A-side "The Show" Format Maxi single Length 4:31 | Released August 13, 1985 Recorded 1984 | |
Genre New school hip hop, beatboxing | ||
"La Di Da Di" is a song performed by Doug E. Fresh, who provides the beatboxed instrumental, and MC Ricky D (later known as Slick Rick), who performs the vocals. It was originally released in 1985 as the B-side to "The Show". The song has since gained a reputation as an early hip hop classic, and has been sampled or referenced in numerous other hip hop songs since its release.
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Different edits
There are two releases of the song. The original vinyl and cassette versions contain sung lyrics from "Sukiyaki" by A Taste of Honey, but due to a lack of clearance, CD versions are missing the following refrains in the middle of the song, most likely because of copyright issues:
It's all because of you, I'm feeling sad and blue. You went away, and now my life is filled with rainy days. I love you so, how much you'll never know, Cause you took your love away from meCover versions
Snoop Dogg covered "La Di Da Di" as "Lodi Dodi". Mindless Self Indulgence also covered the song, with some changes in lyrics. The song has been covered live by Chuck Brown and also by Korn.