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|song name                = La, La, La, He, He, Hee
 
|song name                = La, La, La, He, He, Hee
|album image              = [[File:Signothetimes single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Sign O' The Times]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] </small>
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|album image              = [[File:Signothetimes single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Sign O’ The Times]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] </small>
 
|single image              = [[Image:thehitsthebsides.jpg|117px|link=Album: The Hits / The B-Sides ]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]</small>
 
|single image              = [[Image:thehitsthebsides.jpg|117px|link=Album: The Hits / The B-Sides ]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]</small>
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 18|18 February 1987]] - [[Single: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] single
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 18|18 February 1987]] - [[Single: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] single
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (music and lyrics), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] (lyrics)
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (music and lyrics), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] (lyrics)
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|introduction              = '''La, La, La, He, He, Hee''' was released as the b-side of [[Single: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]], the first single from [[Prince]]'s ninth album [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]. The 12" version of the single contained the original full-length version, over three times the length of the version included on the 7" single.  
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|introduction              = '''La, La, La, He, He, Hee''' was released as the b-side of [[Single: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]], the first single from [[Prince]]’s ninth album [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]. The 12" version of the single contained the original full-length version, over three times the length of the version included on the 7" single.  
  
 
In 1993, it was included as the 13th track on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] compilation (included as the third and final disc on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]).
 
In 1993, it was included as the 13th track on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] compilation (included as the third and final disc on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]).
  
While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking of the track, originally titled '''My Tree''', took place in mid-January 1987 at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota after completion of the [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] album (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Come Home]] and overdubs onto [[77 Bleeker St.]]).  
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While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking of the track, originally titled '''My Tree''', took place in mid-January 1987 at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota after completion of the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] album (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Come Home]] and overdubs onto [[77 Bleeker St.]]).  
  
According to the liner notes of [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The B-Sides]], the track was created as a response to a dare by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] who claimed that [[Prince]] couldn't write a song from such a basic phrase (resulting in her writing co-credit).  
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According to the liner notes of [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The B-Sides]], the track was created as a response to a dare by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] who claimed that [[Prince]] couldn’t write a song from such a basic phrase (resulting in her writing co-credit).  
  
In a 2012 interview, however, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] indicates that her writing role was slightly larger:<br>''"That was something I was writing, just a stupid little thing. See, I have six cats. It was about a cat up in a tree teasing a dog. I was actually being sarcastic. He said, 'Ya, that could be a song,' and I was like 'Oh ya, like what do you want me to sing? La La La, He He He – I love you, you love me? That's how talented I am?' He said, 'Actually, that'd be kind of cute! Go ahead and write it.' I don't really write any more as I'm out of the game now, but back then, that was my thing. Then, all my songs were little stories. I liked storytelling songs. He used to think they were amusing. I don't think other people did but he used to think they were."''
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In a 2012 interview, however, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] indicates that her writing role was slightly larger:<br>''"That was something I was writing, just a stupid little thing. See, I have six cats. It was about a cat up in a tree teasing a dog. I was actually being sarcastic. He said, 'Ya, that could be a song,' and I was like 'Oh ya, like what do you want me to sing? La La La, He He He – I love you, you love me? That’s how talented I am?' He said, 'Actually, that'd be kind of cute! Go ahead and write it.' I don’t really write any more as I’m out of the game now, but back then, that was my thing. Then, all my songs were little stories. I liked storytelling songs. He used to think they were amusing. I don’t think other people did but he used to think they were."''
 
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|1= '''La, La, La, He, He, Hee'''
 
|1= '''La, La, La, He, He, Hee'''
 
|2= 3:21
 
|2= 3:21
|3= [[Single: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] single<br>
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|3= [[Single: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] single<br>
 
[[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]
 
[[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]
 
|4= Studio
 
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|1= '''La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Highly Explosive)'''
 
|1= '''La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Highly Explosive)'''
 
|2= 10:32
 
|2= 10:32
|3= [[Single: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] single
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|3= [[Single: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] single
 
|4= Extended version
 
|4= Extended version
 
|5= Original full-length version
 
|5= Original full-length version
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|first live appearance    = [[08 May 1987|8 May 1987, Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden]] <small>(lyrics and instrumental interpolation in [[When Doves Cry]])</small> <br>
 
|first live appearance    = [[08 May 1987|8 May 1987, Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden]] <small>(lyrics and instrumental interpolation in [[When Doves Cry]])</small> <br>
 
* [[12 July 1992|12 July 1992: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France]] <small>(instrumental interpolation in [[Cream]])</small>
 
* [[12 July 1992|12 July 1992: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France]] <small>(instrumental interpolation in [[Cream]])</small>
|performed regularly on    =[[Sign O' The Times Tour]] <small>(lyrics (occasional) and instrumental interpolation in [[When Doves Cry]])</small>
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|performed regularly on    =[[Sign O’ The Times Tour]] <small>(lyrics (occasional) and instrumental interpolation in [[When Doves Cry]])</small>
 
*[[Lovesexy Tour]] <small>(instrumental interpolation in [[When Doves Cry]])</small>
 
*[[Lovesexy Tour]] <small>(instrumental interpolation in [[When Doves Cry]])</small>
 
*[[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] <small>(instrumental interpolation in [[Cream]])</small>
 
*[[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] <small>(instrumental interpolation in [[Cream]])</small>
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|trivia                    = While this track was originally titled '''My Tree''' it has nothing to do with the song [[My Tree]] from 1990. <br>
 
|trivia                    = While this track was originally titled '''My Tree''' it has nothing to do with the song [[My Tree]] from 1990. <br>
 
* The dog bark that is utilized as a snare drum sound in the song comes from the Fairlight CMI sample-synthesizer.
 
* The dog bark that is utilized as a snare drum sound in the song comes from the Fairlight CMI sample-synthesizer.
|see also                  = [[Single: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] single
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|see also                  = [[Single: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] single
 
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
 
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
 
* ''[http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Sheena-Easton-Looking-back-at-her-musical-history-/38975.html Sheena Easton: Looking back at her musical history by Marc 'Moose' Moder (8 Aug. 2012 Windy City Media Group)]''
 
* ''[http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Sheena-Easton-Looking-back-at-her-musical-history-/38975.html Sheena Easton: Looking back at her musical history by Marc 'Moose' Moder (8 Aug. 2012 Windy City Media Group)]''
 
|categories                = [[Category:1987]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1987]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1987]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1987]]
 
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Revision as of 21:01, 15 September 2020

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La, La, La, He, He, Hee

Signothetimes single.jpg
single art for Sign O’ The Times
Thehitsthebsides.jpg
included on The Hits / The B-Sides
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 18 February 1987 - Sign O’ The Times single
Album(s): The Hits / The B-Sides
Writer(s): Prince (music and lyrics), Sheena Easton (lyrics)
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

La, La, La, He, He, Hee was released as the b-side of Sign O’ The Times, the first single from Prince’s ninth album Sign O’ The Times. The 12" version of the single contained the original full-length version, over three times the length of the version included on the 7" single.

In 1993, it was included as the 13th track on The B-Sides compilation (included as the third and final disc on The Hits / The B-Sides).

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking of the track, originally titled My Tree, took place in mid-January 1987 at Prince’s Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota after completion of the Sign O’ The Times album (during the same set of sessions that produced Come Home and overdubs onto 77 Bleeker St.).

According to the liner notes of The B-Sides, the track was created as a response to a dare by Sheena Easton who claimed that Prince couldn’t write a song from such a basic phrase (resulting in her writing co-credit).

In a 2012 interview, however, Sheena Easton indicates that her writing role was slightly larger:
"That was something I was writing, just a stupid little thing. See, I have six cats. It was about a cat up in a tree teasing a dog. I was actually being sarcastic. He said, 'Ya, that could be a song,' and I was like 'Oh ya, like what do you want me to sing? La La La, He He He – I love you, you love me? That’s how talented I am?' He said, 'Actually, that'd be kind of cute! Go ahead and write it.' I don’t really write any more as I’m out of the game now, but back then, that was my thing. Then, all my songs were little stories. I liked storytelling songs. He used to think they were amusing. I don’t think other people did but he used to think they were."


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Mid-January 1987 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Basic tracking
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
La, La, La, He, He, Hee 3:21 Sign O’ The Times single

The Hits / The B-Sides

Studio
La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Highly Explosive) 10:32 Sign O’ The Times single Extended version Original full-length version


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
My Tree Studio Different vocal take and mix
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • While this track was originally titled My Tree it has nothing to do with the song My Tree from 1990.
  • The dog bark that is utilized as a snare drum sound in the song comes from the Fairlight CMI sample-synthesizer.

References
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