Ooh LaLa Baby - Baby Dolls #1 on Mel's Current Top 20

 

Ooh LaLa Baby - Baby Dolls #1 on Mel's Current Top 20

Ooh LaLa Baby is an upbeat, flirtatious, and lighthearted party anthem by way of the Philippines featuring the dance group Baby Dolls. They have recently become very popular because of this song and the TV program they are associated with ABS-CBN TV show It's Showtime.  

Designed specifically for high-energy choreography and TikTok dance trends, its main theme revolves around having fun on the dance floor, captivating someone's attention with stylish moves, and making everyone exclaim "Oooh lala, baby!" as they watch. The track blends vibrant Tagalog pop phrasing with repetitive, infectious hooks to get people up and moving.

The song was released in March with the video only being released in late July. While the record has not exactly burned up most charts, it has spurned countless imitation and tribute, viral videos done by hundreds of groups and individuals mostly in the Philippines. Go to TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, it is likely you'll run into one of these.

Give this lighthearted fun, hit a spin. You'll easily overlook non-English, Tagalog lyrics and fall for the infectious groove.

For the Week of September 12 to 19, here are my Current Top 20.

TW	Title	Artist	LW
1	Ooh LaLa Baby	Baby Dolls	1
2	Everybody Told Me	The Linda Lindas	7
3	Still	Karol G & Bruno Mars	6
4	I'd Be Lyin'	Kelly Clarkson	5
5	Mexico Honey	Kacey Musgraves	2
6	Dracula (JENNIE Remix)	Tame Impala with Jennie	3
7	Better Than Before	Pamela.	4
8	Hate That I Made You Love Me	Ariana Grandé	8
9	Rescuer	Alex Warren	11
10	Ringing Hollow	The Rolling Stones	12
11	The Siren	Kate Voegele	14
12	Run Rabbit	Mollie Elizabeth	9
13	Come In	Paul McCartney	13
14	Bass Persuades	Miley Cyrus	17
15	CLICK	JISOO	18
16	The Government	Tom MacDonald	19
17	Net	Otyken	20
18	Magnet and Steel	Keith Urban with Little Big Town	10
19	Memo	Dasha	new
20	Petty Crimes	Molly Elizabeth	new

Baby Dolls, 2026 - Photo - Quezon City Government

New Music Friday - Pamela: Better Than Before

 

New Music Friday - Pamela: Better Than Before

Pamela. with a period are Josh and Sarah, who describe their musical vibe as sitting somewhere in the between The Marías, The Strokes, and The xx. Expect a brilliant mix of: Modern alt-pop laced with effortless harmonies, shimmering, atmospheric guitar work and playful, provocative lyricism.

Pamela blends nostalgic indie-rock textures with sleek, modern pop sensibilities. Reminds me of some 1980s and 1990s alt pop rock. 

Recommended tracks: "Better Than Before" and this live version of "Pandemonium." See the videos connected to this post.

Learn more about Pamela at their website.

It's #1 on Mel's Current Top 20.

 

Mollie Elizabeth • Run Rabbit

Gotta love this quirky indie pop hit from Mollie Elizabeth. It's been climbing up my chart for a month and made it to #1last week. The song is a growing viral hit with several people and the artist herself creating YouTube Shorts and TikToks on social media. "Run Rabbit" deserves to be a bigger hit.

Who is Mollie Elizabeth? Never heard of her until "Run Rabbit" was released in May. Gemini AI has this to say about her.

Mollie Elizabeth has been making massive waves in the alt-pop and indie scenes with her cinematic, dark-fairytale sound.  Key Details About Mollie Elizabeth

Real Name: She performs under her actual first and middle name, Mollie Elizabeth. On social media, she is also well-known by her handle, doeyedfairie.  

Where She Is From: She hails from the Cascade Range in Washington State and grew up just outside of Seattle. Her upbringing in the Pacific Northwest woods heavily inspires the atmospheric, "tiny worlds" she creates in her music.  

Age: She is 22 years old (born in 2003).

Musical Journey: She has been active professionally since 2024, meaning she has been officially releasing music for about two years. She first gained major internet traction in January 2025 with her viral debut single "Vegas Venetian", which led to her signing with Neon Gold Records. She followed that up with her debut EP, Dirty Blonde, in late 2025, before dropping her massive viral hit "Run Rabbit" in May 2026.

"Doe Eyes" from 2025.

PLAYLIST: Hawaii's Top 40 HIts

PLAYLISTS

Hawaii’s Top 40 Hits

This will be a new feature to this blog... PLAYLISTS... Embedded here from Spotify or YouTube, I will start sharing my specialized playlists here. If you have a Spotify subscription you should be able to play all of the songs in a Spotify playlist right through. It works on some browsers but not all. Try it out or link directly the Spotify the listen to the list. Subscribe to it if you like.

First up is my 1970s (with some 1960s) era music from high school days and early college that were popular tracks on local Top 40 radio stations in Hawaii such as KPOI, KKUA and on the neighbor islands, KMVI, KPUA and KHLO. These were all AM stations back in the day and they played some great regional only hits mixed in with the familiar mainline top 40 hits. 

This first list that I recently re-created from a CD that I burned years ago features some great tracks.

The cover art was used for the burned CD that I made which actually contained several different songs from what's on this list, since Spotify did not have them. Tracks like "Me Japanese Boy" by Liz Damon, "Groovin Out on Life" by The New Beats,  "Searchin'" by Cecilio and Kapono and "Remember Mary" by The Sweet Marie which are on my burned CD had to be excluded and substituted with what was/is available on Spotify.

I HAVE MORE THAN 200 PLAYLISTS ON MY SPOTIFY CHANNEL

LISTEN DIRECTLY ON SPOTIFY

Video of the Day - So Easy (To Fall in Love) by Olivia Dean

 So Easy (To Fall In Love) - Olivia Dean

Check out this video of Olivia Dean on the Graham Norton Show in the UK. This live TV performance is the latest single off her album The Art of Loving currently at #20 on Mel's Current Top 20.