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While the Earth Sleeps
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Wikipedia article
"'While the Earth Sleeps'" is a song written by Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez of Deep Forest and Peter Gabriel. The song was performed by Deep Forest with Peter Gabriel and appeared on the soundtrack for the film 'Strange Days' (1995) and is played over the film's end credits. It was released as a CD single. The song features Bulgarian folk singer Katya Petrova.
Samples
The song incorporates credited samples from "Shashvi, Kakabi", performed by Tsinandali Choir and from "vgn Chuuvuu" from the album 'Mongolie, musique vocale et instrumentale'. The passage "Dali znae, mila majko" ("Do you know, dear mother?") comes from a Bulgarian folk song. However, Risto Puleski from Niepole, North Macedonia claimed that the lyrics of the song were in the Macedonian language and asserted that it was neither Bulgarian, nor a folk song, but that he had written it in 1960. This claim has never been corroborated and no legal action followed.
Track listing
Track 2 is featured in the film 'Strange Days', but not on the soundtrack.
References
* [http://www.arion-music.com/produit.php?cdid=265&rubid=&labelid=1 Bulgarie - Chants et danses album's website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf7G-CZgPkI Original Song by Violeta Tomovska i Kiril Mancevski-Dali Znaes Mila Majko]
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