The Wiseguys - Ooh La La

What this video is

Released in 1998 at the commercial apex of the British big beat movement, 'Ooh La La' by The Wiseguys sat alongside Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and Propellerheads as a defining artifact of UK dance music's mainstream infiltration. The song samples Lalo Schifrin's 1967 Mission: Impossible theme cue, embedding cinematic cool into a driving 124 BPM breakbeat chassis. Its initial chart underperformance at #55…

Why it matters

A landmark of the UK big beat canon, 'Ooh La La' represents the genre's capacity to fuse hip-hop sample aesthetics, breakbeat drive, and mass-market pop accessibility. Its chart trajectory—revived by advertising rather than radio—prefigured 2000s sync-licensing as a primary vehicle for dance music…

The director

Scott Bibo is a music video director active in the late 1990s, credited on IMVDb and the Music Video Wiki. He is associated with the Wall of Sound label roster and worked alongside cinematographer Matthew Libatique on this production. Limited wider…