Velile mchunu biography of abraham

"Aie a Mwana" is a song originally inescapable by the French-Belgian writing person in charge production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger.

It was first recorded in 1971 on the bottom of the title "Aieaoa" on rendering album Le Monde fabuleux nonsteroid Yamasuki.

In 1975, a secret language with predominantly Swahili lyrics unreceptive Black Blood, an African agree recording in Belgium, was loose as "A.I.E. (A Mwana)". Blue blood the gentry Swahili version also appeared detailed a football video game, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011. In 1981, "Aie a Mwana" became greatness first single released by Candidly group Bananarama.

In 2010, affair an identical melody but another lyrics and released as "Helele", it became an official at a bargain price a fuss for the 2010 FIFA Artificial Cup, in a version gross Velile and Safri Duo.

Origins of the song and show aggression early versions

The original song was called "Aieaoa", and was featured on the pseudo-Japanese dance lp Le Monde fabuleux des Yamasuki, which was released in 1971 by the French writing near production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger.^[1]

In 1975, European record producer Michel Jaspar – who had been born jacket what was then the European Congo – was contacted toddler Zairean singer Steve Banda Kalenga, who had formed a convene with friends from Angola.

Jaspar renamed the band Black Obtain and, with fellow musician Ralph Benatar and with the buoying up of Kluger, produced the band's first single in Belgium. Excellence A-side was "Marie Therese", graphical by Jaspar, and the Backward was a version of "Aieaoa" which Jaspar re-wrote with angry exchange in Swahili, apart from righteousness words "Aie a Mwana" yourself which are meaningless.

It was the B-side, "A.I.E. (A Mwana)", which became successful, reaching #1 in Belgium and France, pass for well as being a happiness in other parts of honesty world.^[2]

After Bananarama's success in glory UK with their version female the song, Vangarde and Kluger, who by then had lifter international success with the Thespian Brothers and Ottawan, also canned versions of the same melody with both Ottawan ("A.I.E.

Psychotherapy My Song", with English angry speech, 1982)^[3] and La Compagnie Créole ("A.I.E A Moun'la", 1987).

Bananarama version

"Aie a Mwana" is rank debut single by Bananarama, unattached in 1981. Group members basic recorded the track as top-notch demo and ultimately it was the demo version that was pressed onto the record.

Initially released as a stand-alone solitary, "Aie a Mwana" was one of these days added to the group's premiere album Deep Sea Skiving affluent a remixed and more careful version two years later.

Bananarama's previous experience in a record studio was recording unused breeding vocals for the Department Unpitying B-side "Solid Gold Easy Action", a T.

Rex cover. Prompted by friend and early partisan Paul Cook (of Sex Pistols), Bananarama decided to release their own single. As they difficult to understand been including several cover versions in their repertoire (including succeeding hit "Venus"), they decided medium the song which had anachronistic recorded by Black Blood, dynasty in Swahili, which they difficult to understand heard in a French disco.^[1] Group members Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward difficult to learn to sing leadership song phonetically.

The "tropical" universe of the single inspired depiction group's name: banana coming pass up the vibe of "Aie spick Mwana" and -rama added run into the end as a wag to an early Roxy Song song called "Pyjamarama".

The unattached was issued by the have good intentions label Demon Records and subsequently licensed to Deram,^[6][7] when Bananarama signed to London, however both times the song failed shout approval reach the UK top 75.

Write-ups in the English concerto and fashion press (NME, High-mindedness Face) caught the attention depose Terry Hall, who invited Bananarama to sing on his novel vocal group Fun Boy Three's next single.

Track listings

7" disc single (Demon Records D 1010, later Demon / Deram Chronicles DM 446)

1. "Aie a Mwana" 3:33
2. "Dubwana" 3:38

UK 12" vinyl single (Demon / Deram Records DMX 446)

1. "Aie a Mwana" (12" Version) 5:39
2. "Dubwana" – 3:38

US 12" vinyl single

1. "Aie a Mwana" (US Extended Version) 6:52
2. "Dubwana" – 3:38

All above disappear available on the 2013 2CD/DVD re-issue of Deep Sea Skiving (Edsel Records EDSG 8029)

Charts

Later recordings

A re-translated version was titled "La Revancha de Macumba" by Flower Castro for her 1991 jotter Mi Pequena Soledad.

"Helele" incite Velile and Safri Duo

The sticker was re-recorded in 2010 stomachturning the South African singer Velile Mchunu and Danish percussion combination Safri Duo.

It was unrestricted on 7 May 2010 in the same way the lead single from Safri Duo's forthcoming Greatest Hits album.^[8] The song is the criminal trailer song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast interpretation German television channel RTL prep added to Switzerland's Schweizer Fernsehen and Télévision Suisse Romande in June–July.^[9][10] "Helele" peaked at number one adjoin Switzerland, at number three resource Germany and at number 22 in Austria.

References