LaLaLa (Black Coffee and Usher song)

"LaLaLa" is an afro house song by South African DJ Black Coffee and American singer Usher.[1] It is the first collaboration between the two. In 2018, they appeared together for the first time at the Global Citizen Festival.[2]

"LaLaLa"
Single by Usher & Black Coffee
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2019 (2019-09-10)
Recorded2018
GenreAfro house
Length3:39
LabelVerve
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Black Coffee
Black Coffee singles chronology
"Get it Together"
(2018)
"LaLaLa"
(2019)
Usher singles chronology
"Party"
(2016)
"LaLaLa"
(2019)
"Don't Waste My Time"
(2019)

Black Coffee had briefly published segments of the song in December 2018 on his Instagram page.[3]

Commercial performance

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The song was released on September 10, 2019,[4][5] and peaked at number one on the South Africa Airplay Charts Radio Monitor chart. It is Usher's first number one in South Africa.[6]

Chart performance

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop Dance)[7] 25
South Africa (Radio Monitor)[8] 1

References

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  1. ^ Mkhabela, Sabelo (10 September 2019). "Listen to Black Coffee and Usher's New Single 'LaLaLa'". Okay Africa. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Usher and Black Coffee to Perform Special Mash-Up at Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100". Billboard.
  3. ^ "WATCH | Usher and Black Coffee sing to Babes Wodumo's Wololo". TimesLIVE.
  4. ^ "Black Coffee & Usher's 'LaLaLa': Listen". Billboard. September 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "LaLaLa" – via open.spotify.com.
  6. ^ "Radiomonitor - Radio airplay chart". www.radiomonitor.com.
  7. ^ "Ultratop Dance". ultratop.be.
  8. ^ "Radiomonitor launches airplay chart for South Africa". Music In Africa. October 9, 2019.