![]() ![]() We wrote a bridge and added some Southern African elements to the song and a few months later heard that we were on what was to become the biggest World Cup song in history! Pretty awesome." "Very interesting indeed! We met up with Shakira’s producer and he played us the ‘Waka Waka’ song - which we loved - and asked us to mess around with it and come up with some parts. tour that will launch at The Iron Horse this Friday, I caught up with Freshly Ground’s diminutive lead singer Zolani Mahola, and asked her to reflect on "Waka Waka." Last week, as the band rested back home in South Africa before heading for a U.S. ![]() Their show was broadcast to a world-wide audience of over one billion. Just a year ago, Freshly Ground found themselves onstage alongside Shakira performing the most successful anthem in the history of The World Cup. Of course, "Waka Waka" turned into an international mega-hit selling well over 3 million units. until a few weeks before the beginning of the South Africa World Cup when the band received a seemingly innocuous e-mail from Sony Music Entertainment informing them that, not only had the track made the World Cup Official album, it was also the official theme song of the tournament. Hill walked away and let Freshly Ground put their own stamp on the tune and returned several hours later to listen to what they had come up with.Īfter the band played Hill the material they recorded, he showed little reaction but said, "You’ll be hearing from me." The band never did. Knowing little about the Afro-fusion seven-piece band, he happened upon them and asked if they had any ideas to add to the song. As luck would have it, Shakira’s producer John Hill was nearby tinkering with a tune titled "Waka Waka." ![]()
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