"Aie a Mwana" is the first single released by English girl group Bananarama. Group members originally recorded the track as a demo and ultimately it was the demo version that was pressed onto the record. Originally released as a stand-alone single, "Aie a Mwana" was eventually added to the group's debut album Deep Sea Skiving two years later. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Deep Sea Skiving is the debut album by Bananarama, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For popular forms of music in general, see Popular music. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in Western popular music in the late 1970s and early 1980s inspired by the punk rock movement. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... After Jake Rivera previously started Stiff Records, Radar Records and F-Beat Records, he founded Demon Records with Andrew Lauder and Elvis Costello in 1980. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Daniel Vangarde (born Daniel Bangalter) is a French songwriter and producer. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Paul Cook, born on July 20, 1956, is an English drummer and former member of the Sex Pistols. ... Sara Elizabeth Dallin (born 17 December 1961 in Bristol, England) is an English singer and songwriter from the pop group Bananarama. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Taint What You Do (Its the Way That You Do It) is a song recorded by Fun Boy Three and Bananarama. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. ... Deep Sea Skiving is the debut album by Bananarama, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ...

Bananarama's previous experience in a recording studio was as background vocalists on the Department S b-side "Solid Gold Easy Action", a T. Rex cover. Prompted by friend and early supporter Paul Cook (of Sex Pistols), Bananarama decided to release their own single. As they had been including several cover versions in their repertoire (including later hit "Venus"), they decided on an obscure 1975 disco song by Black Blood, sung in Swahili. Group members Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward had to learn to sing the song phonetically. The "tropical" nature of the single inspired the group's name: banana coming from the vibe of "Aie a Mwana" and -rama added to the end as a nod to an early Roxy Music song called "Pyjamarama". Department S - (L to R) - Tony Lordan, Vaughn Toulouse, John Hasler and Mike Herbage Department S was a British new wave band formed in 1980, who took their stage name from the 1960s TV series. ... T. Rex (originally known as Tyrannosaurus Rex, also occasionally spelled T Rex or T-Rex), were an English rock band fronted by Marc Bolan. ... Paul Cook, born on July 20, 1956, is an English drummer and former member of the Sex Pistols. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... Venus is a song by the Dutch band Shocking Blue, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 7, 1970. ... Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that was popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s, and which dominated mainstream pop until the late 1970s. ... Swahili (also called Kiswahili; see Kiswahili for a discussion of the nomenclature) is an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa. ... Sara Elizabeth Dallin (born 17 December 1961 in Bristol, England) is an English singer and songwriter from the pop group Bananarama. ... Siobhan Fahey (born Siobhan Máire Deirdre Fahey on September 10, 1958) was a founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later founded the musical outfit Shakespears Sister. ... Keren Woodward in musical clip Nathan Jones Keren Woodward (born Keren Jane Woodward on 2 April 1961, in Bristol, England) is an English pop singer and songwriter from the girl-group Bananarama. ... Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry (vocals and keyboards). ...

Issued by independent label Demon Records, "Aie a Mwana" managed to climb to number ninety-two in the UK singles chart. Write-ups in the English music and fashion press (NME, The Face) caught the attention of Terry Hall, who invited Bananarama to sing on his new vocal group Fun Boy Three's next single. After Jake Rivera previously started Stiff Records, Radar Records and F-Beat Records, he founded Demon Records with Andrew Lauder and Elvis Costello in 1980. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Not to be confused with the Canadian music magazine Music Express The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. ... For other uses, see The Face (disambiguation). ... There have been two well-known British entertainers named Terry Hall. ... Fun Boy Three The Fun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful multi-racial English band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was headed by singer Terry Hall after he left The Specials. ...

Origins of the song and other versions

In fact, the original song was not Swahili at all. Originally it was called "Aieaoa", and was featured on the pseudo-Japanese dance album "Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki" which had been released in 1971 by the French writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger^[1]. In 1975^[2] Belgian group^[3] Black Blood recorded the version with Swahili lyrics and a more African vibe, called "A.I.E. (A Mwana)", heard by Bananarama. Daniel Vangarde (born Daniel Bangalter) is a French songwriter and producer. ...

After Bananarama's success in the UK, Vangarde and Kluger, who by then had found international success with the Gibson Brothers and then Ottawan, also recorded versions of the same song with both Ottawan ("A.I.E. Is My Song", with English lyrics, 1982)^[4] and La Compagnie Créole ("A.I.E A Moun'la", 1987). 1983 album cover The Gibson Brothers are a France-based musical group, who had their greatest success during the disco boom of the late 1970s and are best known for their hit Cuba. The three brothers, Chris (lead vocals, percussion), Patrick (vocals, drums) and Alex (vocals, keyboards) were born on... Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Location City Information Established: 1850 as Bytown Area: 2,778. ...

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