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Homeless (Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo song)

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Released
  
1986 (1986)

Length
  
03:48

Producer(s)
  
Genre
  
Label
  
Warner Bros.

Writer(s)
  
Joseph ShabalalaPaul Simon

"Homeless" is a 1986 song by Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo lead singer Joseph Shabalala.

The song was the first recorded by Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo for Simon's album Graceland. The song launched the international career of the South African group and introduced Zulu isicathimiya music to new western audiences. Shabalala provided the music, from the melody of a traditional Zulu wedding tune, and new Zulu words. Simon provided the English lyrics. The text has been taken as protest music, though Shabalala has said that the phrase "we are homeless" is similar to the words a Zulu uses when proposing to his bride.

Personnel

  • Joseph Shabalala—lead vocals
  • Paul Simon—vocals
  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo—vocals
  • References

    Homeless (Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo song) Wikipedia


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