Uh La La La

"Uh La La La"
Single by Alexia
from the album Fan Club (original version)
The Party (Almighty edit)
Released 1997 (1998 UK and Australia)
Format CD, 12" Vinyl
Genre Europop
Length 3:45
Label DWA Records, Sony Music
Writer(s) Roberto Zanetti & Alessia Aquilani
Producer Roberto Zanetti
Alexia singles chronology
"Number One"
(1996)
"Uh La La La"
(1997)
"Virtual Reality"
(1997)

"Uh La La La" was the fourth single released 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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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.

Official versions

Radio Mix 3:45 1
Club Mix 7:28
Cellular Mix 6:05
Original Mix/ Original Extended 6:30
Radio Spot 1 0:10
Radio Spot 2 0:10
Radio Spot 3 0:10
Fargetta's Mix 5:30
Fargetta's Edit Mix 2:35 2
Bump Mix 4:55
Beach Mix 6:22
Fathers Of Sound Main Vocal Mix 6:25
Fathers Of Sound @ Renaissance Dub 5:40
Fathers Of Sound B-Phunk Mix 9:15
Fathers Of Sound With Alexia Beats 5:15
Fathers Of Sound Ocean Dub 6:28
Fathers Of Sound B-Phunk Dub 8:13
Fathers Of Sound Acappella 3:46
Fathers Of Sound Main Vocal Radio Edit 3:17 3
Acappella 3:37
Almighty Edit 3:40 4
Almighty's Mighty Mix 6:29
Radio Mix 3:16
US Radio Edit 3:44

1 Also entitled 'Original US Radio Edit' in America
2 Only available on a compilation album 3 Only available on the Australian release
4 Also named 'Almighty's Mighty Edit' and 'Almighty Radio Edit'

A 'Fathers Of Sound Main Vocal Radio Edit' (3:17) was listed on the Australian CD2, however this was actually the Radio Mix.

Chart performance

Country Position
Australia
17[3]
Austria
6[4]
Belgium
34
Finland
2
France
13
Israel
7
Italy
1
Netherlands
15
New Zealand
30
Poland
1
Spain
1
Sweden
5
Switzerland
16
UK
10

Cover versions

Blog 27

"Uh la la la"
Single by Blog 27
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
Blog 27 singles chronology
"Uh La La La"
(2006)
"Hey Boy (Get Your Ass Up)"
(2006)
Italy cover of this single

"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

Track listing

Maxi CD

  1. Uh La La La (Short Edit)
  2. Uh La La La (Extended Version)
  3. Uh La La La (Karaoke Version)
  4. I Want What I Want

2-track

  1. Uh La La La (Short Edit)
  2. I Want What I Want

Chart performance

Chart (2005/2006) Peak
position
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
Germany 137

References