Black Francis told Esquire
It’s a silly non-song. It’s very tongue-in-cheek, almost like a comedy sketch. It’s very simple and sweet but also very ‘fucky-fucky,’ you know? It’s a fuck song done in this kind of sing-songy, oobie-doobie, groovy language. It’s not serious or anything. Just a little co...
[Intro: David Lovering, Black Francis]
Shake your butt!
Not too hard...
Shake your butt!
Not too hard...
[Verse: David Lovering, Kim Deal, Black Francis, David & Kim]
(Wolf-whistle) Yeah
(Wolf-whistle) Yeah
(Wolf-whistle) Yeah
I love you, I love you
I love you, I do
I love you
[Chorus: David Lovering]
All I'm sayin', pretty baby
La la love ya, don't mean maybe
All I'm sayin', pretty baby
(First base, second base, third base, home run)
[Verse: David Lovering, Kim Deal, Black Francis, David & Kim]
(Wolf-whistle) Yeah
(Wolf-whistle) Yeah
(Wolf-whistle) Yeah
I love you, I love you
I love you, I do
I love you
[Chorus: David Lovering]
All I'm sayin', pretty baby
La la love you, don't mean maybe
All I'm sayin', pretty baby
La la love you, don't mean maybe
All I'm sayin', pretty baby
La la love you, don't mean maybe
[Outro: David Lovering]
All I'm sayin', pretty baby
La la love you, don't mean maybe
All I'm sayin', pretty baby
La La Love You was written by Frank Black.
La La Love You was produced by Gil Norton.
Pixies released La La Love You on Tue Apr 18 1989.
In “Doolittle” by Ben Sisario, Charles Thompson says:
It’s like an abstract sort of joke… in a vague way it’s mocking popular music, because it’s like saying, OK, we’ve just got this nice little chord progression, what’s the lyrics? ‘La La Love you baby, don’t mean maybe.’ You know, nothing, just...