Yé ké yé ké
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"Yé ké yé ké" is a 1987 song recorded by Guinean singer Mory Kanté
. Released as a single from his album Akwaba Beach in 1988, the song became an international hit, which was one of Africa's best-ever selling hits as well as being a European number-one in 1988, making it the first ever African single to sell over one million copies. The song was a top five hit in France, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands where it topped the chart for two consecutive weeks. A remix named the “Afro Acid Mix” was especially made to the UK release where it reached #25. In 1994, German techno duo Hardfloor
remixed the song and released this new version which achieved a moderate success. Due to the international popularity of the song, Cantopop
singer Priscilla Chan
made a cover version
(地球大追蹤) which was part of her 1988 album "The Color of Autumn".
12" maxi
12" maxi - UK
CD single
1 1995 version
1 1996 remix
Mory Kanté
Mory Kanté is a vocalist and player of the kora harp. He was born into one of Guinea's best known families of griot musicians...
. Released as a single from his album Akwaba Beach in 1988, the song became an international hit, which was one of Africa's best-ever selling hits as well as being a European number-one in 1988, making it the first ever African single to sell over one million copies. The song was a top five hit in France, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands where it topped the chart for two consecutive weeks. A remix named the “Afro Acid Mix” was especially made to the UK release where it reached #25. In 1994, German techno duo Hardfloor
Hardfloor
Hardfloor is a German techno and acid trance duo, consisting of Oliver Bondzio and Ramon Zenker. Their most famous track is "Acperience 1" ....
remixed the song and released this new version which achieved a moderate success. Due to the international popularity of the song, Cantopop
Cantopop
Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...
singer Priscilla Chan
Priscilla Chan
Priscilla Chan Wai-han is a female Cantopop singer in Hong Kong.-Background:Chan has a younger brother and sister. Her father is a retired senior officer of Hong Kong Immigration Service. She attended Marymount Secondary School in Happy Valley, Hong Kong...
made a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
(地球大追蹤) which was part of her 1988 album "The Color of Autumn".
Track listings
7" single- "Yé ké yé ké" – 3:58
- "Akwaba Beach" – 5:11
12" maxi
- "Yé ké yé ké" (remix) – 6:17
- "Akwaba Beach" – 5:11
- "Yé ké yé ké" – 3:58
12" maxi - UK
- "Yé ké yé ké" (the Afro acid remix)
- "Akwaba Beach"
- "Yé ké yé ké" (the French remix)
CD single
- "Yé ké yé ké" (remix) – 6:20
- "Akwaba Beach" – 5:14
- "Yé ké yé ké" (live) – 7:17
Peak positions
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Singles Chart | 10 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 1 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 | 1 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart | 5 |
| German Singles Chart | 2 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 10 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 12 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 2 |
| UK Singles Chart | 29 |
| Chart (1995) 1 | Peak position |
| UK Singles Chart | 25 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 17 |
| Chart (1996) 2 | Peak position |
| UK Singles Chart | 28 |
1 1995 version
1 1996 remix
Year-end charts
| Chart (1988) | Position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Top 40 | 12 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 5 |