, due to an unprepared-for tie in voting between Salomé singing "Vivo Cantando" for Spain, "Lulu" singing "Boom Bang-a-Bang" for the United Kingdom, Lenny Kuhr singing "De Troubadour" for the Netherlands and Frida Boccara singing "Un Jour, Un Enfant" for France.