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Wikipedia article


{{Infobox song

| name = Hello Afrika

| cover = Hello_Africa.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Dr Alban featuring Leila K

| album = Hello Afrika

| released = September 1990

| recorded = 1990

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = *Dancehall

*reggae

*electronic

| length = *3:13 (Single mix)

*5:44 (Album version)

| label =

| writer = *Leila K.

*Dr Alban

*Denniz PoP

| producer = Denniz PoP

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = No Coke

| next_year = 1990

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}}

"'Hello Afrika'" is a 1990 song recorded by Sweden-based musician and producer Dr Alban. It was released as the debut single from his first album with the same name (1990). It features Swedish Eurodance singer Leila K. The song is similar as Eddy Grant's "Hello Africa", but in style of hip hop. It peaked at number one in Austria and achieved a great success in most of the other European countries, including Sweden, Germany and Switzerland.

Dr. Alban has stated that "Hello Afrika" took about two months to record. In the 2017 book 'Stars of 90's Dance Pop: 29 Hitmakers Discuss Their Careers' by James Arena, he told about meeting Denniz PoP and of the making of the song, "We met through the DJ channels, as he was working as one at the same time I was. We just started working together on "Hello Afrika", and it all came together. We had a good chemistry, and we just thought, "Come on, let's go in the studio and see what we can do." It was hard to get the song initially released, but the thing is that other DJs (who we gave it to before we had a record deal) played the track and liked it. That built demand for it in the clubs, and then it started to hit radio. That later paved the way for our deal with [Logic and Ariola Records]."

It has been covered by South African group Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels. Retrieved 7 January 2014 It was covered by Grup Raptiye as "Hello Malatya" at the 1991 album, 'Doping', and by Grup Vitamin as "Hamiyet" at "Bol Vitamin" one in 1990 and "Deli Dolu Best Of 1" in 1996.

Critical reception



In his review of the 'Hello Afrika' album, Larry Flick from 'Billboard' commented, "Equally strong are the title track, a prideful tribal ode that features a nifty guest appearance by Leila K." A reviewer from 'Music & Media' wrote, "Pounding, tribal drums dominate this poppy rap for African unity." The magazine also called it "an great African house track, hailing from Sweden." They added, "This mixture of African tribal rhythms, Jamaican toasting and western house technology is already very big in Scandinavian and German clubs. The rest of Europe will doubtlessly follow." British magazine 'Music Week' described it as a "Prince Buster influenced tuggingly rolling ragga rap".

Music video



The music video for "Hello Afrika" was directed by Scottish director Paul Boyd.

Track listings



* '7" single'

# "Hello Afrika" (Marc Spoon's radio edit) 3:46

# "Hello Afrika" (single mix) 3:13

* 'CD single'

# "Hello Afrika" (Marc Spoon's radio edit) 3:46

# "Hello Afrika" (single mix) 3:13

* 'CD maxi'

# "Hello Afrika" (fast blast club mix) 5:40

# "Hello Afrika" (aaahfrika mix) 6:25

# "Jungle Beats" (gurana mix) 4:28

# "Hello Afrika" (single mix) 3:13

* 'CD maxi/12" maxi single - Remix'

# "Hello Afrika" (tech-makossa-mix) 7:42

# "Hello Afrika" (freedom for bleeb & bass mix) 6:30

# "No coke" (hip hop reggae in a dance hall style) 4:40

Charts and certifications



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



Certifications



See also



*List of number-one hits of 1991 (Austria)

References



Category:1990 debut singles

Category:1990 songs

Category:Dr. Alban songs

Category:English-language Swedish songs

Category:Leila K songs

Category:Music videos directed by Paul Boyd

Category:Number-one singles in Austria

Category:Reggae fusion songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Denniz Pop

Category:Songs written by Denniz Pop

Category:Songs written by Dr. Alban

Category:Songs written by Leila K

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