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"Wavin' Flag" is a song by Somali-Canadian artist K'naan from his album Troubadour (2009). The song was originally written for Somalia and aspirations of its people for freedom. The original single was a hit in Canada and reached number two on the Canadian Hot 100 as the second official single from the album, after the single " ABCs ", a minor hit.
In December 2009, K'naan performed the song live during the sponsor's FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour, which took him to 86 countries around the world. [42] His performance of "Wavin' Flag" was featured in the Top 10 hits in 11 countries across the world. This also included number one hits in Mexico, Austria, China, Germany, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.
Wavin' Flag cover. Young Artists for Haiti was a movement to engage Canada's young musicians to continue to inspire an ongoing effort and contribution to Canadian charities for their work to help the people of Haiti overcome the devastation from the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that rocked the country on January 12, 2010.
The chords progression of some verses' parts reminds me several classical pieces, namely the Pachelbel's Cannon, (edited) used in so many pop songs. The chorus part reminds me the popular c f am g progression (like in Mika's We are golden).
The song was re-released in September 2008 to coincide with their Mercury Music Prize nomination. The track can also be heard on E4 's Skins where it plays out the Franky episode from Series 5 as well as on an episode of Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ .
will.i.am performs "Yes We Can" during the final day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.. Since the original posting on YouTube, the video has been re-posted a number of times by other users and as of February 23, 2008, the video had been watched a combined total of more than 22 million times among all of the postings. [5]
"Bang Bang" is a song recorded by American rapper and producer will.i.am featuring the vocals of Shelby Spalione. The single [2] features as the third track on the soundtrack album of the 2013 Baz Luhrmann film The Great Gatsby. "Bang Bang" is also featured on the deluxe edition of will.i.am's fourth studio album #willpower.
Foster and will.i.am said that they wrote most of the song in a single evening at Foster's home. [4] The recording came together quickly. Foster recorded Hill's vocals on January 15 in Tennessee, will.i.am recorded Bono's portion on January 17, and Blige contributed her vocals on January 18, right after performing at Obama's pre-inauguration concert at the Lincoln Memorial.