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@pauliusgecas4724 жыл бұрын
Somehow I've never realized the lyrics. The song just sounds so joyful you don't even think it could be about such a serious matter. Now when I know it is an even more outstanding work of art!
@emi054 жыл бұрын
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@daffy7963 жыл бұрын
so am I, it was just my fav song in the 80-ties, but now I like it even much much more. Thanks to Lord JESUS who just showed it again to me:)))
@David-qq9bk3 жыл бұрын
same here! i’ve listened to this song for YEARS. as i’m not an english native-speaker and this is such a fun-sounding song i’ve never bothered to hear the lyrics. today i was listening to it and decided to hear the lyrics and BOOM! this song just became even better
@patrickbueno32793 жыл бұрын
I thought it was about something in Caribbean or Cuba, when I first heard it about a week ago in the radio. I didn't know much about the message of this song, until I search it in the net.
@irinaaleksejeva11373 жыл бұрын
Especially, I like this : hey hey at the last couplet
@WanderingVincent2 ай бұрын
"She even knows how to swing opinion In every magazine and the journals For every bad move that this Jo'anna makes They got a good explanation" That line is sadly so true today for many in the world
@sherwynsingh4880 Жыл бұрын
We listened to this in South Africa as non-white South Africans. We danced to it, we stomped our feet in the dust, in the dancehalls. We felt it in our hearts that the tides would turn, soon. Within a year the talks were on the news and in Feb 1990, Mandela was out of prison and the ANC was unbanned. Viva! Madiba! Viva!
@vertrauterdervollendungvll80004 ай бұрын
Now corrupt parties and organizations after mandela and the apartheid destroying step by step there own very good economy and chasing down white landowners mostly narratives from England,Dutch,Germany who work hard for there loved SA out the land. Bravo ! 😉
@Ka_Daver3 ай бұрын
The dream came true, South Africa is great now...
@books47392 ай бұрын
@@Ka_Daver And now they’ve kicked out the ANC. the circle of life
@slappedegg10562 ай бұрын
im glad you got freedom theres no room for tyranny in this world
@Someone.southafricaАй бұрын
@@Ka_Daver chocking on propaganda, voetsak that ANC they ruined ZA they stole my families money left them in the dust and having to move out to elsewhere
@henrysaizofficial Жыл бұрын
The power of a good beat + catchy vocals..He knew this was the best way to spread his message. Amazing!
@susansalter566 Жыл бұрын
🫶🏻🫶🏻💯💯💯💥💥💥💫💫💫💫
@admondnathan9434 Жыл бұрын
Yup no violence
@ObniMan9 ай бұрын
Bob Marley style!! They were great at what they did... Spread love n awareness...
@MICHAELplayz20128 ай бұрын
The song is catchy l like it
@NotAGoodUsername3607 ай бұрын
@@admondnathan9434 Oh there absolutely was violence, it just didn't happen until they'd won...
@rasputin4u13 жыл бұрын
This song is probably the most powerful and rousing and not only speaks for South Africa but anywhere oppression and segregation takes place today.
@musicpromotion50073 жыл бұрын
+1
@geoffreyjonathanwilson58263 жыл бұрын
I totally agree, great lyrics.
@aaronbarlow43763 жыл бұрын
Despite what the MSM says, there's no segregation or oppression of blacks/minorities in the west. The big oppression/racism now is Neo Marxist/Identity politics racism against white people.
@retrogamelover20123 жыл бұрын
And it seems like America (amongst a few other places), might be where this song is the most relevant, now.
@hanhdhsj3 жыл бұрын
@@retrogamelover2012 Bullshit.
@DuchalvanWyngaard4 жыл бұрын
I'm a South African, I grew up with this song. I haven't heard it for such a long time. Electric Avenue by Eddy Grant is the only song you still hear on radio, sometimes. Thanks for a bit nostalgia. 🇿🇦
@kiril14 жыл бұрын
Do you remember the apartheid regime? Is the life better for you today than was back then?
@DuchalvanWyngaard4 жыл бұрын
kiril1.....I'm not giving any credit to the apartheid regime whatsoever but life was very different for all South Africans back then. SA is on the brink of white genocide, apart from the average 56 murders daily countrywide, there is at least 3 farm attacks weekly where complete families are brutally murdered. If you compare the total of people murdered of over a period of 48 years under aparheid and the total of people murdered over a 26 year period under a democratic Republic the figures will shock you. 3567 deaths vs. 560 000+ deaths.
@kiril14 жыл бұрын
@@DuchalvanWyngaard Who's to blame?
@DADAMANism4 жыл бұрын
Go back to Europe.
@DuchalvanWyngaard4 жыл бұрын
The black man is better than me. Why must I go back to Europe? I'm an African, born in Africa. Unless if you are a Khoisan, why don't you go back to North Africa?
@christinedavey779310 ай бұрын
I woke up this morning with this song in my head. Kept wondering why it was in my head. Played it over and over again. Catchy song
@paulastanding507710 ай бұрын
HAHA WAY COOL AWESOME SONG 😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
@NneDoc-uy6fo6 ай бұрын
Same here. I woke up with the song in my head. That,s why I am here listening to it
@vinaymulukutla3589 ай бұрын
''I wanna know if you're blind Jo Anna If you wanna hear the sound of drum Can't you see that the tide is turning oh Don't make me wait till' the morning come'' Those words always send chills up and down my spine in regards to what this song was trying to tell the world. These sentiments are true for all of us no matter what we live with.
@joannaewalucja8 ай бұрын
👏👏👏🎯
@NotAGoodUsername3607 ай бұрын
It gives me chills knowing this movement turned genocidal the moment they took power.
@truth18446 ай бұрын
@@NotAGoodUsername360 ...It was genocidal during white rule. Don't be ignorant!
@Pipemonkey3 жыл бұрын
I’ve said it before, this is one of the most underrated but seriously talented men out there, people just need to open their ears and listen. Thanks Eddie
@eddythestrupnielsen58413 жыл бұрын
It's Eddy thank you 🤣😉
@vineshnaidoo94023 жыл бұрын
Our hero for sure bra
@jojo30072 жыл бұрын
He dont wanna dance lol
@hellman12 жыл бұрын
I can see your point, tell you the truth the only thing I've heard from him before this, was electric Avenue
@davefrapart2 жыл бұрын
The bob Marley of Africa
@maartenlaarhoven1603 жыл бұрын
Can you relate? *Accidentally realizes true meaning of this song, reads up on South African history for hours, because of it*
@tiktoklover52163 жыл бұрын
What did u learn about our people?
@snakeslayer8313 жыл бұрын
Listen to David Rudder Banana death song and learn some more about the west Indies economics
@bubububu85563 жыл бұрын
@@tiktoklover5216 ippi
@losmilosmi19173 жыл бұрын
@@LogiForce86 I can't imagine how possibly afrikaners can be punished enough for all their nice treatment of blacks
@LogiForce863 жыл бұрын
@@losmilosmi1917 You do know that people like you with perpetual hatred give me more and more thoughts that would make Hitler look like a little baby. This because it seems the only way to destroy this perpetual hatred is by destroying anyone who hates a group of people because of history, rather than evaluating the current relationships and find a way to move on to a peaceful future.
@takwananheya50063 ай бұрын
At least one road in Joburg was supposed to be named after this Hero
@samithindunil98059 ай бұрын
In 2023 , still listening and feel still there are black soweto mothers worrying about their sons and yet Johanna to give them the hope😢
@Steinbach19844 жыл бұрын
I love how mild and yet how clear his protest message is. And how he manages to disguise the song as a love song.
@thunder_claw4 жыл бұрын
...Okay, not to be disrespectful, but how is this in any way disguised as a love song? These lyrics are pretty damn explicit.
@danielc27014 жыл бұрын
@@thunder_claw The "love song" part isn't explicit and can be drowned out by the protest message but it's there. He "personifies" the capital of Johannesburg into a sort of "loose female" and the "song" is basically trying to get her to change her ways so that he can "love" her, hence the "give me hope" and "don't let me wait till morning" lyrics. It's there but it's very easily overlooked with the extremely explicit protest message in front. It is a very interesting artistic touch.
@sojiadamo52124 жыл бұрын
Steinbach1984 love is the ultimate protest and weapon we have against the evil we face. For real his lyrics are blinding....✊🏾
@harrietmugwiji14644 жыл бұрын
@@danielc2701 Oh my word, Thank you for the explanation, very interesting. It never dawned on me!
@gioiaworldwide81574 жыл бұрын
@@danielc2701 Right you are Daniel! I used to work in RSA in the Seventies of last century, and I know what Eddy is singing about. After my return to Germany I joined the Anti Apartheid Movement here ihn my home country, and now all South Africans are free. It will always be my former home from home, and I wish everybody there only the every best!!!
@riverjunior39653 жыл бұрын
Jo Anna = south african city of Johannesburg (for those like me who didn't get it in the first place)
@elequ3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info i never got it until today!!!
@lordkipanidze3 жыл бұрын
wow, thanks!
@theyadoresila3 жыл бұрын
Thanks like I just needed that for school homework >~
@tyronegbourne3 жыл бұрын
Bbvg
@Saxondog3 жыл бұрын
Blimey it's that obvious but I never cottened onto it. Thankyou Buddy.
@karancricketer14 күн бұрын
This is sooo sooo soooooo deep. You want to understand, sing, cry , dance, clap and cry altogether with this song. Those who ‘ve experienced it will feel and understand and they will know. The morning will come.
@stylewithaudra5570 Жыл бұрын
I remember as a child watching this in the 80s in Liberia on MTV. Didn’t understand it then just loved the beat and the colours. Great song.👏
@7lifeproduction5 ай бұрын
Me too
@AmbersKnight4 жыл бұрын
What I love about this song is that it is a pointed and serious message about the horrors of Apartheid and yet by clothing it in an upbeat and catchy tune it will grab the attention of more people, and it did.
@anthonielegrange86883 жыл бұрын
You definitely ain't from South Africa go check it out
@dungeonmaster62923 жыл бұрын
@@anthonielegrange8688 lol good luck out there!
@vladnickul Жыл бұрын
Yes. let Africa be pillaged by her own people :))
@JohnSmith-xx9th Жыл бұрын
Total nonsense. You weren’t there, so keep your media precipitated comments to yourself.
@craigbritz1684 Жыл бұрын
Apartheid wasnt so horrible , it was just a system of segregation laws, which sucked
@parlemMilanes2 жыл бұрын
I remember feasting when Mandela was elected first South-african black President, back in 1994. I had been so anxious ever since Botha's resignations that we would see a horrible bath of blood in the change. But Joanna listened to you, Eddie !!
@Strathclydegamer Жыл бұрын
I was a young teenager when Electric Avenue was used for a TV advert, I loved it and asked my Mum about the song. That weekend she took me to buy albums, a big mix of different stuff she thought I might like. Of course one of those CD’s was Eddy’s. The journey home was the first time I heard “Gimme Hope Jo’anna”. I was too young to know about apartheid, this song made me read up about it. This song had a huge impact on me at a young age. Hearing someone in an upbeat song longing for hope, not for himself but for a nation, made me very aware of how we treat each other over perceived differences. To take such a brutally, disgustingly unfair topic and explain it in such a brilliant, upbeat way… Eddy Grant is a legend. Absolute legend.
@ChiefyBeats Жыл бұрын
drinkable yogurt? Yop?
@edlonge11 ай бұрын
Can’t believe I never heard of this song till now, what a powerful song. Thank you for the post!
@dusanhinic72282 жыл бұрын
National anthem of Africa..Respect from Serbia
@brutskovic99323 ай бұрын
I Crne Gore 😊
@kicoo2583 ай бұрын
I hercegovine💙
@tonitaleski96553 ай бұрын
I Makedonija
@noamiletic72623 ай бұрын
I hrvatske💪❤
@sherwinkariem21532 жыл бұрын
Even the preacher that works for Jesus.... The Archbishop is a peaceful man.... Rest well Desmond Tutu.
@neilbrenno67695 ай бұрын
Beautiful song of peace ❤ from an indigenous brother from Australia 🦘😘♥️
@capitaosagres10 ай бұрын
Hearing this song as a kid who didn't care for the lyrics of any song and to hear it now and actually pay attention to what this song is about was a complete 360. It's a song about suffering, bravery and honor. I salute those who lost so much during the reign of the european countries, mine included. The african continent is not a playground. I can only be thankful that during the war to keep the portuguese colonies my grandfathers were on the right side of the fight. I'm grateful that my family morals have always been based on seeing every human as human, no matter who they are
@lexkanyima21959 ай бұрын
But it's a complex hope
@MartinVengadesan2 жыл бұрын
RIP Desmond Tutu - the archibishop who’s a peaceful man. Never forget ✊🏾
@rudinieuwenhuis4700 Жыл бұрын
Yeah right.....peaceful and so clever, tell me where do you see black, white or brown in the rainbow? Wake up and smell the coffee, he was a terrorist and a murderer who murdered many black AND white people with his cronies. The only difference is there was "war" in SA then as there is a war at any given time in the world, brush up on world history you might get a few surprises. Everybody hates adolf hitler for the holocaust but how many black and white men, women and children did the british murdered in the Boer war, not to mention all the animals they murdered with their scorched earth policy in SA then
@dissonantiacognitiva74383 жыл бұрын
Having heard this song in my childhood I never followed the lyrics Now it casually popped up and I played it, and paid attention Christ they are dark and political, it's a genius concealment of a serious message
@snakeslayer8313 жыл бұрын
His lyrics are not dark ,his lyrics shed light on the darkness of apartheid
@howardsmithson5918 Жыл бұрын
One of the very best songs of the last century. A truly great entertainer ❤️
@patluc96745 ай бұрын
Give me hope Joanna! Oh how we danced to this song as young children in South Africa, not even knowing that we were being represented in the world, nor did we know the full lyrics😂 Thank you Mr Grant🙏🏽
@MrAnth69er3 жыл бұрын
This song just became more than a childhood memory, absolutely outstanding to address such a serious issue with such positive energy 👏
@GabrielHellborne Жыл бұрын
I come from Eastern Europe; this song should have nothing to do with me at all, yet I first heard this as a child. Now, living in England, I find the message of this song so very relevant in this day and age.
@rudinieuwenhuis4700 Жыл бұрын
So you say. The way you call it one would think you were born and bred in SA. Come to SA and see what communism is all about seeing that you grew up in eastern Europe
@olafweyer8594 ай бұрын
@@rudinieuwenhuis4700 Does everything have to be an idiological war, da***it?
@GabrielHellborne3 ай бұрын
@@rudinieuwenhuis4700 Wut?!?!??!!
@GabrielHellborne3 ай бұрын
@@olafweyer859 I don't know what thee heck they're on about......
@Maria-gl3go8 ай бұрын
Lifted my mood completely one sunny day...was about 11/12 when my dear aunt passed...it made the day a bit better...
@UpulSusa-qo5wy5 ай бұрын
hi maria
@veezienhamoruhwande99 Жыл бұрын
I was in grade 2 when I heard this song, now I am 49 years, and still I LOVE IT
@Mama_Bear524 Жыл бұрын
I was in grade 1. I’m 41 now. I had no idea it was about Johannesburg during apartheid until now. Omg.
@rudinieuwenhuis4700 Жыл бұрын
@@Mama_Bear524 😂😂😂 This is a great song yes but totally wrong in so many ways. I grew up in SA and unfortunately when idiot zuma and his cronies took over 95% of our beautiful country went for a ball of(no that is not ice cream). No infrastructure was spared. Electricity, transport, basically everything was destroyed. I will probably be called a racist now which is fine! However, has anybody ever thought about what Nelson Mandela would have thought about the trash heap his successors left in their wake of destruction? Not even close to the legacy he tried to leave behind after he passed away. HE WILL BE ASHAMED OF HOW THE anc OF TODAY DESTROYED SA. Ask any of 50+ South African, black, white, coulored and even Indian how they feel about SA now. Fortunately the younger generation got a very rude awakening and hopefully things will change in SA however it will not be in the next 20 to 30 years, not before SA is turned into ruins by brainless idiots. Where is democracy now?? Democracy died when low life thieves by the likes of s#*thead zuma stole our country blind and worse of it all, no one in the world stopped him, instead the world started the BS of black lives matter. WRONG....ALL LIVES MATTER.....ALL LIFE MATTERS!!
@udokrause83210 ай бұрын
58........🤣
@lydiawanjiku60978 ай бұрын
37...heard it on old school radio 📻😂😂
@confricami20966 ай бұрын
63... from Italy ... now I understand it.. but a lot of people don't know English and don't understand, just love a nice sound in disco. SA was so far from us. But in '90 the italian mass media every day talks about Apathaid and we know very well this situation
@onyeiwuhenry64553 жыл бұрын
Heard on the radio often as a kid but getting to know the lyric on this day brought tears to my eyes.
@vinaymulukutla3583 жыл бұрын
Me too. Heard this song as a kid and liked it but wasn't old enough to understand the concept. My heart almost stopped when I revisited the song and it's lyrics as an adult and it was a very sobering moment. The last verse gets me every time and hits me hard: I wanna know if you're blind Johanna If you wanna hear the sound of drum Can't you see that the tide is turning oh.. Don't make me wait till' the morning come
@woodenloonynickel5 ай бұрын
Welcome
@GeorgiaCraciun4 жыл бұрын
Well Jo'anna she runs a country She runs in Durban and the Transvaal She makes a few of her people happy, oh She don't care about the rest at all She's got a system they call apartheid It keeps a brother in a subjection But maybe pressure can make Jo'anna see How everybody could a live as one Gimme hope, Jo'anna Hope, Jo'anna Gimme hope, Jo'anna 'Fore the morning come Gimme hope, Jo'anna Hope, Jo'anna Hope before the morning come I hear she make all the golden money To buy new weapons, any shape of guns While every mother in black Soweto fears The killing of another son Sneakin' across all the neighbors' borders Now and again having little fun She doesn't care if the fun and games she play Is dangerous to everyone She's got supporters in high up places Who turn their heads to the city sun Jo'anna give them the fancy money Oh to tempt anyone who'd come She even knows how to swing opinion In every magazine and the journals For every bad move that this Jo'anna makes They got a good explanation Even the preacher who works for Jesus The Archbishop who's a peaceful man Together say that the freedom fighters Will overcome the very strong I want to know if you're blind Jo'anna If you want to hear the sound of drums Can't you see that the tide is turning Oh don't make me wait till the morning come
@emi054 жыл бұрын
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@bonvivant39304 жыл бұрын
Thanks 🙏 it is beautiful indeed😍
@chinthakafernando46113 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@gigilaz3 жыл бұрын
bravo, Georgi!
@CitrianSnailBY3 жыл бұрын
[LOVE]
@donnasnowdon8755 Жыл бұрын
Well oh my goodness. I've only just learnt now. Aged 43 the real meaning of this song. Always thought was about a lady called Joanna. Still love it though.
@nagalintuganadar68072 ай бұрын
As we in June 2024 on the eve of the National Government of Unity where the ANC, DA and IFP together move to take South Africa our country into a New Era …. May we once more be blessed …. In times of deep uncertainties over the last 30 years
@auz172 жыл бұрын
A classic banger that was so uplifting that let’s admit most of us just danced away to it than ever relating with it. Thank you Eddie! ❤️
@allanmoriniere36872 жыл бұрын
I think it came out back in 87 or 88 I was aged 7 and used to dance on it almost every weekend, without really weighing the power and meaning of the lyrics certainly it was my innocence it was 13 years later that I realized the true meaning of the words, a true true hidden gem❤️❤️💎💎
@geraldinemurray585 Жыл бұрын
Sooooooooooo true. I just danced to. And never knew the meaning
@samwebb51229 ай бұрын
It was a South African freedom song at the end of apartheid, we all sang it with the fist, it was banned and we still played it. For us it always carried meaning
@lexkanyima21959 ай бұрын
@@samwebb5122and this was 2 years before Mandela was released which is also hard.
@toreneighdough83452 жыл бұрын
I was today years old when I discovered the Yop Me Mama song was actually a parody of this song for a commercial….. what a great song Eddie.
@DEATH-THE-GOAT2 жыл бұрын
Eddy you give me hope! Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
@MilleAnniBGD5 ай бұрын
God Bless Africa. Nkosi Sikeli Africa !
@balliburiram1422 жыл бұрын
I love how crystal clear the lyrics are. Just straight in your face, like this is how it is and deal with it and do something about it. I still have high hopes that one day we all don't look at colors but look at the person. The only thing we all have in common is that we are all different. Embrace the differences and live by eachother happiness instead by eachother mysery. Love is the answer.
@carlost17122 жыл бұрын
Bless
@josephnandkishun8422 жыл бұрын
Well said
@rohit1701d2 жыл бұрын
Something about this song is purely TIMELESS!! Someone bring back my childhood
@Ayham19664 ай бұрын
I'm from Jordan, and my daughter's name is Jowana. we send our best greetings to all the people of South Africa
@Maria637567 ай бұрын
Always love ❤️ this song greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦
@luisfilipe12154 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece by Eddy Grant fabulous song with a strong message attached to it
@emi054 жыл бұрын
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@shinai792 жыл бұрын
still brings tears to my eyes. after so many years... absolute genius
@Mama_Bear524 Жыл бұрын
I’m all emotional too
@pauleypavillion6088 Жыл бұрын
South Africa is far worse than aparthied. Its the stark truth; thousands of blacks are killing each other each year by other tribal blacks.
@Darwaxion Жыл бұрын
Not an emotional song at all tho
@lanvan.384 Жыл бұрын
@@Darwaxion? it certainly is, it may not be a sad sounding song but the message behind the lyrics is definitely enough to move people.
@creeator9 ай бұрын
Powerful song , Gives me chills
@waedjradi7 ай бұрын
This dude is basically exposing the tyranny with a very happy beat 👍
@joannadsouza1876 Жыл бұрын
Try being a Joanna when this song plays. I’ve seen people go crazy with the chorus. 😂 Fun times.
@jasminluisa54644 жыл бұрын
I love this song ❤️🌍 greetings from germany
@emi054 жыл бұрын
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@heinipups84123 жыл бұрын
Ich liebe den Song auch, grüße aus Hamburg
@heinipups84123 жыл бұрын
@@karindickinson7993 vielen Dank, ja ich kann gut ueber mich selbst lachen. Finde ich auch wichtig, viele Menschen trauen sich das nicht, weil sie denken, dass es als Schwäche angesehen wird. Ich bin auch ein lustiger und humorvoller Kerl 😃
@heinipups84123 жыл бұрын
@@karindickinson7993 mich haktenauch viele für bekloppt, meine Frau auch! Mir aber egal. Ciao und alles Gute!!!
@heinipups84123 жыл бұрын
@@karindickinson7993 das ist sehr nett von Dir! Vielen Dank, ciao 😃
@rdkatlant4 жыл бұрын
My first trip to London from the States. Spring 1990. This song was everywhere.
@skumsters23237 ай бұрын
This man is still alive, sweet. Love!!
@FinnB7476 ай бұрын
Final a great artist that once I find them they have died
@skumsters23236 ай бұрын
wahaha recognizable. It started with me as a kid with Roy Orbison 😂@@FinnB747
@lukestoffels5545 Жыл бұрын
This is a piece of art. This man knows he's music. Imagine having this guy a friend and performing at a function. Wow
@bong92212 жыл бұрын
The "Archbishop was a peaceful man". RIP Desmond Tutu 😢 Thank you Arch. Your freedom fight is over. Go well...
@albertosolon87693 жыл бұрын
From Philippine-This is the most ultimate ever created by most talented singer and writer.Eddy Grant.I really love this sounds.THANK U MR.GRANT
@lainytarbet50193 жыл бұрын
Electric avenue Eddie grant
@steveboy73022 жыл бұрын
Why did you have to mention the Philippines
@josephsharp56782 жыл бұрын
@@steveboy7302 Maybe it's because that's where he's from and it proves what a loved song this was around the World.
@marlygomesalmeida43758 күн бұрын
I'am brazilian and love African Continent!! Love From San Paulo Brazil South America!! God Bless Africa!! 🙏🙏🤝🤝❤❤❤Beautiful song
@michaeledembuagbe6652 Жыл бұрын
I use to jam to this as a kid nor understanding the true meaning of the song. Then my pops told me it was a protest song. Till I grew up and became concious and told my self this is as good as the best of the protest songs can be. Dirrect and frontal. Thank you uncle Eddy Grant for the good works.
@batyim-afrika35883 жыл бұрын
You ever sing a song, be happy untill you realize you're not happy but have tears in your eyes.
@henrylindgren75242 жыл бұрын
Jjhh
@Stetch423 жыл бұрын
Was my favorite song when I was a kid 33 years ago. Became even better when I understood the lyrics.
@rivervlogs2743 ай бұрын
I remember vibing and singing along to this song when I was a child not really knowing what the lyrics meant🇿🇦
@crystalmason8296 ай бұрын
This man is telling history like it is never heard of this song until KZbin in the beginning I had no idea who Johanna was but I know now clever stuff Eddie Grant
@jasonminiter91564 жыл бұрын
Timeless classic song still fresh today..
@aldoperosa65104 жыл бұрын
yes
@bogdanpostole72513 жыл бұрын
Because africa is still corrupted?
@geoffreyjonathanwilson58263 жыл бұрын
Yes, great song.
@geoffreyjonathanwilson58263 жыл бұрын
It certainly is Jason!
@tjenatakesme91093 жыл бұрын
5000
@olufemilonge7963 жыл бұрын
Powerful song. I merely danced to it as a boy. Now I understand better. Happy birthday Eddy Grant.
@banephoenix1115Ай бұрын
I heard this song first time as a kid, now it's 2024 and I'm happily married. Can never forget the rhythm and joyful beats of this song and just today this song came to my mind, I searched for it and here I'm!!!😅😂 To whoever is reading this comment I just want to say don't loose hope in life, whatever happens keep going on to the next morning! Stay strong people, Love from India!❤🙏😌
@ezequielrosa516810 күн бұрын
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🙏
@Eleramus665 күн бұрын
Non ce ne frega un cazzo
@dannybahar54232 ай бұрын
Love and blessings to the people of South Africa
@TruthDefender-oq4gt2 ай бұрын
AMEN
@akoskiss7862 жыл бұрын
In a South African white. I have heard this song in 1993 performed by the Jazz Pioneers in an open air show. I was immediately attracted to the vitality, the joyfulness of the music. Nobody could tell me anything about the song. Now I understand, why. South Africa does face huge difficulties. I wish God gives wisdom to my compatriots to get out well from these problematic times.
@gsomethingsomething2658 Жыл бұрын
How's South Africa doing now? Is it more prosperous, safer, less corrupt, all-round a better country to live in for the average person?
@akoskiss786 Жыл бұрын
Lots of opportunities opened up and it shows: the average person is more intelligent, educated, has more skills. Politics is a problem, but this seems to be a problem all over the world. We have huge problems, like with electricity supply and so on. I think if the present ruling class does not improve his act, will be chased away.
@gsomethingsomething2658 Жыл бұрын
@@akoskiss786 Okay, that's good to hear.
@rudinieuwenhuis4700 Жыл бұрын
@@akoskiss786 but this seems to be a problem all over the world....the only thing you said that is factual, the rest is a bunch of idiotic puke
@NotAGoodUsername3607 ай бұрын
@@akoskiss786I guess you're not in agriculture, huh?
@EdMcF13 жыл бұрын
This song puts over righteous anger without hatred, just with an appeal to reason.
@rudinieuwenhuis4700 Жыл бұрын
@EdMcF1....you are obviously not a South African are you?
@valentinliendo5262 Жыл бұрын
Como pegó fuerte este temón en las radios de Lima, a finales de los 80s. Grande Eddy Grant, como no recordarlo, cuando era la voz principal de the Equals y sus temazos para ,1970: Hold me closer y Soul Brother Clifford. Saludos desde Lima.
@elenavillanueva67109 ай бұрын
no encuentras que la de Yuri de "hombre al borde de un ataque" se parece mucho , sobre todo el coro
@OceanicGyogō4 ай бұрын
Who’s here in 2024?! ✋ 👍 Welcome people 👋 👇
@DavidA-xn6on4 ай бұрын
Me 😊
@panipat_JPN4 ай бұрын
!
@JustSmoothSailing4 ай бұрын
Oh yes . Hoyaaa.
@G_TM_4 ай бұрын
give me hope jo anna🎶🎶
@catarinaduarte48234 ай бұрын
Eu!!😂
@AnIrishMan5004 жыл бұрын
This was randomly recommended to me and I'm so glad,i had totally forgotten about this song,brings back memories
@emi054 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5SXh2Zup8l1pas
@masehoart75692 жыл бұрын
Brilliant singer, songwriter and musician and best Anti Apartheid song ever! Lot of people didn’t get it back then - Thank you Eddy Grant
@anupam676411 ай бұрын
My college day favourite when I was idealistic and well naive. Great song anyday
@patkelly830911 ай бұрын
88? This is ingrained in me as an Englishman Love it
@lexkanyima219511 ай бұрын
It was very significant in 1988
@habasaandrew24302 жыл бұрын
Swear to God I had never understood the meaning and actual lyrics of this song till today...this was a strong song..and all we did was dance to it...
@geraldwinston90012 жыл бұрын
Yes...2022 and this song still amazes me...I love the beat and the message resounds....Give me hope...Washy and Otta and Londy etc.
@pmabhande7 күн бұрын
Sang along to this tune as a kid, literally today 2024 Aug ive replayed and jusr realised its a song about arpatheid (sp) what in the goddam f**k im awed and traumatized
@shaunacasanova43352 жыл бұрын
Remembering this song as a teenager walking down claim street in Johannesburg ,watching the ANC supporters toi toi ,seems like yesterday .always love SA
@richelmira96323 жыл бұрын
For those people who dislike this music. Have a "stone heart." This music is a time treasure. Peace.^^)...
@ronaldduke68904 жыл бұрын
Year 2020 and this song is still amazing
@all-stargamer33334 жыл бұрын
Of course Songs never gonna die, no Matter how old they are.
@annapinna47304 жыл бұрын
Io io
@samibeachboysandfullhousef87652 жыл бұрын
2022 now
@n-gauge-arthur2 жыл бұрын
It's a great tune in any year!
@alansmith18402 жыл бұрын
2022
@eileenodonnell83767 ай бұрын
The double entendre with morning and mourning - powerful!
@taiwodavies52277 ай бұрын
Freedom song...my favourite of all Eddie Grant music, followed by " hold on it" Gimme hope Joana must be played on every of my day😅 ...love the music so much. From a grateful heart from Nigeria
@gaynorprice-jones18262 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Archbishop Desmond Tutu - I can see him dancing to this. A great man with humour and heart. Tawel cwsg.
@ioanetusani34304 жыл бұрын
I'm a Samoan living in NZ but when this great hit song land our shores, we were all behind the Black African struggle for Freedom. And this song has been playing in every Bus in Sàmoa as a support for the natives African against the racism. PEACE!!!!
@pinarellolimoncello4 жыл бұрын
With you all the way bro, peace on Earth, good will to all..
@Gazacommandment4 жыл бұрын
Love and peace to you and yours
@user-xx9ik2tk5p9 ай бұрын
i used to hear this song when i was still very young but didn't understand the lyrics and thought it was a love song heart touching
@lexkanyima21959 ай бұрын
I heard that song many times. But don't understand the message. And this was 2 years before Mandela was released. So depressed back then.
@abrahamanum-quaye82002 жыл бұрын
This is classic and still sounds good. Reminds me of the 80's.Great lyrics
@ralfhaggstrom98622 жыл бұрын
Sure does
@gundovhusani10743 жыл бұрын
This song, captures the shame and depravity that was apartheid. It traps it, exposes it and casts it into a dustbin of history in a very emphatic and creative manner. We need to honour those that gave us honour. Eddie, you're the best. You gave us hope which is a reality today. THANK YOU AGAIN. The perpetrators seem to take offence about the song today. It gives them nostalgia of a wicked type.
@xxxMixedGenreFavs2 жыл бұрын
100% facts
@eveofjustice32862 жыл бұрын
How have I not heard this song till now??!!!! I am both disappointed in myself and KZbin Recommendations for taking this long to get here. So hard-hitting but such an amazing song. It's such a great combination - upbeat and catchy, but then the lyrics inspire change and really get you thinking and shock you in several instances.
@69Phuket11 ай бұрын
This song and Eddy.. Turned the tide on SA's prospects. Gimme hope South Africa... Sort it out...Please!
@lilybethshibahara3029 Жыл бұрын
this remind my teenage days....now 55 years old yet still play this while driving.really good vibes and just now read the lyrics.just amazed!
@elimarsilvanikock78183 жыл бұрын
eddy grant on of the greatest and most successful artist from the caribbean!!!!!!!
@AishaShefah10 ай бұрын
The power of these oldies will live on for ages, it's just irresistible
@edwin9696 Жыл бұрын
WoW, havnt heard this in eons. Surely an unforgettable classic from my teen yrs of the eighties 🙂
@boldmover Жыл бұрын
I was on a bus travelling from Sofia to Bansko, Bulgaria. The radio started playing this song( the only English song), and it took me right back to the days when the schools in Guyana taught us about Apartheid. You see, Eddie Grant is a Guyanese, although he was living in England. Listening to it now, he sang about things still in force.
@perthyren6012 жыл бұрын
One of the most important and powerful songs ever written
@ioanetusani34304 жыл бұрын
Never fade away from my favorites hit songs. Thank you Eddy. Grant 👍👍 for the great music you makes everyone dancing with hope of Peace and Unity. Cheers from NZ.
@Morgel666 Жыл бұрын
This song gives me the greatest inspiration, hope, and strength to pull everything in the right mood and direction ... It kind of reminds me of Nelson Mandela - The greatest glory in life, lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall ... Thank you very much teachers of the world for the respect and peace towards each other ...
@retsdon Жыл бұрын
Eddy Grant - singing about what he didn't understand. There was a lot of it going on at that time. And yes, I still have my old ANC membership card - but it all turned to dust.
@timasendorf29202 жыл бұрын
I still remember loving this song, when I was small, because I didn‘t understand English and it sounded so happy. Then my English got better, I understood the meaning, and since then, I love it even more!
@elizabadrillah56245 ай бұрын
I simply love this song n the beat and the lyrics etc etc❤
@CoachAllwyn Жыл бұрын
A timeless classic!
@okelloetik4298 Жыл бұрын
I literally grew up to this song. Being born in 1991 meant I would not miss out on the song. I have edited music for an online radio and I have always loved it. I have been looking for songs to sing during Kareoke.. And the lyrics have just blown me away... I rank it as one of my best songs today.