Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)

Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)
Shakira feat. Freshlyground
publication	May 7, 2010
length	3:22
Genre (s)	Tribal house , world music , afro fusion , synth pop
text	Shakira, John Hill, Freshlyground, Golden Sounds
music	Shakira, John Hill
album	Listen up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album

Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) or Waka Waka (Esto es África) is a song by the Colombian singer Shakira that was released on May 7, 2010. The music video has so far reached 2.5 billion views on YouTube and is the Colombian singer's second most watched music video.

publication

There is an English and a Spanish version of the song. In both versions the chorus is catchy . It comes from the song "Zangalewa" by the Cameroonian band Golden Sounds , which was released in 1986. It is still widely used as a soldier's song in many parts of Africa.

On April 26, 2010, Shakira announced on her official website that she and the South African group Freshlyground had recorded the official song for the 2010 World Cup , Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) .

Charts

The song reached number one in the charts in 17 countries.

Chart placements Charts Top ranking Weeks Chart placements  Germany (GfK) 1 (75 weeks) 75  Austria (Ö3) 1 (62 weeks) 62  Switzerland (IFPI) 1 (86 weeks) 86  Spain (Promusicae) 1 (69 weeks) 69  United States (Billboard) 38 (18 weeks) 18th  United Kingdom (OCC) 21st (33 weeks) 33

Annual charts Charts (2010) placement Annual charts (2010)  Germany (GfK) 2  Austria (Ö3) 2  Switzerland (IFPI) 1

Cover versions

A German-language cover version of Waka Waka was released in 2011 on the CD BOB Music - The yellow album of the comic figure SpongeBob . The title could be downloaded track at number 43 of the German single charts from Media Control place.

Web links

• Original version Zangalewa
• Waka Waka (Esto es Africa) (Spanish-language variant)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpKP3Y_PeAk
2. ↑ Undermining African intellectual and artistic rights. dibussi.com (English), accessed on December 28, 2015
3. ^ Entry in the "Poplexikon" from swr3 , accessed on December 28, 2015
4. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/helene-fischer-ist-die-durchstarterin-der-woche.html
6. ↑ http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Shakira+feat.+Freshlyground&titel=Waka+Waka+%28This+Time+For+Africa%29&cat=s
7. ↑ http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Shakira+feat.+Freshlyground&titel=Waka+Waka+%28This+Time+For+Africa%29&cat=s
8. ↑ https://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shakira+feat%2E+Freshlyground&titel=Waka+Waka+%28This+Time+For+Africa%29&cat=s
9. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/Shakira/chart-history/147604?f=379&g=Singles
10. ↑ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/singles-chart/
11. ↑ Annual charts in Germany ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ Annual charts in Austria ( memento of the original from July 9, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ Annual charts in Switzerland
14. ↑ CD presentation on mix1.de
15. ↑ Press release from media control (March 22, 2011)