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Shakalaka may refer to:
Music
“Boom LACKA-LACKA-LACKA", are the actual correct and original lyrics from the chorus of "
I Want to Take You Higher”, a
psychedelic funk and
psychedelic soul song written before 1968 by
Sly Stone (Stewart) and recorded by
Sly and The Family Stone in 1969. For decades these lyrics have been incorrectly sung by the public and artists alike as, " Boom SHAKA LAKA LAKA". The correct, full chorus lyrics are: "Boom lacka-lacka-lacka, Boom lacka-lack-goon-ka boom ... Hey, hey, hey, hey!"
"I Want To Take You Higher", by
Ike and Tina Turner and
The Ikettes, released in 1970, Liberty Records. It is in THIS version that the chorus lyrics were changed to, "Boom shaka laka laka."
"
Whoomp! (There It Is)", a 1993 top-10 hit by Tag Team, includes one long chorus of "boom shaka laka." The expression, "Whoomp! There it is!" itself has become part of U.S. pop-culture.
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shakalaka. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Look up chakalaka in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Shakalaka may refer to:
Music
“Boom LACKA-LACKA-LACKA", are the actual correct and original lyrics from the chorus of "
I Want to Take You Higher”, a
psychedelic funk and
psychedelic soul song written before 1968 by
Sly Stone (Stewart) and recorded by
Sly and The Family Stone in 1969. For decades these lyrics have been incorrectly sung by the public and artists alike as, " Boom SHAKA LAKA LAKA". The correct, full chorus lyrics are: "Boom lacka-lacka-lacka, Boom lacka-lack-goon-ka boom ... Hey, hey, hey, hey!"
"I Want To Take You Higher", by
Ike and Tina Turner and
The Ikettes, released in 1970, Liberty Records. It is in THIS version that the chorus lyrics were changed to, "Boom shaka laka laka."
"
Whoomp! (There It Is)", a 1993 top-10 hit by Tag Team, includes one long chorus of "boom shaka laka." The expression, "Whoomp! There it is!" itself has become part of U.S. pop-culture.
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shakalaka. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.