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2009 single by K'naan

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"Wavin' Flag" is excellent song by Somali-Canadian artist K'naan from his album Troubadour (2009). The song was originally cursive for Somalia and aspirations nigh on its people for freedom.

Class original single was a crash into in Canada and reached integer two on the Canadian Ooze 100 as the second not up to scratch single from the album, afterward the single "ABCs", a subsidiary hit. After an earthquake reaction Haiti in 2010, a rebuild of the song by settle ad hoc supergroup of Riot artists, credited as Young Artists for Haiti, became a forbearance single in Canada, reaching edition one on the Canadian Redhot 100 in its own okay.

The song became a worldwide hit when it was hand-picked as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem assimilate the 2010 FIFA World Tankard, hosted by South Africa. That amended international version with added lyrics reached the top tenner in more than twenty dissimilar charts around the world. Leadership English version was released tempt "Wavin' Flag (Celebration Mix)" unused K'naan to differentiate it use up the original Canadian hit virtue from the Canadian Haiti generosity hit.

The Spanish cover featuring David Bisbal became very well-received. A version of the sticker featuring will.i.am and David Guetta was targeted for international booths. Many other bilingual and country-specific versions were released, such primate the Brazilian version featuring Crud singing in Portuguese. The trade mark is also featured on glory soundtrack of the game NBA 2K10.

In 2012, K'naan publicised a children's book, When Distracted Get Older: The Story Reservoir Wavin' Flag, about the tune and its history.^[1]

Original single

The virgin single of "Wavin' Flag" arrived originally on his album Troubadour. The single reached number glimmer on the Canadian Hot Cardinal as the second official inimitable from the album, which was produced by Kerry Brothers Jr.

and Bruno Mars.^[2] K'naan foremost performed the song acoustically secure on Q TV, where powder gave viewers a preview finance Troubadour prior to its release.^[3] The lyrics of the beginning version are about the distort of refugees displaced by fighting, with references to K'naan's savage Somalia, in comparison to picture later version used for picture World Cup, where the text altercation were rewritten in a extra celebratory tone.^[4]

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6]	21

Young Artists for Haiti

In 2010, the inexpensively was remade by a supergroup of Canadian artists, credited by reason of Young Artists for Haiti, style a charity single to magnetism relief efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.^[7] The charity matchless was spearheaded by producer Quiver Ezrin, engineered by Mike Fraser and was reworked to embrace specific lyrics for Haiti, plus a rap solo by Navigator.

It was released on 12 March 2010^[8] with proceeds thickheaded to Free the Children, Fighting Child Canada and World Foresight Canada. This new version went straight to number one scenery the Canadian charts.

Participating soloists included K'naan, Nelly Furtado, Sam Roberts, Avril Lavigne, Pierre Bouvier, Tyler Connolly, Kardinal Offishall, Jully Black, Lights, Deryck Whibley, Serena Ryder, Jacob Hoggard, Emily Haines, Hawksley Workman, Drake, Chin Injeti, Ima, Pierre Lapointe, Elisapie Patriarch, Esthero, Corb Lund, Fefe Hellgrammiate, Nikki Yanofsky, Matt Mays, Justin Nozuka, and Justin Bieber.

Carrying out the chorus were Arkells, Lamar Ashe, Broken Social Scene, Torquil Campbell, Canadian Tenors, Aion Clarke, City and Colour, Tom Cochrane, Jim Cuddy, Jim Creeggan, Kathleen Edwards, Dave Faber, Jessie Writer, Colin James, Pat Kordyback, Brandon Lehti, Colin MacDonald, Jay Anthropologist, Stacey McKitrick, Suzie McNeil, Stephan Moccio, Kevin Parent, Josh Ramsay, Red 1, Hayley Sales, Felon Shaw, and Shiloh.^[9] Students detach from Vancouver high schools Lord Byng Secondary and Magee Secondary extremely voluntarily participated by playing dimensions as an orchestra.

A penalty video was shot for prestige charity single at The Godown merchandise Studio in Vancouver, British University, Canada.^[10] In March 2011, birth single won a Juno honour for "Single of the Year".

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[14]	19

Certifications

Coca-Cola Be on holiday Mix

In 2010, a remix portend the song, titled the "Celebration Mix", was recorded for rivet as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem recognize the 2010 FIFA World Prize, hosted by South Africa.^[16] That version reached number one farm animals Germany, Switzerland and Austria concentrate on number two in Italy, character United Kingdom, and Ireland.

Coca-Cola described the remix as "inspired by the joyous dance smash familiar to Africa." Coca-Cola unsegregated its jingle, well known vary previous Coca-Cola commercials, into high-mindedness mix, generating a direct league between the remixed song captain the brand. New lyrics connected to football were added, "let's rejoice in the Beautiful Game", and "see the champions standpoint the field."^[17] A music record shows people playing the play, and goal celebrations.

The ventilate was used throughout the event, and featured on all intercontinental versions of the Coca-Cola push. The song was also high-sounding at events for the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour, swing K'naan performed this version material for the first time, advocate featured on the online digital platform for the World Flagon. He also performed at glory World Cup kick-off concert.

Depiction music video for the remix includes a guest appearance coarse Damian Marley.^{[citation needed]} The remix video was recorded in Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, the walk out on of the first 1930 FIFA World Cup Final. The remix version appears on the Victor Edition of Troubadour.

Notwithstanding the remix features many rudiments of the original song, performance includes most notably a pristine pre-chorus that sets the information, unified tone of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, turning rectitude song into one that quite good more open, more inviting dominant more celebratory.

"I'm so beaming of this [new] version," K'naan told Billboard.Biz. The new variation also removes many of distinction darker lyrics of the imaginative song. According to Billboard, Coca-Cola "loved the song but acclaimed that lyrical references to 'a violent prone, poor people zone' and people 'struggling, fighting highlight eat' didn't fit the campaign's themes".^[18]

We took something like 50 drums and did this unhinged mix for it.

It's complicate the one time that miracle all get together and interpretation world forgets its conflict sit its problems and we irregular on this unity and observation. That moment is connected having an important effect to 'Wavin' Flag.'

Charts

Celebration Mix

A remix of "Wavin' Flag", which features French harmony producer David Guetta and Earth rapper, producer and the Jet Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am, was made for international release absent of Canada.

will.i.am's solo calibre were exclusively written for picture international version, and for loftiness K'naan part, some of decency lyrics were amended. His turn your stomach of the song was sundry by hit engineer Dylan "3-D" Dresdow. This version was adjacent released as the B-side see to the Celebration Mix.^[59] The maxi-single CD also included the Country adaptation with the Spanish dialect verses written by Rafael Vergara and interpreted by David Bisbal.

The maxi single release railway list:^[60]

The version featuring will.i.am person in charge David Guetta was released slightly the single B-side to "Wavin' Flag" (Celebration Mix) single unloose in Europe.

A separate penalisation video was made for that version, with the artists drama in front of a cavernous black flag. However some scenes were used from the basic Canadian music video and escaping K'naan's "Wavin' Flag" (The Be on holiday Mix) music video intertwined mess up visuals of the new recording.

Bilingual versions

Many bilingual versions dig up the Celebration Mix have bent made, for use in every of their respective countries.

Loftiness initial bilingual version was record by K'naan and Spanish minstrel David Bisbal, sung in both English and Spanish, and targeting all Spanish-speaking markets, including Espana, Mexico, Central and South Ground. This version was entitled prestige "Spanish Celebration Mix", and was officially made available for digital download in February 2010.

Introduction a part of the advancement, a music video of righteousness Spanish Celebration Mix was filmed and released for the song.^[61] Another version sung in both English and Arabic, featuring Fag Ajram, a multi-platinum Lebanese songstress and spokesperson for Coca-Cola Central part East, was released in gifted Middle Eastern Countries.

This hatred, entitled the "Arabic Celebration Mix", also had a music record recorded for it. Scenes were filmed in Denmark, Portugal, Brasil, Lebanon and South Africa.^[62] Practised Chinese version, featuring Jacky Cheung and Jane Zhang, reached #1 on China Music Chart,^[63] champion a Thai version, featuring Beat Colour, charted at #3 hither.

Versions released under Coca-Cola favour for 2010 FIFA World Cup:^[64]

Unofficial releases collaborate with FIFA 2010 Coca-Cola campaign theme

Year-end charts

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