Talk:As I Lay Me Down

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Backing vocals[edit]

The stuff about the "Ballantine tribe" may be a joke, either by Hawkins or by the Wikipedia editor who wrote it: Sohphie B. Hawkins middle name is Ballantine. A quick Google didn't turn up any references to a Ballantine tribe.

does anyone know what the background words are??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.10.212.100 (talk) 23:51, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's just nonsense chanting, "Ooh la ka ko" or something. This is commonly misheard as "Who likes tacos?", so my whole family jokingly refers to this song as "The Taco Song." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.165.255.149 (talk) 18:18, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For five years (since this edit), Wikipedia has included the following uncited claim:

Hawkins clarified in October 2011 that the backup vocalist (Hawkins herself) is saying "ooh la kah koh". After initially explaining this meant "wash your feet before you sleep" in an African language, Hawkins admitted that she actually made up the phrase while recording, and it has no particular meaning.

It turns out she really did attribute that meaning to the language of the Ballantine tribe, as can be seen in this archived page from her website. Like 72.10.212.100, I can't find any verification there ever was a Ballantine tribe, so I'm pretty sure Hawkins was indeed having a joke here. But per WP:BLP, we can't keep saying she lied about this without a reliable source to back us up. So I've removed this section. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 06:41, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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