 Goldfrapp began work on " Ooh La La " in late 2004 in a small rented house in the countryside of Bath , England . The song was composed as a collaborative effort between Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory while jamming in the recording studio , bouncing song ideas off each other . Goldfrapp contributed the song 's lyrics , and has described the song as being " sulky , sexual and a bit ambiguous " . In " Ooh La La " , she confesses to wanting only a sexual relationship without romance . 
