Shangri-LA

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Vu Ngoc Anh

One of the best songs about Los Angeles is Shangri-LA. It is a song by the electronic band Yacht. It was released in 2009 as the lead single from their second album, See Mystery Lights. It is a concept album about utopia. This is Yacht's second album to include Claire L. Evans. The song reached number one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.


The lyrics of Shangri-LA are about Los Angeles and its many attractions, including Hollywood, the Sunset Strip, and Beverly Hills. The song has a cheerful, catchy tune. Surely when you listen to it, you will not be able to help but sway to the tune. Besides, in the description of the MV on Youtube, the Yacht band wrote: "You can't spell Shangri-La without L.A." Yacht frontman Jona Bechtolt said of the song: “Shangri-LA is about Los Angeles as an idea: a place where you can be anyone you want to be and do anything you want to do.”


  • Released: 2011
  • Songwriters: Matty Malneck, Carl Sigman, Robert Maxwell
Yacht (wweek.com)
Yacht (wweek.com)
MV Shangri-LA

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  10. top 10 Shangri-LA

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