Where did the phrase boom chaca laca originate from?

Question

I've heard this phrase many times but I don't understand where it came from.
Thank You.

Answer 1

I can't find any proof, but I think it was a common school cheer long before it was used in the song.

Here's an example from a cheerleading page:

We don't need no music
We don't need no bands.
All we need is Cardinals fans
Jammin in the stands
Oh wait, stop a minute,
and let us put some
boom shaka laka laka
boom shaka laka.
Let us put some boom in it!

Answer 2

Boom Shaka Laka Origin

Answer 3

Back in the late sixties there was a band called Sly and the Family Stone. It is in one of their songs entitled "I Want to Take You Higher". Boom Chaca Laca!!!


























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Answer 4

I have answered this previously,

jungle chants from Johnny Preston's "Running Bear." 1959

Hooked On A Feeling by B.J. Thomas
Date: 1969 is not related but the next one is the key:

In 1971 English singer and Pop mogul Jonathan King produced his own version, adding the "Oooonga Chacka" jungle chants from Johnny Preston's "Running Bear."


Yes, other groups have used the chant but the source is
as provided.

Answer 5

In 1982 I went to a Journey concert where the girl fell off the concert promenade and I was in the men's room puking whiskey. By the time we all hooked up together again she'd escaped from the emergency room of the hospital and hailed a cab back to the venue. I'd kept everybody in line by fulfilling my promise to puke in their direction. We found the car just in time for me to puke again. I think I probably said these words at that time. I think that's where this phrase comes from. Of course, I didn't know what I was saying and I can't prove I said it.

Answer 6

If you never heard of Sly (let alone remember them), the most popular use was in the movie "Stripes" with Bill Murray.
They use it in their parade formation routine.
A classic scene, by the way. "That's the fact, Jack!"