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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 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" – 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
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 album was released on September 23, 2003, and boasts a multitude of guest artists, including KRS-One, Phife Dawg, MC Supernatural, Planet Asia, FLII, John Legend, MC Lyte, Phil Da Agony and Tash, as well as fellow Black Eyed Peas Fergie and Taboo.
It should be discussed in the article that the song was reworked for the World Cup, but as the World Cup nears and this song begins to chart in countries outside of Canada, it will chart as "Wavin' Flag" as shown on the Swiss Chart website and acharts.us, the same way it charted in Canada.
From the same publisher, lyrics and audio of many of the hymns are freely available at BTP's Little Flock section. [4] Edwin O.P. Mutton compiled a History of the "Little Flock Hymn Book" and its Authors, containing biographical information on all authors 1856–1962, and a historical section covering details of revisions of the same time period.