Wavin' Flag

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" Wavin Flag " is a song by Somali-Canadian artist K'naan from his album Troubadour . The song was originally written for Somalia and its people's aspirations for freedom. The original single was a hit in Canada and reached # 2 on the Canadian Hot 100 as the third official single from the album, after the singles "ABC" and "Bang Bang", which were minor hits.

After the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010, a remake of a song by a supergroup group from Canadian artists, credited as Young Artists for Haiti, became a single charity in Canada, reaching # 1 in Canada 100 hot in itself. The song became a global hit when it was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, hosted by South Africa. This modified international version with additional lyrics reached the top ten in over twenty different charts worldwide. The English version was released as the "Wavin Flag" (Celebration Mix) "by K'naan to distinguish it from the original Canadian hit or from the Canadian Haiti charity hit. The Spanish cover featuring David Bisbal became very popular. The song version featuring will.i.am and David Guetta is targeted for the international market. Many other bilingual and country-specific versions are released.

In 2012, K'naan publishes children's books, When I Become Older: The Story Behind Wavin's Flag, about the song and its history.

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The original single "Wavin 'Flag" appeared originally on his album Troubadour . The single reached # 2 on the Canadian Hot 100 as the third official single from the album, produced by Kerry Brothers, Jr. and Bruno Mars. K'naan first performed an acoustically live song on Q TV , where he gave viewers a preview of Troubadour before it was released. The lyrics of the original version are about the displaced displaced displaced by war, with reference to the original Somalia K'naan, compared to the newer version used for the World Cup, where the lyrics are rewritten in a more radiant tone.

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