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| INFO Released: September 1981 UK Chart Position: #92 Album: Deep Sea Skiving |
| AIE A MWANA |
| AIE A MWANA was Bananarama's first single, and, although it didn't exactly set the charts on fire, it certainly did get noticed. It was after this single in which Terry Hall, of Fun Boy Three fame, noticed hte girls and invited then to d backing vocals on his new single. The song was originally recorded by the group Black Blood, and was one of Siobhan's favourite songs. The girls then proceeded to sit and listen to the tape over and over writing down the words phonetically. To this day, Keren and Sara have no idea what the lyrics were or what they meant. |
| LYRICS Aie a mwana, dina quela que tu A mo yana bib, naba do do oh yeah Aie a mwana, sa sa eebu busheebu Una shoba bee bee, oou da la la la yeah Bama mama ra figu (Aki yeah mi missouri) Ba do do ya day eedo (Aki yeah mi missouri) Bama mama ra figu (Aki yeah mi missouri) Una payea way aki sakissa sana Una payea way aki sakissa Aie a mwana, dina quela que tu A mo yana bib, naba do do oh yeah Aie a mwana, sa sa eebu bushbeebu Una shoba bee bee, oou da la la la yeah Bama mama ra figu (Aki yeah mi missouri) Ba do do ya day eedo (Aki yeah mi missouri) Bama mama ra figu (Aki yeah mi missouri) Una payea way aki sakissa sana Una payea way aki sakissa Bama mama ra figu (Aki yeah mi missouri) Ba do do ya day eedo (Aki yeah mi missouri) Bama mama ra figu (Aki yeah mi missouri) Una payea way aki sakissa sana Una payea way aki sakissa Aie a mwana, sa sa eebu bushbeebu Una shoba bee bee, oou da la la la yeah Aie a mwana, dina quela que tu A mo yana bib, naba do do oh yeah |
| THE VIDEO Unfortunately, a video for AIE A MWANA was never shot, well, to the fans knowledge that is ... ;) |
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