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"'''La La La'''" is a song released by British record producer [[Naughty Boy]], featuring vocals from [[Sam Smith]]. It was released on 18 May 2013 as the second single from Naughty Boy's debut album ''[[Hotel Cabana]]'' (2013) and it appears on the deluxe version of Smith's debut album ''[[In the Lonely Hour]]'' (2014). The track reached number one on the music charts for 26 countries, including Italy, the Czech Republic, Russia and the United Kingdom. Upon its release, it was confirmed by the [[Official Charts Company]] as the fastest-selling single of 2013 in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kreisler|first=Lauren|title=Naughty Boy & Sam Smith's La La La is 2013's fastest selling single!|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/naughty-boy-and-sam-smith-clock-up-fastest-selling-single-of-2013-with-la-la-la-2242/|work=officialcharts.com|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=15 August 2013|archive-date=2 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002163156/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/naughty-boy-and-sam-smith-clock-up-fastest-selling-single-of-2013-with-la-la-la-2242/|url-status=live}}</ref> By the end of 2013, the song was the sixth fastest-selling single of the year in the UK, selling 145,000 copies in the first week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/features/2013-in-review-avicii-scores-fastest-selling-single-of-the-year-2704/|title=2013 In Review: Avicii scores fastest selling single of the year|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=30 December 2013|access-date=30 December 2013|archive-date=30 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232021/http://www.officialcharts.com/features/2013-in-review-avicii-scores-fastest-selling-single-of-the-year-2704/|url-status=live}}</ref>
"'''La La La'''" is a song released by British record producer [[Naughty Boy]], featuring vocals from [[Sam Smith]]. It was released on 18 May 2013 as the second single from Naughty Boy's debut album ''[[Hotel Cabana]]'' (2013) and it appears on the deluxe version of Smith's debut album ''[[In the Lonely Hour]]'' (2014). The track reached number one on the music charts in 26 countries, including Italy, the Czech Republic, Russia and the United Kingdom. Upon its release, it was confirmed by the [[Official Charts Company]] as the fastest-selling single of 2013 in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kreisler|first=Lauren|title=Naughty Boy & Sam Smith's La La La is 2013's fastest selling single!|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/naughty-boy-and-sam-smith-clock-up-fastest-selling-single-of-2013-with-la-la-la-2242/|work=officialcharts.com|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=15 August 2013|archive-date=2 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002163156/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/naughty-boy-and-sam-smith-clock-up-fastest-selling-single-of-2013-with-la-la-la-2242/|url-status=live}}</ref> By the end of 2013, the song was the sixth fastest-selling single of the year in the UK, selling 145,000 copies in the first week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/features/2013-in-review-avicii-scores-fastest-selling-single-of-the-year-2704/|title=2013 In Review: Avicii scores fastest selling single of the year|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=30 December 2013|access-date=30 December 2013|archive-date=30 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232021/http://www.officialcharts.com/features/2013-in-review-avicii-scores-fastest-selling-single-of-the-year-2704/|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Production and composition==
==Production and composition==
According to Naughty Boy, "La La La" was conceived from experiences similar to the song "[[Don't Speak]]" by [[No Doubt]], which "came from something [he] felt". He states that, "It was just before everything popped up and she was somebody I neglected while I was trying to find me. When I found me, she found it best to neglect me. It's cool... Covering my ears like a kid and saying, 'La. La. La.' It's the man-kid in me."<ref name="Rollingstoneinterview">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/naughty-boy-outlines-his-plan-for-success-20131112 |title=Naughty Boy Outlines His Plan for Success |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |last=Krishnamurthy |first=Sowmya |date=12 November 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-date=16 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116200408/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/naughty-boy-outlines-his-plan-for-success-20131112 |url-status=live }}</ref>
According to Naughty Boy, "La La La" was conceived from experiences similar to the song "[[Don't Speak]]" by [[No Doubt]], which "came from something [he] felt". He states that, "It was just before everything popped up and she was somebody I neglected while I was trying to find me. When I found me, she found it best to neglect me. It's cool... Covering my ears like a kid and saying, 'La. La. La.' It's the man-kid in me."<ref name="Rollingstoneinterview">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/naughty-boy-outlines-his-plan-for-success-20131112 |title=Naughty Boy Outlines His Plan for Success |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |last=Krishnamurthy |first=Sowmya |date=12 November 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-date=16 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116200408/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/naughty-boy-outlines-his-plan-for-success-20131112 |url-status=live }}</ref>


"La La La" was written by Khan, [[Jonny Coffer]], Al-Hakam El Kaubaisy, Frobisher Mbabazi, James Murray, Jimmy Napes, Mustafa Omer, and Sam Smith.<ref name="Album Credits" /> Although Naughty Boy originally intended to write the song with [[Emeli Sandé]], she was on tour at the time, and he wrote it with Sam Smith instead. Naughty Boy said "It just had to be Sam because where it went from there is perfect."<ref name="Idolatorinterview">{{cite web |url=http://www.idolator.com/7495626/naughty-boy-la-la-la-sam-smith-interview |title=Naughty Boy On The Story Behind "La La La" & Working With Sam Smith: Idolator Interview |work=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] |last=Daw |first=Robbie |date=26 November 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-date=24 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424155943/https://www.idolator.com/7495626/naughty-boy-la-la-la-sam-smith-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> Naughty Boy and Komi produced the track, with co-production handled by Mojam.<ref name="Album Credits" /> The song was produced using [[Logic Pro]], [[FL Studio|FL Studio 11]] and [[Reason (software)|Reason]].<ref name="TheSourceInterview">{{cite web|url=http://thesource.com/2013/12/04/exclusive-uk-superstar-naughty-boy-talks-producing-for-rihanna-wiz-khalifa-emeli-sande-more/|title=Exclusive: UK Superstar Naughty Boy Talks Producing For Rihanna, Wiz Khalifa, Emeli Sande & More|work=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]|date=4 December 2013|access-date=7 December 2013|archive-date=7 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207135129/http://thesource.com/2013/12/04/exclusive-uk-superstar-naughty-boy-talks-producing-for-rihanna-wiz-khalifa-emeli-sande-more/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was recorded and mixed at Cabana Studios ([[Ealing Studios]]) in [[Ealing]], West [[London]], and mastered by Stuart Hawkes at [[Metropolis Group|Metropolis Mastering Studios]] in London, UK.<ref name="Album Credits">[[Naughty Boy]], (2013). ''Hotel Cabana''. [Album Liner & Credits]. Naughty Boy Recordings under license to [[Virgin EMI Records]].</ref> The song was finished in three hours,<ref name="Makingof" /> and was the last done for ''[[Hotel Cabana]]''.<ref name="HotelCabanatrackbytrack">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-93MutCTjRw |title=Naughty Boy - Hotel Cabana Track by Track |website=[[YouTube]] |date=2 September 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606071446/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-93MutCTjRw |url-status=live }}</ref>
"La La La" was written by Khan, [[Jonny Coffer]], Al-Hakam El Kaubaisy, Frobisher Mbabazi, James Murray, Jimmy Napes, Mustafa Omer, and Sam Smith.<ref name="Album Credits" /> Although Naughty Boy originally intended to write the song with [[Emeli Sandé]], she was on tour at the time, and he wrote it with Sam Smith instead. Naughty Boy said "It just had to be Sam because where it went from there is perfect."<ref name="Idolatorinterview">{{cite web |url=http://www.idolator.com/7495626/naughty-boy-la-la-la-sam-smith-interview |title=Naughty Boy On The Story Behind "La La La" & Working With Sam Smith: Idolator Interview |work=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] |last=Daw |first=Robbie |date=26 November 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-date=7 December 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131207223426/http://www.idolator.com/7495626/naughty-boy-la-la-la-sam-smith-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> Naughty Boy and Komi produced the track, with co-production handled by Mojam.<ref name="Album Credits" /> The song was produced using [[Logic Pro]], [[FL Studio|FL Studio 11]] and [[Reason (software)|Reason]].<ref name="TheSourceInterview">{{cite web|url=http://thesource.com/2013/12/04/exclusive-uk-superstar-naughty-boy-talks-producing-for-rihanna-wiz-khalifa-emeli-sande-more/|title=Exclusive: UK Superstar Naughty Boy Talks Producing For Rihanna, Wiz Khalifa, Emeli Sande & More|work=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]|date=4 December 2013|access-date=7 December 2013|archive-date=7 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207135129/http://thesource.com/2013/12/04/exclusive-uk-superstar-naughty-boy-talks-producing-for-rihanna-wiz-khalifa-emeli-sande-more/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was recorded and mixed at Cabana Studios ([[Ealing Studios]]) in [[Ealing]], West [[London]], and mastered by Stuart Hawkes at [[Metropolis Group|Metropolis Mastering Studios]] in London, UK.<ref name="Album Credits">[[Naughty Boy]], (2013). ''Hotel Cabana''. [Album Liner & Credits]. Naughty Boy Recordings under license to [[Virgin EMI Records]].</ref> The song was finished in three hours,<ref name="Makingof" /> and was the last done for ''[[Hotel Cabana]]''.<ref name="HotelCabanatrackbytrack">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-93MutCTjRw |title=Naughty Boy - Hotel Cabana Track by Track |website=[[YouTube]] |date=2 September 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606071446/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-93MutCTjRw |url-status=live }}</ref>


"La La La" plays for three minutes and 42 seconds. The piece is performed in [[F♯ minor|F{{sharp}} minor]], with the [[chord progression]] of F{{sharp}}m—C{{sharp}}m—Bm followed for most of the song, and Sam Smith's vocals range two [[octave]]s, from C{{sharp}}<sub>3</sub> to C{{sharp}}<sub>5</sub>. The song performs in [[common time]] at a [[tempo]] of 126 [[beats per minute]]. "The track has tones of [[Liquid funk|liquid drum and bass]] and old-school [[UK garage|garage]], and a [[Hook (music)|hook]] layered with a [[Hindi]]-[[Music of Bollywood|Bollywood]] sample".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobo.com/news-blogs/spotlight-meet-2013-best-song-nominees-disclosure-naughty-boy-rudimental-wiley-and-wretch|title=Spotlight: Meet The 2013 Best Song Nominees: Disclosure, Naughty Boy, Rudimental, Wiley And Wretch 32|publisher=[[MOBO Awards]]|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309100924/http://www.mobo.com/news-blogs/spotlight-meet-2013-best-song-nominees-disclosure-naughty-boy-rudimental-wiley-and-wretch|url-status=live}}</ref>
"La La La" plays for three minutes and 42 seconds. The piece is performed in [[F♯ minor|F{{sharp}} minor]], with the [[chord progression]] of F{{sharp}}m—C{{sharp}}m—Bm followed for most of the song, and Sam Smith's vocals range two [[octave]]s, from C{{sharp}}<sub>3</sub> to C{{sharp}}<sub>5</sub>. The song performs in [[common time]] at a [[tempo]] of 126 [[beats per minute]]. "The track has tones of [[Liquid funk|liquid drum and bass]] and old-school [[UK garage|garage]], and a [[Hook (music)|hook]] layered with a [[Hindi]]-[[Music of Bollywood|Bollywood]] sample".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobo.com/news-blogs/spotlight-meet-2013-best-song-nominees-disclosure-naughty-boy-rudimental-wiley-and-wretch|title=Spotlight: Meet The 2013 Best Song Nominees: Disclosure, Naughty Boy, Rudimental, Wiley And Wretch 32|publisher=[[MOBO Awards]]|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309100924/http://www.mobo.com/news-blogs/spotlight-meet-2013-best-song-nominees-disclosure-naughty-boy-rudimental-wiley-and-wretch|url-status=live}}</ref>
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"La La La" premiered on [[BBC Radio 1Xtra]] in May 2013.<ref name="OfficialsiteBBC1xtra">{{cite web|url=http://www.hotel-cabana.com/nunc-cursus-blandit-erat/|title=Brand New Single – La La La feat Sam Smith|publisher=hotel-cabana.com|access-date=8 December 2013|archive-date=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213100625/http://www.hotel-cabana.com/nunc-cursus-blandit-erat/|url-status=live}}</ref> Smith and Naughty Boy performed "La La La" at the 2013 [[Jingle Bell Ball]] held by [[Global Radio]].<ref name="JingleBellBall">{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/naughty-boy/performances/la-la-la-live-jingle-bell-ball-2013/|title=Naughty Boy Feat. Sam Smith - 'La La La' (Live Performance, Jingle Bell Ball 2013)|publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]|date=8 December 2013|access-date=8 December 2013|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212064049/http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/naughty-boy/performances/la-la-la-live-jingle-bell-ball-2013/|url-status=live}}</ref>
"La La La" premiered on [[BBC Radio 1Xtra]] in May 2013.<ref name="OfficialsiteBBC1xtra">{{cite web|url=http://www.hotel-cabana.com/nunc-cursus-blandit-erat/|title=Brand New Single – La La La feat Sam Smith|publisher=hotel-cabana.com|access-date=8 December 2013|archive-date=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213100625/http://www.hotel-cabana.com/nunc-cursus-blandit-erat/|url-status=live}}</ref> Smith and Naughty Boy performed "La La La" at the 2013 [[Jingle Bell Ball]] held by [[Global Radio]].<ref name="JingleBellBall">{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/naughty-boy/performances/la-la-la-live-jingle-bell-ball-2013/|title=Naughty Boy Feat. Sam Smith - 'La La La' (Live Performance, Jingle Bell Ball 2013)|publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]|date=8 December 2013|access-date=8 December 2013|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212064049/http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/naughty-boy/performances/la-la-la-live-jingle-bell-ball-2013/|url-status=live}}</ref>


The track's producer and co-writer Komi also released a remix ("La La La" – Komi and JL remix) which received considerable airplay.<ref name="LaLaLaKomiandJLRemix">{{cite web|url=http://www.themusicninja.com/remix-naughty-boy-la-la-la-feat-sam-smith-komi-jl-remix/|title=[Remix] Naughty Boy – La La La (Feat. Sam Smith) (Komi & JL Remix)|publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]|date=3 May 2013|access-date=3 May 2013|archive-date=9 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509015245/http://www.themusicninja.com/remix-naughty-boy-la-la-la-feat-sam-smith-komi-jl-remix/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The track's producer and co-writer Komi also released a remix ("La La La" – Komi and JL remix).<ref name="LaLaLaKomiandJLRemix">{{cite web|url=http://www.themusicninja.com/remix-naughty-boy-la-la-la-feat-sam-smith-komi-jl-remix/|title=[Remix] Naughty Boy – La La La (Feat. Sam Smith) (Komi & JL Remix)|publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]|date=3 May 2013|access-date=3 May 2013|archive-date=9 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509015245/http://www.themusicninja.com/remix-naughty-boy-la-la-la-feat-sam-smith-komi-jl-remix/|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==
A music video to accompany the release of "La La La" was first released on YouTube on 18 April 2013 at a total length of four minutes and three seconds.<ref name="omv">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O1_3zBUKM8|title=Naughty Boy – La La La ft. Sam Smith|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=11 June 2013|archive-date=11 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311195704/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O1_3zBUKM8|url-status=live}}</ref> The video is directed by Ian Pons Jewell (who studied at the University College for the Creative Arts, now the [[University for the Creative Arts]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2014/january/Raft-of-awards-closes-successful-2013-for-UCA-alumni#.U9tcMvldXpU|title=Raft of Awards Closes Successful 2013 for UCA Alumnus|access-date=29 September 2014|archive-date=8 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008162255/http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2014/january/Raft-of-awards-closes-successful-2013-for-UCA-alumni#.U9tcMvldXpU|url-status=live}}</ref> and shot in four days<ref name="Makingof">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iyA9vhpV84|title=Naughty Boy – La La La (Behind The Scenes)|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=19 June 2013|archive-date=9 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609121312/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iyA9vhpV84&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[La Paz]], [[Salar de Uyuni]] and [[Potosí]] (Cerro Rico), [[Bolivia]]. Ian Pons Jewell was commissioned by Virgin EMI to create the concept for the video, which focuses on a child's magical journey. Jewell said that others compared the video to the ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|Wizard of Oz]]'' and a local legend of the demon [[El Tío]] and that both legends influenced the concept of the video.<ref name="ponscnn">{{cite web|url=http://travel.cnn.com/adorable-kid-Bolivia-naughty-boy-travel-video-588206|title=Adorable kid, exotic Bolivia star in magical 'travel' video|access-date=21 July 2013|archive-date=5 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705070651/http://travel.cnn.com/adorable-kid-Bolivia-naughty-boy-travel-video-588206|url-status=live}}</ref> As of August 2021, the video has received over 1.1 billion views.
A music video to accompany the release of "La La La" was first released on YouTube on 18 April 2013 at a total length of four minutes and three seconds.<ref name="omv">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O1_3zBUKM8|title=Naughty Boy – La La La ft. Sam Smith|date=18 April 2013 |publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=11 June 2013|archive-date=11 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311195704/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O1_3zBUKM8|url-status=live}}</ref> The video is directed by Ian Pons Jewell (who studied at the University College for the Creative Arts, now the [[University for the Creative Arts]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2014/january/Raft-of-awards-closes-successful-2013-for-UCA-alumni#.U9tcMvldXpU|title=Raft of Awards Closes Successful 2013 for UCA Alumnus|access-date=29 September 2014|archive-date=8 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008162255/http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2014/january/Raft-of-awards-closes-successful-2013-for-UCA-alumni#.U9tcMvldXpU|url-status=dead}}</ref> and shot in four days<ref name="Makingof">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iyA9vhpV84|title=Naughty Boy – La La La (Behind The Scenes)|date=21 May 2013 |publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=19 June 2013|archive-date=9 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609121312/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iyA9vhpV84&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[La Paz]], [[Salar de Uyuni]] and [[Potosí]] (Cerro Rico), [[Bolivia]]. Ian Pons Jewell was commissioned by Virgin EMI to create the concept for the video, which focuses on a child's magical journey. Jewell said that others compared the video to the ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|Wizard of Oz]]'' and a local legend of the demon [[El Tío]] and that both legends influenced the concept of the video.<ref name="ponscnn">{{cite web|url=http://travel.cnn.com/adorable-kid-Bolivia-naughty-boy-travel-video-588206|title=Adorable kid, exotic Bolivia star in magical 'travel' video|access-date=21 July 2013|archive-date=5 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705070651/http://travel.cnn.com/adorable-kid-Bolivia-naughty-boy-travel-video-588206|url-status=live}}</ref> As of August 2021, the video has received over 1.1 billion views.


===Synopsis of the video===
===Synopsis of the video===
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Lewis Corner of ''[[Digital Spy]]'' gave the song a positive review, stating:
Lewis Corner of ''[[Digital Spy]]'' gave the song a positive review, stating:


{{blockquote|As the Wizard of Oz reimagining in the accompanying music video suggests, Naughty Boy is at his best when presenting tales of heartbreak with an otherworldly streak. "Yes our love is running out of time/ I won't count the hours, rather be a coward/ When our words collide," newcomer Sam Smith confesses to his beau over rattling beats and bewitching synths. It results in a soulful, ear-snagging masterpiece that will go down.<ref name="DigitalSpyreview">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a481617/naughty-boy-ft-sam-smith-la-la-la-single-review.html|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=digitalspy.co.uk|author=Lewis Corner|title=Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith: 'La La La' – Single review|date=15 May 2013|access-date=25 May 2013|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615035124/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a481617/naughty-boy-ft-sam-smith-la-la-la-single-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
{{blockquote|As the Wizard of Oz reimagining in the accompanying music video suggests, Naughty Boy is at his best when presenting tales of heartbreak with an otherworldly streak. "Yes our love is running out of time/ I won't count the hours, rather be a coward/ When our words collide," newcomer Sam Smith confesses to [their] beau over rattling beats and bewitching synths. It results in a soulful, ear-snagging masterpiece that will go down.<ref name="DigitalSpyreview">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a481617/naughty-boy-ft-sam-smith-la-la-la-single-review.html|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=digitalspy.co.uk|author=Lewis Corner|title=Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith: 'La La La' – Single review|date=15 May 2013|access-date=25 May 2013|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615035124/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a481617/naughty-boy-ft-sam-smith-la-la-la-single-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}


===Accolades===
===Accolades===
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==Commercial performance==
==Commercial performance==
"La La La" debuted at number one becoming both Naughty Boy and Sam Smith's first UK number one. It was also declared to be the fifth biggest-selling song of 2013 in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lane |first=Daniel |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-singles-of-2013-2709/ |title=The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles Of 2013 |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=1 January 2014 |access-date=1 January 2014 |archive-date=23 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223235852/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-singles-of-2013__3658/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Its video was the eighth most popular [[YouTube]] video of 2013, and the United Kingdom's top trending video of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2013/12/11/most-watched-youtube-videos-of-2013/|title=See the Top Trending, Music and News YouTube Videos of 2013|publisher=Mashable|date=11 December 2013|access-date=10 January 2014|archive-date=10 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110201931/http://mashable.com/2013/12/11/most-watched-youtube-videos-of-2013/|url-status=live}}</ref> By September 2017, it had sold 1.07 million copies in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sam-smith-the-story-so-far__20365/|title=Sam Smith: the story so far and his biggest songs revealed|last=Myers|first=Justin|date=7 September 2017|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401125030/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sam-smith-the-story-so-far__20365/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the United States, it reached number nine on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Pop Digital Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2014-08-16/pop-digital-songs|title=Pop Digital Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=16 August 2014|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822130347/http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2014-08-16/pop-digital-songs|url-status=live}}</ref>
"La La La" debuted at number one becoming both Naughty Boy and Sam Smith's first UK number one. It was also declared to be the fifth biggest-selling song of 2013 in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lane |first=Daniel |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-singles-of-2013-2709/ |title=The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles Of 2013 |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=1 January 2014 |access-date=1 January 2014 |archive-date=23 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223235852/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-singles-of-2013__3658/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Its video was the eighth most popular [[YouTube]] video of 2013, and the United Kingdom's top trending video of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2013/12/11/most-watched-youtube-videos-of-2013/|title=See the Top Trending, Music and News YouTube Videos of 2013|publisher=Mashable|date=11 December 2013|access-date=10 January 2014|archive-date=10 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110201931/http://mashable.com/2013/12/11/most-watched-youtube-videos-of-2013/|url-status=live}}</ref> By September 2017, it had sold 1.07 million copies in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sam-smith-the-story-so-far__20365/|title=Sam Smith: the story so far and his biggest songs revealed|last=Myers|first=Justin|date=7 September 2017|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401125030/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sam-smith-the-story-so-far__20365/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the United States, it reached number nine on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Pop Digital Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2014-08-16/pop-digital-songs|title=Pop Digital Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=16 August 2014|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822130347/http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2014-08-16/pop-digital-songs|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Usage in media==
The frame between the 1:30 and 1:31 which shows the young boy at the gym with his fingers in his ears was used in a campaign against the use of a certain type of dangerous firework called "Pokerata" in the Peruvian National Police's Facebook account.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/Policia/photos/a.363396447008996.106994.187722087909767/1559676817380947/|title=Las Pokeratas pueden causarte un daño... - Policía Nacional del Perú {{!}} Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=10 December 2016|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424155953/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPolicia%2Fphotos%2Fa.363396447008996.106994.187722087909767%2F1559676817380947%2F|url-status=live}}</ref> However, none of the major radio stations in Peru have aired or actually airs the song.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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==Credits==
==Credits==
;Recording<ref name="Album Credits" />
'''Recording'''<ref name="Album Credits" />
*Recorded and mixed at Cabana Studios ([[Ealing Studios]]) in [[Ealing]]; West [[London, UK]].<ref name="Album Credits" />
*Recorded and mixed at Cabana Studios ([[Ealing Studios]]) in [[Ealing]]; West [[London, UK]].<ref name="Album Credits" />
*Mastered at [[Metropolis Group|Metropolis Mastering]] in London, UK.<ref name="Album Credits" />
*Mastered at [[Metropolis Group|Metropolis Mastering]] in London, UK.<ref name="Album Credits" />


;Personnel<ref name="Album Credits" />
'''Personnel'''<ref name="Album Credits" />
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*[[Jonny Coffer]] – [[string instruments|strings]]
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*Al-Hakam "Komi" El-Kaubaisy – [[record producer|producer]], instruments, programming
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*[[Jonny Coffer]] – songwriter, [[string instruments|strings]]
*Al-Hakam "Komi" El-Kaubaisy – songwriter, [[record producer|producer]], instruments, programming
*Shahid "[[Naughty Boy]]" Khan – producer, recording engineer, instruments, programming
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*Shahid "[[Naughty Boy]]" Khan – songwriter, producer, recording engineer, instruments, programming
*Wez Clarke – mix engineer
*Wez Clarke – mix engineer
*Sam Smith – vocals
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==Charts and certifications==
==Charts==
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!scope="row"|[[Euro Digital Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty%20Boy&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A846&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty%20Boy|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=Euro Digital Songs|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Greece Digital Songs (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty%20Boy&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A801&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty%20Boy|magazine=Billboard|title=Greece Digital Songs|access-date=24 September 2017|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424155944/https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty+Boy&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A801&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty+Boy|url-status=live}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Greece Digital Songs (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty%20Boy&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A801&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty%20Boy|magazine=Billboard|title=Greece Digital Songs|access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Italy (''[[Musica e Dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e Dischi]]|language=it|access-date=June 3, 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Naughty Boy".</ref>
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!scope="row"|Lebanon ([[The Official Lebanese Top 20]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olt20.com/Naughty_Boy_#fragment-2|title=Olt20.com: Artist Naughty Boy|access-date=15 March 2015|date=15 March 2015|publisher=[[The Official Lebanese Top 20]]|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924060154/http://www.olt20.com/Naughty_Boy_#fragment-2|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Luxembourg Digital Songs (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty%20Boy&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A913&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty%20Boy|magazine=Billboard|title=Luxembourg Digital Songs|access-date=24 September 2017|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424155943/https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty+Boy&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A913&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty+Boy|url-status=live}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Luxembourg Digital Songs (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty%20Boy&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A913&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty%20Boy|magazine=Billboard|title=Luxembourg Digital Songs|access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Mexico Ingles Airplay (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty%20Boy&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A1188&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty%20Boy|magazine=Billboard|title=Mexico Ingles Airplay|access-date=24 September 2017|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424155944/https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty+Boy&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A1188&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty+Boy|url-status=live}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Mexico Ingles Airplay (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty%20Boy&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A1188&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty%20Boy|magazine=Billboard|title=Mexico Ingles Airplay|access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Portugal Digital Songs (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty%20Boy&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A806&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty%20Boy|magazine=Billboard|title=Portugal Digital Songs|access-date=24 September 2017|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424155945/https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty+Boy&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A806&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty+Boy|url-status=live}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Portugal Digital Songs (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ANaughty%20Boy&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A806&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Naughty%20Boy|magazine=Billboard|title=Portugal Digital Songs|access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Venezuela Pop Rock General ([[Record Report]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.recordreport.com.ve/publico/?i=poprock |work=[[Record Report]] |publisher=R.R. Digital C.A. |title=Pop Rock General |language=es |date=28 September 2013 |access-date=26 September 2013 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Jw6bM07R?url=http://www.recordreport.com.ve/publico/?i=poprock |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2013.htm|title=End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Singles 2013|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=24 September 2017|archive-date=7 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107125256/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2013.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/2013-12-31|title=Top Selling Singles of 2013|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=26 September 2017|archive-date=27 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927001104/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=4181|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Russia Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.ru/en/chart/russia/yearly/2013-01-01/all/all|title=Russian Top Year-End Radio Hits (2013)|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-date=3 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703203057/https://tophit.ru/en/chart/russia/yearly/2013-01-01/all/all|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.ru/en/chart/ukraine/yearly/2013-01-01/all/all|title=Ukrainian Top Year-End Radio Hits (2013)|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-date=3 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703205933/https://tophit.ru/en/chart/ukraine/yearly/2013-01-01/all/all|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.ru/en/chart/ukraine/yearly/2014-01-01/all/all|title=Ukrainian Top Year-End Radio Hits (2014)|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-date=3 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703210040/https://tophit.ru/en/chart/ukraine/yearly/2014-01-01/all/all|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|[[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2014|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-100-songs|title=Hot 100 Songs: Year End 2014|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=26 September 2017|archive-date=1 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201073006/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-100-songs|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Certifications and sales===
==Certifications and sales==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2013|artist=Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith|title=La La La|certyear=2013|access-date=26 September 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2013|artist=Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith|title=La La La|certyear=2013|access-date=26 September 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria| award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2013|certyear=2024|artist= Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith|title=La La La|access-date=29 August 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2013|artist=Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith|title=La La La|access-date=24 September 2013|certyear=2013}}
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"La La La"
Single by Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith
from the album Hotel Cabana
Released18 May 2013 (2013-05-18)
Recorded2012[1]
Studio
Genre
Length3:42
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Naughty Boy
  • Komi
  • Mojam
Naughty Boy singles chronology
"Wonder"
(2012) 		"La La La"
(2013) 		"Lifted"
(2013)
Sam Smith singles chronology
"Lay Me Down"
(2013) 		"La La La"
(2013) 		"When It's Alright"
(2013)
Music video
"La La La" on YouTube

"La La La" is a song released by British record producer Naughty Boy, featuring vocals from Sam Smith. It was released on 18 May 2013 as the second single from Naughty Boy's debut album Hotel Cabana (2013) and it appears on the deluxe version of Smith's debut album In the Lonely Hour (2014). The track reached number one on the music charts in 26 countries, including Italy, the Czech Republic, Russia and the United Kingdom. Upon its release, it was confirmed by the Official Charts Company as the fastest-selling single of 2013 in the UK.[4] By the end of 2013, the song was the sixth fastest-selling single of the year in the UK, selling 145,000 copies in the first week.[5]

Production and composition

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According to Naughty Boy, "La La La" was conceived from experiences similar to the song "Don't Speak" by No Doubt, which "came from something [he] felt". He states that, "It was just before everything popped up and she was somebody I neglected while I was trying to find me. When I found me, she found it best to neglect me. It's cool... Covering my ears like a kid and saying, 'La. La. La.' It's the man-kid in me."[6]

"La La La" was written by Khan, Jonny Coffer, Al-Hakam El Kaubaisy, Frobisher Mbabazi, James Murray, Jimmy Napes, Mustafa Omer, and Sam Smith.[7] Although Naughty Boy originally intended to write the song with Emeli Sandé, she was on tour at the time, and he wrote it with Sam Smith instead. Naughty Boy said "It just had to be Sam because where it went from there is perfect."[8] Naughty Boy and Komi produced the track, with co-production handled by Mojam.[7] The song was produced using Logic Pro, FL Studio 11 and Reason.[9] It was recorded and mixed at Cabana Studios (Ealing Studios) in Ealing, West London, and mastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis Mastering Studios in London, UK.[7] The song was finished in three hours,[10] and was the last done for Hotel Cabana.[11]

"La La La" plays for three minutes and 42 seconds. The piece is performed in F♯ minor, with the chord progression of F♯m—C♯m—Bm followed for most of the song, and Sam Smith's vocals range two octaves, from C♯3 to C♯5. The song performs in common time at a tempo of 126 beats per minute. "The track has tones of liquid drum and bass and old-school garage, and a hook layered with a Hindi-Bollywood sample".[12]

Release

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"La La La" premiered on BBC Radio 1Xtra in May 2013.[13] Smith and Naughty Boy performed "La La La" at the 2013 Jingle Bell Ball held by Global Radio.[14]

The track's producer and co-writer Komi also released a remix ("La La La" – Komi and JL remix).[15]

Music video

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A music video to accompany the release of "La La La" was first released on YouTube on 18 April 2013 at a total length of four minutes and three seconds.[16] The video is directed by Ian Pons Jewell (who studied at the University College for the Creative Arts, now the University for the Creative Arts)[17] and shot in four days[10] in La Paz, Salar de Uyuni and Potosí (Cerro Rico), Bolivia. Ian Pons Jewell was commissioned by Virgin EMI to create the concept for the video, which focuses on a child's magical journey. Jewell said that others compared the video to the Wizard of Oz and a local legend of the demon El Tío and that both legends influenced the concept of the video.[18] As of August 2021, the video has received over 1.1 billion views.

Synopsis of the video

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The video starts with the opening of a door marked with the number 1111, a number related to be a sign of change. In the music video,[16] a young boy is being verbally abused by a man who is presumably his father. Looking out of his apartment window, he sees an unusually dressed man and his dog standing on the pavement outside. This man could be the representation of the "Ekeko", a South American figure representative of good luck and abundance. The boy then puts his fingers in his ears and begins singing 'La la la' in response to his father's outburst. Running out of the apartment, the boy joins the mysterious figure outside and pets his dog. Seeing the boy outside, the father picks up an egg from a bird's nest on the window-sill and throws it down at the boy.

The boy and dog run away and the scene cuts from evening to daytime. The boy is walking the dog along a city street, in what is inferred to be La Paz, Bolivia, and he goes into a store front and downstairs. In the basement of the building, he finds a gym and a scared-looking man who is covered in dust; this man looks like a disgraced "Ekeko." The man holds a stereo which is providing music for a group of women doing aerobics with one woman who is obviously a leader and abuses both the man and the others since their mascara is running down their cheeks from crying. The boy encourages the man to leave, but he appears reluctant. The boy then mimes the act of putting his fingers in his ears and singing 'La la la', and the man responds by turning off the volume on the stereo. The leader begins yelling at the man, and he puts his fingers in his ears and sings 'La la la' in response to her tirade. The dusty man, boy and dog leave the gymnasium and are followed by the woman who yells after them as they leave.

The pair then come across an ice cream vendor on the street; a popular figure easy to find on the streets of some South American cities. The boy gives him some coins, and he takes out what appears to be a human heart from a collection in his cart. He holds the heart in the air, the boy looks at him and then slips it inside the jacket pocket of the dusty man. Echoing the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, the man now has a heart. The boy then looks onto the road and sees a traffic policeman dressed in an unusually colored police uniform with an elephant-like mask covering his face. His uniform, as well as his exaggerated nose and ears, are made of herringbone tweed. He looks like Kusillo – the spirit of festivity. The traffic policeman is dancing as he directs traffic, but the cars and pedestrians seem to ignore him. The boy once again mimes plugging his ears to the policeman, who then performs the gestures himself. This figure is reminiscent of artists and clowns who often perform on the streets in South American cities for money. The three leave together with the dog, and the scene cuts to their journey into a mountainous region outside of the city. They walk along disused railway tracks and pass a discarded, unplugged television that still shows images on the screen. Their journey takes them across long plains of salt flats, with the traffic policeman carrying the sleeping boy and the dusty man walking the dog.

The scene cuts to nightfall where they have set up a camp fire. The boy sleeps in the arms of the traffic policeman while the dusty man holds and pats the dog. The scene cuts to the next day, where they walk up a hillside towards an abandoned mine. Leaving the dog tied at the entrance, they enter the mine. They discover El Tío sitting immobile at the end of a tunnel. At the sight of the figure, the boy begins crying and is hugged and comforted by both men. The men then leave, and the boy remains kneeling before the figure and singing 'la la la' with his fingers in his ears. The video ends with the two men and the dog walking away from the mine. [citation needed]

Critical reception

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Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review, stating:

As the Wizard of Oz reimagining in the accompanying music video suggests, Naughty Boy is at his best when presenting tales of heartbreak with an otherworldly streak. "Yes our love is running out of time/ I won't count the hours, rather be a coward/ When our words collide," newcomer Sam Smith confesses to [their] beau over rattling beats and bewitching synths. It results in a soulful, ear-snagging masterpiece that will go down.[19]

Accolades

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It won in both the "Best Song" and "Best Video" categories at the 2013 MOBO Awards.[20][21] The song was nominated for a 2014 BRIT Award for Best British Single.[22]

Commercial performance

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"La La La" debuted at number one becoming both Naughty Boy and Sam Smith's first UK number one. It was also declared to be the fifth biggest-selling song of 2013 in the United Kingdom.[23] Its video was the eighth most popular YouTube video of 2013, and the United Kingdom's top trending video of the year.[24] By September 2017, it had sold 1.07 million copies in the UK.[25] In the United States, it reached number nine on the Billboard Pop Digital Songs chart.[26]

Track listing

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Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."La La La" (featuring Sam Smith)3:40
2."La La La" (Komi and JL Remix)3:40
3."La La La" (Kaos Remix)3:54
4."La La La" (Pále Remix)5:34
5."La La La" (DEVolution Remix)5:47
6."La La La" (My Nu Leng Remix)5:00
US digital download[27]
No.TitleLength
1."La La La" (featuring Sam Smith)3:41

Credits

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Recording[7]

Personnel[7]

  • Jonny Coffer – strings
  • Al-Hakam "Komi" El-Kaubaisy – producer, instruments, programming
  • Shahid "Naughty Boy" Khan – producer, recording engineer, instruments, programming
  • Wez Clarke – mix engineer
  • Sam Smith – vocals

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Certifications and sales for "La La La"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[115] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[116] Platinum 30,000*
Belgium (BEA)[117] Gold 15,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[118] 2× Platinum 120,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[119] Gold 40,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[120] Gold 15,000^
Germany (BVMI)[121] 3× Gold 450,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[122] 2× Platinum 60,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[123] Platinum 15,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[124] Gold 30,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[125] 3× Platinum 120,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[126] Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[127] 3× Platinum 1,800,000‡
United States (RIAA)[128] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[129] 4× Platinum 7,200,000†
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[130] Gold 4,000,000†

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release dates for "La La La"
Country Release date Format Label
United Kingdom 19 May 2013[131] Digital download
Canada 15 October 2013[132]
United States 10 December 2013[27][133] Capitol
14 January 2014[134] Contemporary hit radio

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Naughty Boy – La La La ft. Sam Smith". 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ Lambert, Molly (9 July 2013). "Grading the Top 10 BBC Asian Downloads". Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ^ "La La La - Naughty Boy - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  4. ^ Kreisler, Lauren. "Naughty Boy & Sam Smith's La La La is 2013's fastest selling single!". officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  5. ^ "2013 In Review: Avicii scores fastest selling single of the year". Official Charts Company. 30 December 2013. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  6. ^ Krishnamurthy, Sowmya (12 November 2013). "Naughty Boy Outlines His Plan for Success". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Naughty Boy, (2013). Hotel Cabana. [Album Liner & Credits]. Naughty Boy Recordings under license to Virgin EMI Records.
  8. ^ Daw, Robbie (26 November 2013). "Naughty Boy On The Story Behind "La La La" & Working With Sam Smith: Idolator Interview". Idolator. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Exclusive: UK Superstar Naughty Boy Talks Producing For Rihanna, Wiz Khalifa, Emeli Sande & More". The Source. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  10. ^ a b "Naughty Boy – La La La (Behind The Scenes)". YouTube. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Naughty Boy - Hotel Cabana Track by Track". YouTube. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Spotlight: Meet The 2013 Best Song Nominees: Disclosure, Naughty Boy, Rudimental, Wiley And Wretch 32". MOBO Awards. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Brand New Single – La La La feat Sam Smith". hotel-cabana.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
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