


Smith and Naughty Boy performed 'La La La' at the 2013 Jingle Bell Ball held by Global Radio. 'La La La' premiered on BBC Radio 1Xtra in May 2013. The track has tones of liquid drum and bass and old-school garage, and a hook layered with a Hindi and Bollywood vocal sample, taken from the sample collection 'The Sounds of India'. The song performs in common time at a tempo of 126 beats per minute. 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 ♯ 4 to C ♯ 6. 'La La La' plays for three minutes and 40 seconds. The song was finished in three hours, and was the last done for Hotel Cabana.

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. The song was produced using Logic Pro, FL Studio 11 and Reason. Naughty Boy said 'It just had to be Sam because where it went from there is perfect.' Naughty Boy and Komi produced the track, with co-production handled by Mojam. 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. 'La La La' was written by Khan, Jonny Coffer, Al-Hakam El Kaubaisy, Frobisher Mbabazi, James Murray, Jimmy Napes, Mustafa Omer, and Sam Smith. Covering my ears like a kid and saying, 'La.

When I found me, she found it best to neglect me. He states that, 'It was just before everything popped up and she was somebody I neglected while I was trying to find me. Īccording to Naughty Boy, 'La La La' was conceived from experiences similar to the song 'Don't Speak' by No Doubt, which 'came from something felt'. 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. Upon its release, it was confirmed by the Official Charts Company as the fastest-selling single of 2013 in the UK. The track reached number one on the music charts for 26 countries, including the UK Singles Chart. It was released on 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). ' La La La' is a song released by British record producer Naughty Boy, featuring vocals from Sam Smith.
