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“Da Da Da” by Trio

“Da Da Da” by Trio appears on 40 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1982 and 2025. Its best result is #16 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #160 alternative song of 1997 and #470 alternative song of all time.

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11stations
#16best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2025years charted

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Trio's "Da Da Da" came straight out of Germany's new wave, the Neue Deutsche Welle, from a band that Stephan Remmler, Gert "Kralle" Krawinkel and Peter Behrens had only put together in 1980. The song first appeared on their 1981 debut album, Trio, then went out as a single on Mercury in 1982, with Klaus Voormann producing and Remmler and Krawinkel sharing the writing. Its full title, "Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha", is a mouthful, which is why almost everyone shortens it.

Deadpan and odd, it hardly looks like a hit on paper, and yet it became one in Germany and roughly 30 other countries, selling 13 million copies around the world. It is still the band's biggest hit at home and the only one they ever had anywhere else, and it earned them a Goldene Europa award as well.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 98 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982 107
1997 16 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1997 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 353 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 354 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1992 311 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 492 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1996 229 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 147 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 505 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 603 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 363 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 147 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 501 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 169 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 147 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 171 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 147 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 1065 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 296 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 147 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 137 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 383 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 147 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 235 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 167 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 213 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 147 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 147 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 380 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 107 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) 107
2007 1402 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1359 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1376 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1409 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1470 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1529 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1589 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 739 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2023 625 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2025 277 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800

Also listed as: Da, Da, Da, (Ich Liebe Dich Nicht, Du Liebst Mich Nicht).

Charting alongside it in 1997

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