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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.
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.
In 2010, a remixed bilingual English/Spanish version of "Wavin' Flag" was made under the title "Wavin' Flag (Coca Cola Spanish Celebration Mix)" with Spanish pop artist David Bisbal after the song was chosen as the Coca-Cola anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, to be held in South Africa. K'naan sings the English lyrics and Bisbal the Spanish ...
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 was born as William James Adams Jr. [4] in Los Angeles, California, on March 15, 1975, the son of an African-American mother Debra (née Cain) [5] [6] and Jamaican father William James Adams Sr. [4] He has never met his father, [7] and was raised by his mother in the Estrada Courts housing projects in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, [8] where they were among the few ...
"With You I'm Born Again" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated December 8, 1979, and peaked at number four over the course of 29 weeks. [3] The following week marked its first appearance on the UK singles chart [9] and on Billboard's list of the 50 most popular adult contemporary songs in the U.S., and both chart runs resulted in a number two showing.
"Feelin' Myself" is a song by American singer will.i.am featuring singer Miley Cyrus, rappers French Montana and Wiz Khalifa, and record producer DJ Mustard. It was released on November 26, 2013, by Interscope Records as the lead single from the re-release of will.i.am's fourth studio album #willpower (2013). It was written by its performers ...