“Ooh La La” was the first single from English duo Goldfrapp’s third LP Supernature. A commercial success worldwide, the song is a glam-rock/disco hybrid about guilt-free sexual pleasure.
[Verse 1]
Dial up my number now
Weaving it through the wire
Switch me on, turn me up
Don't want it Baudelaire, just glitter lust
Switch me on, turn me up
I want to touch you, you're just made for love
[Chorus]
I need la-la-la-la-la-la
I need ooh-la-la-la-la
I need la-la-la-la-la-la
I need ooh-la-la-la-la
[Verse 2]
Coils up and 'round me
Teasing your poetry
Switch me on, turn me up
Oh, child of Venus, you're just made for love
[Chorus]
I need la-la-la-la-la-la
I need ooh-la-la-la-la
I need la-la-la-la-la-la
I need ooh-la-la-la-la
I need la-la-la-la-la-la
I need ooh-la-la-la-la
I need la-la-la-la-la-la
I need ooh-la-la-la-la
[Bridge]
You know I walk for days
I wanna waste some time
You wanna be so mean
You know I love to watch
I wanna love some more
I'll never be the same
A broken heel like a heart
I'll never walk again
Yeah
[Chorus]
I need la-la-la-la-la-la
I need ooh-la-la-la-la
I need la-la-la-la-la-la
I need ooh-la-la-la-la
I need la-la-la-la-la-la
I need ooh-la-la-la-la
I need la-la-la-la-la-la
I need ooh-la-la-la-la
Ooh La La was written by Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory.
Ooh La La was produced by Goldfrapp.
Will Gregory told KeyboardMag about one of the recoding quirks present in the song:
Sometimes I’m playing keyboards and Alison’s singing. In fact, on ‘Ooh La La’, I played this bass line while she was singing and her microphone picked up quite a lot of me clattering on the keys. We actually used t...
Will Gregory told GoGo:
It was quite a clear choice, that one, because it was up and in your face and it carried on the theme of the glammy, disco-y beat from the last album"
As well as the many remixes featured in the CD single releases, the band also has an acoustic, “hillbilly” version of the song, which they performed frequently during Seventh Tree’s promotional campaign.