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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 2012, K'naan published a children's book, When I Get Older: The Story Behind Wavin' Flag. [24] He is featured along with Howard Shore in the Cosmopolis (2012) soundtrack. In February 2024, K'naan won his first ever Grammy for a song called "Refugee", which won in the category for Best Song for Social Change. [25]
Somali Canadian recording artist K’naan Warsame makes his feature directorial debut at the Toronto Film Festival with “Mother Mother,” which world premieres Sept. 6 in the festival’s ...
"Wavin' Flag" – Coca-Cola Promotional Anthem: English K'Naan: K'naan, Ebrahim Dhooma, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Jean Daval "Wavin' Flag" – Spanish Celebration Mix Version: English Spanish K'Naan, David Bisbal "Wavin' Flag" – Arabic Celebration Mix Version: English Arabic K'Naan, Nancy Ajram "Oh Africa" – Track from Official Album
In 2009, she worked with Canadian rock/pop stars Faber Drive on their song "I'll Be There". Farrell's third studio album, Good, Bad & Pretty Things , was released on October 6, 2009. In 2010, Farrell was one of many Canadian singers who performed " Wavin' Flag " to help Haiti .
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+ .
The song also debuted at number six in Belgium Wallonia and Flanders, as well at debuting at number 17 in Sweden. [35] The song also charted at number 28 in Denmark. [35] The song entered Irish charts at number nine. [42] In the song's second week of release in Norway, "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" moved up two spaces, topping the chart. [43]