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Just wondering if Anyone knows the name of this African song im thinking of. It has only a few lyrics "heya ma ma" which it repeats lots. Its definitely not pop, pretty non mainstream but ive heard it on mainstream radio stations. It probably came out late 90s and it has a video clip where there are lots of african people with body paint dressed up like lions, etc I have looked around for it for a while with no results

Anyone have any idea???

― Rohan Fox, Friday, 18 November 2005 07:20 (twenty years ago)

http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~gospel/images/natsumero91/africa.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 18 November 2005 07:28 (twenty years ago)

i remember that song. i think it was the soundtrack to an airline commercial in the 1990s. maybe qantas? must have been something flying in australia, so probably qantas.

― gem (trisk), Friday, 18 November 2005 07:42 (twenty years ago)

lots of flags and all the people were on a beach of volcanic sand. that it?

― gem (trisk), Friday, 18 November 2005 07:42 (twenty years ago)

In all honesty, you might be thinking of "Storms in Africa" by Enya (1991)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 18 November 2005 07:48 (twenty years ago)

that's it! that's what i'm thinking of anyway. google says it was a qantas commercial in the early 1990s.

― gem (trisk), Friday, 18 November 2005 07:52 (twenty years ago)

sounds like Batonga by Angelique Kidjo tho that was early '90s

― H (Heruy), Friday, 18 November 2005 08:21 (twenty years ago)

No, it wasnt enya - that doesnt have any - 'heya mama ma' lyrics (at least 'Storms in Africa Part1' doesnt. It sounded like it was sung by a chorus of people rather than just one person and it keeps repeating 'heya mama ma' - that part is obvious in the song - heya mama ma
I cant find anywhere to listen to batonga - does it sound like it would still fit the criteria?

― Rohan, Saturday, 19 November 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)

Sounds a bit like you're describing the chorus of "Life in a Northern Town" by Dream Academy, which has a heftly dollop of "hey mama"'s in it, as I remember.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 19 November 2005 04:58 (twenty years ago)

dude i was just going to say that.

― -rainbow bum- (-rainbow bum-), Saturday, 19 November 2005 06:13 (twenty years ago)

It must be "Sunchyme" - Dario G, which samples "Life In A Northen Town".

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Sunday, 20 November 2005 00:04 (twenty years ago)

YEAH!- thats it - ive asked so many ppl about it and they had no idea.
- thanks heaps

― Rohan Fox, Sunday, 20 November 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

Anna Mwale (originally Zambian but worked in South Africa?) made an album called African Song (sometime in the 80s?) - there is a track probably called "Pata Pata" with a lot of Heya Mamas in it

― chipembene, Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

OMG thank you guys sooooo much! i have been searching for this song forever! like years literally coz either noone liked it or noones heard of it!

― Elle T, Wednesday, 24 May 2006 09:16 (nineteen years ago)

i been looking for this song forever too. so which one is the right one?

― dihop, Friday, 26 May 2006 02:20 (nineteen years ago)

never mind im thinking of a different song it sounds like "hey momma, hey momma, Af-free-kah, hey momma, hey momma af-free-kah" anyone know the name of that song by chance?

― dihop, Friday, 26 May 2006 02:36 (nineteen years ago)

hey guys i just like to find this song so could someone tell me what one is the right one cos i have been looking for this for yrs and yrs on end

― sebastian murray, Sunday, 28 May 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

The song is "Sunchyme" by Dario ....

― davor mcray, Thursday, 1 June 2006 03:00 (nineteen years ago)

eight months pass...

Eveyone's off on the Dario song

But the "other" song is Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba. Great fun song.

― GrahamF, Saturday, 24 February 2007 10:56 (nineteen years ago)

Does anyone know anything about the music used in Sembene's "Xala"? Its credited to Samba Diabara Samb and google is no good on this.

― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 24 February 2007 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

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