Bananarama - Aie A Mwana

necdati Says:

Feb 4, 2008 - Bananarama was one of the best band in the 80s

Paulosoy Says:

Mar 31, 2008 - Wow!, Bananarama´s first single ever. From late 1981. They have been around for more than 25 years now.

Aldipfleger Says:

May 2, 2008 - kotz kotz kotz !!! die version von black blood ist unübertroffen

RickeyRamone Says:

May 19, 2008 - Wow! Thanks for posting this rare and crucial gem! This is the song that so impressed the Fun Boy Three and that gave serious impetus to Bananarama's career. It's an African tune. They were quite the rage for a while in the punk/New Wave scene. The gorgeous singing that the girls do on this tune first made clear they were a way out of the ordinary talent. I don't wanna stop listening to it.

saltysalty67 Says:

Jun 20, 2008 - So they based their version on the Swahili sung Black Blood tune but the original comes from Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki a 1971 French record. The song was titled Aieaoa. Look it up here on youtube.

KarlDan Says:

Jul 9, 2008 - This group keeps growing on me. Wonderful!

cantforgetyou Says:

Sep 12, 2008 - Never heard this song before. It sounds okay. I wonder what the words mean.

shayla0202 Says:

Sep 14, 2008 - All I know is it is an old Māori song. My mum knew it and used sing along with it. Sorry I couldn't help more.

shayla0202 Says:

Sep 14, 2008 - Looking the other vids on here...sorry...I always said my Mum bull shits to shut me up! Lol! Not Māori at all, by the look of it.

ArielApollonia Says:

Sep 24, 2008 - Tonight is full of surprises for me... Who'd have thought Bananas sung a song in Swahili!?! I love this song too - takes me back indeed... I was a child when i heard this and thought it was in English and thought "gee, I don't recognize any words..." but I kept singing it anyways - you know, i was very young, and English not my mother tongue... before you ask yes it's swahili ;P

ArielApollonia Says:

Sep 24, 2008 - hehe too much red wine tonight obviously... First I said i didn't recognize a single word when i heard this as a kid... then I claimed my mother tongue is swahili - sorry, I am blond. ;D Seriously, my mother tongue is Finnish and that must be more rare than Swahili... And no not all Finns are as incoherent as me and no they don't contradict themselves in the same sentence practically... Not that u guys would be interest nor should there be any reason 4 u to be. haha. Just ignore me. ;P

mackie69 Says:

Sep 28, 2008 - OH MY GOD....................

panaman69 Says:

Sep 30, 2008 - The first and prob the best!I'm sure that I have an original copy somewhere. I beleive that it reached the dizzy heights of 75 in the charts.

ppaulmorris Says:

Oct 15, 2008 - Sorry girls - no comparison.

lilcenzo Says:

Nov 30, 2008 - hahaha, yeah, it's Swahili.