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Wikipedia article
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| type = single
| artist = P-Square featuring J. Martins
| album = Danger
| released = 2009
| recorded = 2009
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| genre = Afrobeats
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| writer = Peter Okoye
Paul Okoye
J. Martins
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"'E No Easy'" is a 2009 song by P-Square featuring J. Martins. It was revived as a bilingual French/English song "'Positif'", by Matt Houston featuring P-Square in 2012, becoming a hit in France.
"E No Easy"
"'E No Easy'" is a successful song by P-Square featuring J. Martins that was a hit locally in Nigeria. The song was written by the three singers Peter and Paul Okoye (actually the members of P-Square) and by J. Martins. It is taken from P-Square's album 'Danger'.
A French version using the music of "E No Easy" and retitled "Positif" became a big hit in France. And after success of the French adaptation, "E No Easy" was also released finding some additional success in France in 2012.
In 2011, French-Algerian rapper El Matador had also included a mix of "E No Easy" credited to "El Matador feat P-Square" in his mixtape release 'Escale sur la lune'. adding French rap verses, ra influences and additional Spanish lyrics to the track.
"Positif"
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| name = Positif
| cover = Positif-by-matt-houston-p-square.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Matt Houston featuring P-Square
| album = Racines
| released = 23 April 2012
| recorded = April 2012 in Studio Video Clip, Paris, France
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| genre = R&B, hip hop, reggae
| length = 3:49
| label = On the Track
| writer = Matthieu Gore
Peter Okoye
Paul Okoye
J. Martins
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"'Positif'" is a 2012 bilingual song in French and English by Matt Houston featuring Nigerian brother duo P-Square. It is a remake of the earlier hit by P-Square with French lyrics added by Matthieu Gore (real name of Matt Houston)
The song is taken from Houston's forthcoming album 'Racines' as a first pre-release on 23 April 2012 from the album due in June 2012.
Houston sings the introductory French part while P-Square brother Peter and Paul are doing the backing vocals. The English parts are done by the Okoye brothers.
As a promotion, Matt Houston also released a "making of" video of his collaboration with Peter and Paul Okoye in the Video Clip Studios where the French hit was cut.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzgO3fFq0j8 Video for making of "Positif" in Video Clip Studios in Paris] It was the third of a series of "Welcome To My World" video episodes.[https://www.youtube.com/user/onthetrackofficiel On the Track YouTube channel of Matt Houston]
The official music video was uploaded on Matt Houston's VEVO channel on 4 May 2012.
The single featured at #47 in its first week of release and climbed up to #6 on the SNEP French Singles Chart.
Charts
"Positif"
The release included the following track list:#"Positif" (featuring P-Square) 3:49
#"Positif" (featuring P-Square) 3:51
#"Positif" (Alex Rio Loco Remix) 4:24
#"Oh Gosh" (Chir Remix) 2:47
"E No Easy"
Based on the success of "Positif", the English original "E No Easy" gained attention and popularity in France also entering the French SNEP charts reaching #141 on chart dated 26 May 2012.References
Category:2009 singles
Category:2012 singles
Category:Macaronic songs
Category:P-Square songs
Category:2009 songs
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