Da Da Da
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| Single by Trio | ||||||||
| from the album Trio | ||||||||
| B-side | "Sabine Sabine Sabine" | |||||||
| Released | 1982 | |||||||
| Format | 7" and 12" vinyl | |||||||
| Genre | Synthpop | |||||||
| Length | 3:23 | |||||||
| Label | Mercury | |||||||
| Writer(s) | ||||||||
| Producer(s) | Klaus Voormann | |||||||
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"Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha" (usually shortened to just "Da Da Da") is a song by the German band Trio (sometimes written TRIO). Trio was formed in 1980 by Stephan Remmler, Gert 'Kralle' Krawinkel, and Peter Behrens. Released as a single in 1982 and featured on their 1981 eponymous debut album, "Da Da Da" became a hit in Germany and about 30 other countries, selling 13 million copies worldwide. The lyrics were written by Stephan Remmler, the music by Gert 'Kralle' Krawinkel. "Da Da Da" remains the band's biggest German hit and their only hit outside Germany.
It is known in many language versions:
The song "Da Da Da" is a song that has become popular while being extremely repetitive. It was a product of the Neue Deutsche Welle (or NDW). However, Trio preferred the name Neue Deutsche Fröhlichkeit, which means "New German Cheerfulness", to describe their music. At that time, popular songs were based on extremely simple structures that were ornately produced. Trio's main principle was to remove almost all the ornamentation and polish from their songs, and to use the simplest practical structures (most of their songs were three-chord songs). For this reason, many of their songs are restricted to drums, guitar, vocals, and just one or maybe two other instruments, if any at all. Bass was used very infrequently until their later songs, and live shows often saw Remmler playing some simple pre-programmed rhythms and melodies on his small Casio VL-1 keyboard while Behrens played his drums with one hand and ate an apple with the other.
Trio was made up of:
It had another three top ten hits in Germany until the end of 1983, then disbanded the following year.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Many cover versions of "Da Da Da" have been done worldwide in German version ("Da da da ich lieb' dich nicht du liebst mich nicht aha aha aha"), in English version ("Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me") and in various languages including French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog and Thai amongst others.
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