The anime adaptation of the yonkoma manga Lucky Star substitutes conventional ending theme-songs with parodies of famous anime songs, episode five of which was "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" sung by the lead character, Konata. They would later team up with Pinpon and produce another version for J-Anime! Hyper Techno & Trance. In 2007 the compilation album Zakkuri! Paratech feature the song as part of a megamix performed by the 777BOYS. The Animetal version also appears on Animetal's 2006 "Decade of Bravehearts" Concert CD/DVD. It first appeared on Animetal Marathon VII as part of the "Jump Into The Fire mini-Marathon" at the end of the disc. The anime cover band Animetal recorded their take on "Cha-la Head-Cha-la".
The Italian band Highlord recorded a version that appears as a bonus track on the Japanese release of their album Instant Madness. The 2005 Anime Speed compilation and the 2006 Speed Buyuden compilation feature a version by Lee Tairon. In 2004 the compilation album Anime Trance 2 features a version by Tora + R-SEQ. In 2001, the Anipara Kids recorded a version for the album Club Ani para presents: Ani para Best & More. Since its release, the song has been covered by many artists. This version would peak at number 118 on Oricon. The 2005 recording would go on to serve as the theme song for Japanese release of the video game Super Dragon Ball Z four months later. Instrumental)", however, this version lacks the "mobimake version". A "Self Cover" version featuring Kageyama on cover was also released as an iTunes exclusive however, it omits one track mislabelled as "Cha-La Head-Cha-La (2005 ver. The release is coupled with a re-recording of " We Gotta Power" called "We Gotta Power (2005 Ver.)" which Kageyama performed as well. This version features a completely different composition. In 2005 Kageyama was called back to record a new version of "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" called "Cha-La Head-Cha-La (2005 Ver.)". "Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power!" ( でてこいとびきりZENKAIパワー! Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Pawā!, "Come Out, Incredible Zenkai Power!")Ģ005 Recording "Cha-La Head-Cha-La (2005 Ver.)" Kageyama considers the song to be his best work as people are always happy when he sings it. He stated that he was shocked when the offer came up. Kageyama had been reading the Dragon Ball manga in Weekly Shōnen Jump for quite some time when he was offered the job to record the song.
The song opened for the first 199 episodes of the TV series and the first nine movies of the film series. It is coupled with the first Dragon Ball Z closing theme "Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power!" ( でてこいとびきりZENKAIパワー!, Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Pawā!) performed by Manna. It was released on vinyl, cassette, and mini CD on May 1, 1989. " Cha-La Head-Cha-La" ( Japanese: チャラ・ヘッチャラ, Hepburn: Chara Hetchara) is the first opening theme song of the Dragon Ball Z anime series and the fifteenth single by Japanese singer Hironobu Kageyama. Sound Ideas, TRUCK, HORN BLAST - HORN BLAST (Heard once in "Meet me in the Ring" used as a Train Horn.From the album Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection.Sound Ideas, STEREO, TURNTABLE - NEEDLE SCRATCHING RECORD, RECORD PLAYER 02 (Heard once in the Funimation version of "A Hero's Farewell" when the music stops.).Sound Ideas, SCI FI - WEIRD FALL, FORWARD.Sound Ideas, ROCKS, EARTHQUAKE - RUMBLE, CREAKS, CRASHES, TUMBLING, AVALANCHE.Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 04.Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01.Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - HEAVY TIMP RISE.Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - COCONUT HIT 01.Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY - ARC ZAPS/ ELECTRICITY - HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL ARCING 01 (Heard once in "Unbelievable! Saibaimen, Born of the Soil".).Sound Ideas, CRASH, LIGHT BULB - GLASS, LIGHT BULB CRASH, SMASH 02.
Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING.Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, PROP - LONG DIVE 02 (Heard for a very short time in "Evil Lives On.").SKYWALKER, BULLET - RAPID, LASER-LIKE RICOCHETS.Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057505.Hollywoodedge, Owl Great Horned Hoot AT083001.Hollywoodedge, Crash Car Flip Imp Rol PE111501 (Heard once in "Deadly Beauty".).Hollywoodedge, Car Crash Small 1 Shor PE111901 (Heard once in "Race to Capsule Corp".).H-B ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP IN, HIGH/ Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - RICCO ZIP IN 01 (R & B).Anime Magical Swish Sound/ Joel Valentine Swoosh Sound.Dragon Ball Z Opening 1 - Original 1989 Japanese (1080p HD)-0 Sound Effects Used