Shananana Nananana – Ba-oom – Yip yip yip yip Yip yip yip yip Boom boom boom boom boom boom Get A Job’ – The Silhouettes (Beal, Edwards, Lewis, Horton)
‘Hey Ya’ – Outkast (Benjamin)
‘Lalalalala Lalalalala Lalalalala Lalalala’ – Eminem – Without Me (Mathers, Bell, Bass, McLaren, Dudley, Horn)
‘Mamasay mamasah mamakousah Mamasay mamasah mamakousah’ – Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (Jackson)
Beatles Dept. (Lennon/McCartney):
‘Na nana nananana nananana Hey Jude’
‘Obla Di Obla Da’
‘Coo coo Kachoo ca Coo Coo Kachoo’ (I Am The Walrus)
‘Da Do Do Do Da Da Da Da’ – The Police (Sumner)
‘Nananananana Nananananana Nananana Nanana Nanana Nana’– Gwen Stefani – Rich Girl (Batson, Bock, DioGuardi, Elizondo, Eve, Harnick, Kreviazuk, Stefani, Young)
‘Shalalalalalalalalalalala Shalalalalalalalalalalala’ Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl (Morrison)
‘Nananana Nananana Hey hey hey Goodbye’ – Steam (Leka, DeCarlo, Frashuer)
‘Da Do Ron Ron Ron Da Doo Ron Ron’ – The Crystals (Barry, Greenwich, Spector)
‘Lai la lai Lai la lai lai lai la lai’ – Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer (Simon)
‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ – from Mary Poppins (Sherman/Sherman)
‘Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Zip-A-Dee-Ay’ – (Wrubel/Gilbert)
Can you add any to this list?
Plus those great backup singer lyrics…someone once played me a Lesley Gore song that had ” shackadoola shackadoola” on the offbeats.
Ruth,
You can’t say it any better than that!
Best wishes,
TC