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- Soul_Makossa runtime "4.5".
- Soul_Makossa aSide "Hymne De La 8eCoupe D'Afrique Des Nations".
- Soul_Makossa abstract "\"Soul Makossa\" is a song released as a single in 1972 by Cameroon saxophonist and songwriter, Manu Dibango. It is often cited as one of the first disco records. In 1972, David Mancuso found a copy in a Brooklyn West Indian record store and often played it at his Loft parties. The response was so positive that the few copies of \"Soul Makossa\" in New York City were quickly purchased. The song was subsequently played heavily by Frankie Crocker, who deejayed at WBLS, then New York's most popular black radio station. Since the original release was so obscure, at least 23 groups quickly released cover versions to capitalize on the demand for the record.Later in 1972, American-based Atlantic Records licensed the original Manu Dibango version from French record label, Fiesta, and released it as a single (with the side-two track being \"Lily\"). The single peaked at #35 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1973; at one point, nine different versions of the song were on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at the same time. The song also became an international hit leading to even more cover versions by various groups around the world.The song is probably best known for the chanted vocal refrain \"ma-mako, ma-ma-sa, mako-mako ssa\", which was adapted and used in songs by many prominent artists such as Michael Jackson on his track \"Wanna Be Startin' Something\" from his 1983 smash album Thriller and Rihanna on her 2007 hit single \"Don't Stop the Music\" from one of her most successful albums, Good Girl Gone Bad.\"Soul Makossa\" was originally recorded as the B-side for \"Hymne De La 8e Coupe D'Afrique Des Nations\", a song celebrating the Cameroon national football team's accession to the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament, as well as Cameroon's hosting the games for the first time; the lyrics were written by Cameroonian poet and musicologist S.M. Eno Belinga. Manu Dibango later recorded a new version for his 1994 album Wakafrika, titled \"Mouvement Ewondo\".In 2011, a second version of the song entitled \"Soul Makossa 2.0\" was recorded in France by Manu Dibango and Wayne Beckford and was issued as the first single from Dibango's album, \"Past Present Future.\" Les Nubians also featured their own version of \"Soul Makossa\" entitled \"Nü Soul Makossa (featuring Manu Dibango)\" on their 2011 album \"Nü Revolution.\"".
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- Soul_Makossa genre Afrobeat.
- Soul_Makossa genre Disco.
- Soul_Makossa genre Jazz-funk.
- Soul_Makossa musicalArtist Manu_Dibango.
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- Soul_Makossa recordLabel Atlantic_Records.
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- Soul_Makossa runtime "270.0".
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