La-La (Means I Love You)

"La-La (Means I Love You)" is a 1968 song originally performed by The Delfonics. It was written by Thom Bell and William Hart and produced by Bell and Stan Watson.

"La-La" was a number four US Billboard pop, number two R&B in 1968 and number 19 UK pop single in 1971. The song is one of the Delfonics' most enduring recordings and perhaps their best loved, seeing a number of cover versions as well. The song was featured in Spike Lee's 1994 film, Crooklyn. In 2004, rapper Ghostface Killah also sampled "La-La" for his song "Holla" from his album The Pretty Toney Album. Nicolas Cage sang this song to Tea Leoni in the 2000 film, The Family Man.

Covers

• Booker T. & The M.G.s, on Soul Limbo (1968)
• Los Rondels, on 7" single (1968), a Spanish version titled "La-La Te Amo"
• Alton Ellis (1968)
• Jackson 5, on ABC (1970)
• Bill Frisell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbq13bLylCY
• Todd Rundgren, on A Wizard, a True Star (1973)
• The Jets, on The Jets (1985)
• Grasshopper, on La La Means I Love You (1992)
• Swing Out Sister, on The Living Return (1994) (also included on the soundtrack to Four Weddings and a Funeral)
• The Manhattan Transfer with Laura Nyro, on Tonin' (1995)
• Prince, retitled "La, La, La Means I Love U", on Emancipation (1996)
• Laura Nyro, on Angel in the Dark (released posthumously in 2001)
• The Next Generation (Hawaiian pop group), on Let's Rock! (2002)
• Yanokami, on Yanokami (2007)
• Shaggy, Badman Nuh Cry (2009)
• Sitti, Contagious (2009)