Waka waka
Artist: Shakira
Featured artist: Freshlyground
Album: Sale el Sol
Released: 2010
Genre: Pop
Waka waka is a slang phrase from Cameroon that means “do it,” and Shakira based elements of the song on the marching chant that sprung from an '80s song by Camaroon band Golden Sounds. It's part of the African and Carribean influence Shakira tried to infuse into the song.
https://youtu.be/pRpeEdMmmQ0
What’s the most beloved, most streamed World Cup song of all time? If your first guesses were Ricky Martin or Pitbull, you’re way off — the honor belongs to Shakira, whose 2010 anthem “Waka Waka (Song for Africa) handily beats them all. The track, recorded with the Cape Town, South Africa fusion band, Freshlyground, went to No. 1 in 15 countries and is one of the best-selling singles of all time, with over 15 million downloads worldwide. It’s on best World Cup song lists from sites as diverse as Billboard, MLS Soccer, Remezcla, and the Washington Post. And it keeps coming back each time there’s a World Cup, with replays and endurance driving YouTube views and pushing it to become Sharika’s second video to break two billion streams in 2018.
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