![]() ![]() It's very tongue in cheek it can be interpreted in all different ways. In one interview, Simpson said of the song:Īnother song, 'La La' is flirty and very sexy. The lyrics to the song are quite sexual, with "la la" being used as a euphemism for sex and a reference to Simpson dressing up as a French maid included however, Simpson has described the lyrics as tongue-in-cheek: "It was one of those songs where every silly thing that was sexual that I could think of I put into the song." Reactions to the song have been mixed, however: People magazine called the song "insipid" in its review of the album, and Allmusic said that Simpson was "trying way too hard to be sexy." Rolling Stone said the song casts Simpson "as a barely legal temptress", and said "ironic or not, it's creepy." Billboard was more positive, saying that "La La" (in which it said Simpson was a "frisky bad girl") was one of the songs that could "keep Autobiography on the charts in the foreseeable future." The abovementioned BBC review named the song as one of those on the album that it regarded positively, and another review said Simpson "summons a credible pop-punk sound" on "La La". Another review called it a "punk inspired, fast beat, screaming anthem". "La La" is the most rock-oriented track on Autobiography, and was described in a BBC review of the album as "energetic". ![]() It was also covered in the rhythm-based 2006 Nintendo DS game Elite Beat Agents. "La La" was used as the backing music for a ThermaSilk shampoo commercial. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in late March 2005 in Australia, it was also accredited as a gold single. Despite this relatively low chart peak, "La La" was credited with helping boost the sales of Autobiography, which rose on the charts from number 42 to number 33 (with a 61% sales increase) in one week in December 2004, soon after the single's debut. In February, the song debuted at number 10 on the Australian singles chart (where it stayed for four weeks) and at number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S., where it eventually rose to number 86 by comparison, Simpson's first single, " Pieces of Me", had reached number 5 on the Hot 100 a few months earlier, and her second single, " Shadow", had reached number 57. In Ireland, it debuted at number 18 on that country's chart in late January and stayed there in the next week. In October 2004 it was announced that its title track, "Autobiography", would be the third single however, on October 29, it was announced on Simpson's official website that "Autobiography" would be replaced as the third single by "La La", following Simpson's Saturday Night Live incident.įollowing its release as a single in the UK on January 24, 2005, "La La" debuted at number 11 before falling it spent four weeks in the top 40. The song was not initially planned as the album's third single. The track is three minutes and 42 seconds long. Jeff Rothschild played drums on the track, Shanks played guitars and bass, and Simpson and DioGuardi did background vocals. "La La", the fourth track on Autobiography, was written by Ashlee Simpson, Kara DioGuardi, and John Shanks, the producer of the album. Simpson explained the poor performance of "La La" was the result of an equipment failure, with her in-ear monitors not working. Critics compared this poor performance to Simpson's revealing miscue on Saturday Night Live October 23, 2004, in which she had intended to perform "Autobiography" but the earlier recording of "Pieces of Me" was heard instead, showing that Simpson had been lip-syncing. ![]() She sang off-key, and after singing the last line, the stadium audience booed her. On January 4, 2005, Simpson performed the song live at the halftime show of the Orange Bowl football game in Miami, Florida. Simpson performed "La La" multiple times on television in 2004. In March 2005 the single was certified Gold, and in August the video was nominated for Best Pop Video on the MTV Video Music Awards. The song's video was in heavy rotation on MTV by December 2004. In the U.S., it began its run as the album's third and final single on radio and television in November 2004 in the United Kingdom, where it was the second single, a CD single was released in January 2005. Two weeks after it became available as a digital download in mid-August 2004, it rose to No. 37 on Billboard 's Hot Digital Tracks. " La La" is a song by American singer Ashlee Simpson from her 2004 album, Autobiography. ![]()
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