Ooh La La (The Wiseguys song)

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"Ooh La La"
Ooh La La Wiseguys 1999 cover.jpg
1999 re-release artwork
Single by the Wiseguys
from the album The Antidote
Released1998
Genre Big beat [1]
Length5:56
Label Wall of Sound
Songwriter(s) Theo Keating
Producer(s) Theo Keating
The Wiseguys singles chronology
"Casino 'Sans Pareil'" / "A Better World"
(1997)
"Ooh La La"
(1998)
"Start the Commotion"
(1998)

"Ooh La La" is a song by English electronic music duo the Wiseguys from their second album, The Antidote (1998). First released as a single in 1998, it peaked at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart, but a re-release the following year proved highly successful after its inclusion in a Budweiser advertisement, [2] this time reaching number two on the UK chart. The original release also reached number 87 in the Netherlands, while the re-release peaked at number seven in Iceland.

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Composition

The song has a BPM of 124. [3] It samples "Jim on the Move" by Lalo Schifrin from his 1967 album Music from Mission: Impossible . [4]

Commercial performance

Initially, the song reached number 55 on the UK Singles Chart [5] and also charted in the Netherlands at number 87. [6] Upon its re-release on 24 May 1999, [7] it re-entered the UK chart, going to number two. [8] The song spent a total of 14 weeks on the chart. In Iceland, "Ooh La La" debuted and peaked at number seven in June 1999. [9]

Music video

The first video shows a Demolition Derby Event at the now closed Arena Essex Raceway. [10]

A later produced music video was also released, set at an airport and featuring scantily-clad dancers. [11]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Silver200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom1998
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
Wall of Sound
24 May 1999
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[7]
United States17 August 1999 Alternative radio
[19]

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