"Maware Maware" is a song by Japanese recording artist Misia

MISIA (Japanese singer)

, commonly stylized as MISIA, is a Japanese R&B singer originally from Fukuoka. She debuted in 1998 on BMG Japan, but has since moved to Sony Music Japan's Ariola Japan imprint...

 featuring M2J (a duo of Japanese DJ Muro and Hawaiian singer-songwriter John Paul "JP" Lam) and French-Cameroonian singer Francis Jocky

Francis Jocky

Francis Jocky is a singer, songwriter and producer, born in Cameroon and moved to France at age of 15.He learned to play the guitar at age of 9 and by age 12 he played piano and started composing his first songs. After moving to France he received his PhD in International Relations from Sorbonne...

. The song is Misia's contribution to the official soundtrack of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

2010 FIFA World Cup

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...

, Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album, released on May 31, 2010. It was the first song by a Japanese artist to be included on the standard version of a FIFA album.

Overview

"Maware Maware" is primarily sung by Misia in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

. Jocky sings the bridge

Bridge (music)

In music, especially western popular music, a bridge is a contrasting section which also prepares for the return of the original material section...

 in Duala

Duala language

Duala is the language spoken by the Duala people of Cameroon. The language belonges to the Bantu language family, and a subgroup of it called the Duala languages...

, one of the various languages of Cameroon. The chorus features Misia incorporating six greeting

Greeting

Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other...

s from various languages: "Hello" (English), "Konnichiwa" ' onMouseout='HidePop("37140")' href="/topics/Japanese_language">Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

), "Jambo" (Swahili

Swahili language

Swahili or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoro Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia...

), "Hola" (Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

), "Bonjour" (French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

), and "Sawubona" (Zulu

Zulu language

Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population...

). The music video also features this greeting motif and other greetings such as "Boa Tarde" (Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

) and "Nǐ Hǎo" ' onMouseout='HidePop("57427")' href="/topics/Standard_Chinese">Chinese

Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese, or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....

) are shown in 3D

3-D film

A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...

 art.

The first performance of "Maware Maware" was held at a Sony "make.believe" showcase in Roppongi Hills

Roppongi Hills

is a New Urban Centre and one of Japan's largest integrated property developments, located in the Roppongi district of Minato, Tokyo.Constructed by building tycoon Minoru Mori, the mega-complex incorporates office space, apartments, shops, restaurants, cafés, movie theaters, a museum, a hotel, a...

 in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 on May 10, 2010. The song was later performed in another Sony showcase held in South Africa, before the Japan vs Cameroon match on June 14, 2010. The music video, filmed in 3D, premiered the following day.

"Maware Maware" was the opening song on each stop of Misia's Hoshizora no Live VI Encore 2010 International Year of Biodiversity

Hoshizora no Live VI Encore 2010 International Year of Biodiversity

Hoshizora no Live VI Encore 2010 International Year of Biodiversity is the fifth acoustic tour and sixteenth concert tour overall by Japanese R&B singer Misia. The tour final was attended by 12,000 fans.- Set list :- Tour dates :...

 tour. A remix by DJ Gomi is featured as a bonus track on the first pressing of Misia's twenty-fifth single "Kioku

Kioku (Misia song)

is the twenty-fifth single by Japanese recording artist Misia. It was released on May 25, 2011 as the lead single from Misia's tenth studio album Soul Quest.- Background :...

" and was digitally released as a standalone track in Japan on May 25, 2011.

Track listing

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com ....	55
Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay	47