"Ooo La La La" is a single by American R&B singer
Teena Marie, which was released in 1988 and is featured on her album ''
Naked to the World
''Naked to the World'' is the eighth album by Teena Marie, released on March 21, 1988. It is a return to her soul/ funk roots following the experimentation of her previous album ''Emerald City'', which had been a critical and commercial disappoint ...
'', released during the same year. The single became Teena Marie's biggest hit on the R&B chart. "Ooo La La La" peaked at number one on the ''Billboard''
R&B chart, and Marie's only number-one single on that chart. It peaked at number 85 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
The single had a resurgence in popularity when the song was
interpolated by
the Fugees on the group's 1996 hit single "
Fu-Gee-La
"Fu-Gee-La" is a song by American hip-hop trio, Fugees, released on December 13, 1995, as the lead single from their second and final album, '' The Score'' (1996). Produced by Salaam Remi, it contains a sample of " If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't ...
".
Trey Songz also heavily sampled the chorus of the song in his 2014 hit "
Na Na".
It was also covered by the
trip hop group
Attica Blues on a Japan-exclusive single release in 1998.
American singer
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...
sampled "Ooo La La La" for her single "
Cuff It
"Cuff It" is a song by American singer Beyoncé from her seventh studio album, ''Renaissance'' (2022). The song was written and produced by Beyoncé, Nova Wav, Morten Ristorp, Raphael Saadiq and The-Dream, with additional writing by Nile Rodge ...
" for her seventh studio album ''
Renaissance'' (2022), for which co-writer Allen McGrier and Marie (posthumously) received a grammy for
Best R&B Song at the
65th Grammy Awards.
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Charts
Chart positions
References
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1988 singles
Teena Marie songs
1988 songs
Contemporary R&B ballads
Soul ballads
1980s ballads