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Wikipedia article
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| cover = Stan Walker - Matemateone.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Stan Walker
| album = Te Arohanui / All In
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| language = Mori, English
| genre = Pop
| length = 2:49
| label = Sony Music Entertainment New Zealand
| writer =
| producer = Devin Abrams, Matthew Sadgrove
| prev_title = Tau Te Mrire / Take It Easy
| prev_year = 2021
| next_title = Come Back Home
| next_year = 2021
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"'Matemateone'" (English: "Deep Affection") is a song by New Zealand musician Stan Walker. A bilingual ballad sung primarily in Mori language, the song was released as a single a week before Walker's first album sung in Mori, 'Te Arohanui'. A love ballad, the song's music video celebrates his marriage to his partner Lou Tyson.
The song debuted at number 14 on the New Zealand Artist Singles chart and number 8 on the Hot Singles chart. By the end of 2021, it was the 5th most successful Te Reo Mori song of the year in New Zealand.
Background and composition
In 2014, Walker collaborated with the musicians Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika on the single "Aotearoa", a Mori language song released to mark te Wiki o te Reo Mori, as a challenge to release the second song in history (after "Poi E" (1984) by the Ptea Mori Club) to top the New Zealand charts. Walker started recording music in Te Reo again in 2018, including "Whakamoemiti" from the extended play 'Stan', "Moemoe", Walker's cover of Don't Dream It's Over with Seth Haapu in 2019, and "Tn R Koe", a Te Reo version of Walker's single "Thank You" (2018) recorded for the 'Waiata / Anthems' compilation album in 2019. In 2020, Walker released the single "Bigger", simultaneously releasing a Te Reo Mori version of the song with his niece Ibanez Maeva.
On 1 September 2021, Walker announced the release of 'Te Arohanui', an upcoming studio album entirely sung in Te Reo. The announcement was paired with the release of "Tau Te Mrire", a re-recorded version of his single "Take It Easy" (2012).
Release
The song was released on 10 September 2021, one week after the release of "Tau Te Mrire". On the same day, Walker released the music video for the track, featuring footage from his wedding to Lou Tyson. The song was later featured on Walker's 2022 album 'All In'.
The song was later used as the ending theme song for the 2022 Tearepa Kahi film 'Muru'.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
*Devin Abrams producer, composer, lyricist
*Mikey Dam composer, lyricist
*Simon Gooding engineer, mixing engineer
*Stuart Hawkes mastering engineer
*Isiah Ngawaka composer, lyricist
*Matthew Sadgrove producer, composer, lyricist
*Ruth Smith composer, lyricist
*Stan Walker composer, lyricist, vocalist
Charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:2021 singles
Category:2021 songs
Category:Film theme songs
Category:Macaronic songs
Category:Mori-language songs
Category:New Zealand songs
Category:Pop ballads
Category:Stan Walker songs
Category:Songs written by Stan Walker
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