Da Da Da

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"Da Da Da"
Da Da Da cover.jpg
Original German cover art
Single by Trio
from the album Trio
B-side "Sabine Sabine Sabine"
Released1982
Genre
Length3:23
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Klaus Voormann
Trio singles chronology
"Halt mich fest ich werd verrückt"
(1981)
"Da Da Da"
(1982)
"Anna – lassmichrein lassmichraus"
(1982)
Audio sample
"Da Da Da"

"Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha" [lower-alpha 1] (usually shortened to "Da Da Da") is a song by the German band Trio. Trio was formed in 1980 by Stephan Remmler, Gert "Kralle" Krawinkel and Peter Behrens. Released as a single in 1982 and featured on their 1981 self-titled debut album, "Da Da Da" became a hit in Germany and about 30 other countries, selling 13 million copies worldwide. [4] The lyrics were written by Remmler, the music by Krawinkel. "Da Da Da" remains the band's biggest German hit and their only hit outside Germany.

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Background and composition

It is known in many language versions:

The song "Da Da Da" became quite popular despite being extremely repetitive. It was a product of the Neue Deutsche Welle (or NDW). However, Trio preferred the name Neue Deutsche Fröhlichkeit, which means "New German Cheerfulness", to describe their music. At that time, popular songs were based on extremely simple structures that were ornately produced. Trio's main principle was to remove almost all the ornamentation and polish from their songs, and to use the simplest practical structures (most of their songs were three-chord songs). For this reason, many of their songs are restricted to drums, guitar, vocals, and just one or maybe two other instruments, if any at all. Bass was used very infrequently until their later songs, and live shows often saw Remmler playing some simple pre-programmed rhythms and melodies on his small Casio VL-1 keyboard while Behrens played his drums with one hand and ate an apple with the other. Remmler used a contact microphone on his throat to achieve a different timbre to his voice on lyrics where he stepped away from the regular mic.

Chart positions

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [33] 2× Platinum200,000^
Germany (BVMI) [34] Gold500,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [35] Silver250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

See also

Note

  1. German: "Da Da Da ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht aha aha aha"

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