Bla Bla Bla (Gigi D'Agostino song)

"Bla Bla Bla" is a song written and recorded by Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino. It was released in May 1999 as the third single from the album L'Amour Toujours. It reached number 3 in Austria and number 15 in France.

"Bla Bla Bla"
Single by Gigi D'Agostino
from the album L'Amour Toujours
Released17 May 1999
Genre
Length3:10 (video edit/German radio edit)
4:15 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gigi D'Agostino
Gigi D'Agostino singles chronology
"Cuba Libre"
(1999)
"Bla Bla Bla"
(1999)
"Another Way"
(1999)
Music video
Video on YouTube

The vocal samples are from the line "I've been thinking 'bout what you have done to me", from Stretch's 1975 single "Why Did You Do It".

Music video

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The song also featured a popular music video, which was directed by Andreas Hykade and Ged Haney at Studio Film Bilder GmbH,[1] in the style of Italian animated series La Linea. The music video shows a boy with a floating head and no arms walking toward what appears to be a shark that multiplies itself and can change direction. This style was also used in "The Riddle", another song by Gigi D'Agostino, originally by British singer Nik Kershaw.

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Bla Bla Bla"
Chart (1999-2002) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 3
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[3] 6
France (SNEP)[4] 15
Germany (GfK)[5] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 23
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 43
Scotland (OCC)[8] 82
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 16
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 87

Year-end charts

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1999 weekly chart performance for "Bla Bla Bla"
Chart (1999) Position
France (SNEP)[11] 97
2000 weekly chart performance for "Bla Bla Bla"
Chart (2000) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12] 24
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[13] 89
Germany (Official German Charts)[14] 18

Certifications

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Certifications for "Bla Bla Bla"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[15] Platinum 50,000*
France (SNEP)[16] Silver 125,000*
Germany (BVMI)[17] Gold 250,000^
Italy (FIMI)[18] Platinum 70,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Studio Film Bilder — Bla Bla Bla". Studio Film Bilder. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Gigi D'Agostino – Bla Bla Bla" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  3. ^ "Gigi D'Agostino – Bla Bla Bla" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  4. ^ "Gigi D'Agostino – Bla Bla Bla" (in French). Les classement single.
  5. ^ "Gigi D'Agostino – Bla Bla Bla" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  6. ^ Search for Irish peaks Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Gigi D'Agostino – Bla Bla Bla" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  8. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Gigi D'Agostino – Bla Bla Bla". Swiss Singles Chart.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  11. ^ "Top de l'année Top Singles 1999" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2000". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles p.9" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Gigi D´Agostino – Bla, Bla, Bla" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  16. ^ "French single certifications – Gigi D'Agostino – Bla Bla Bla" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Gigi D'Agostino; 'Bla Bla Bla')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Italian single certifications – Gigi D'Agostino – Bla Bla Bla" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 28 June 2023.